距

距	U+8DDD, 距 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8DDD

← 跜
[U+8DDC]

CJK Unified Ideographs

跞 →
[U+8DDE]

Translingual

Han character

距 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口一尸尸 (RMSS), four-corner 6111₇, composition ⿰𧾷巨)

Derived characters

𭞯

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1224, character 8
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37481
Dae Jaweon: page 1695, character 31
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3690, character 2
Unihan data for U+8DDD

Chinese

trad.		距
simp. ^#		距
alternative forms		歫𧣒𧣻

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (巨) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
柜	*kaʔ
渠	*ɡa
磲	*ɡa
蕖	*ɡa
蟝	*ɡa
璖	*ɡa
巨	*ɡaʔ
距	*ɡaʔ
拒	*ɡaʔ
苣	*ɡaʔ
炬	*ɡaʔ
詎	ɡaʔ, ɡas
鉅	*ɡaʔ
秬	*ɡaʔ
粔	*ɡaʔ
駏	*ɡaʔ
歫	*ɡaʔ
矩	*kʷaʔ
榘	*kʷaʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡaʔ): semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 巨 (OC *ɡaʔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jù (ju⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): keoi⁵ / geoi⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): khî

(Hailu, HRS): ki^ˋ
Eastern Min (BUC): gê̤ṳ / gé̤ṳ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gy⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kǐr / kū / kī

(Teochew, Peng'im): ge⁶ / gu⁶
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶jiu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jù
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyù
  - Wade–Giles: chü⁴
  - Yale: jyù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuh
  - Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: keoi⁵ / geoi⁶
  - Yale: kéuih / geuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: koey⁵ / goey⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: kêu⁵ / gêu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɵy̯¹³/, /kɵy̯²²/

Note: geoi6 - uncommon.

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khî
  - Hakka Romanization System: ki^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ki¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ki^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gê̤ṳ / gé̤ṳ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /køy²⁴²/, /køy²¹³/

Note:

gê̤ṳ - vernacular;
gé̤ṳ - literary.

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gy⁵
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gṳ̄
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ky¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gy⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ky²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǐr
  - Tâi-lô: kǐr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɯ²²/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū
  - Tâi-lô: kū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ku
  - IPA (Taipei): /ku³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ku²²/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī
  - Tâi-lô: kī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ki
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ge⁶ / gu⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳ̆ / kŭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɯ³⁵/, /ku³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁶jiu
  - MiniDict: jiu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³jjy
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑy²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /d͡ʑy²³¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /d͡ʑy¹¹³/

Middle Chinese: gjoX

Rime
Character	距
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	其吕切
Baxter	gjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨʌ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiɔ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiɔ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨə̆^X/
Li Rong	/ɡiɔ^X/
Wang Li	/ɡĭo^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯wo^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	geoi⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡaʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	距
Reading #	1/1
No.	7048
Phonetic component	巨
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɡaʔ/

Definitions

距

spur (of a cock, pheasant, etc.)
to be apart; to be away from
distance
(literary) to arrive; to reach
alternative form of 拒 (jù, “to resist; to reject”)
- 公輸盤九設攻城之機變，子墨子九距之。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  公输盘九设攻城之机变，子墨子九距之。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: Mozi, c. 4^th century BCE
  Gōngshū Pán jiǔ shè gōng chéng zhī jībiàn, zǐ Mòzǐ jiǔ jù zhī. [Pinyin]
  Gong Shu Ban set up nine different machines of attack. Mozi repulsed him nine times.
alternative form of 巨 (jù, “huge; gigantic”)
alternative form of 詎 / 讵 (jù, “how”)

Synonyms

(to be apart): 距離／距离 (jùlí)
(distance): 距離／距离 (jùlí)

Compounds

垂直距離 / 垂直距离
安全距離 / 安全距离
差距 (chājù)
弦心距
拔距
有效距離 / 有效距离
株距 (zhūjù)
深閉固距 / 深闭固距
焦距 (jiāojù)
相距 (xiāngjù)
礪吻磨距 / 砺吻磨距
秒差距 (miǎochājù)
等距
級距 / 级距
螺距 (luójù)
行距
行車距離 / 行车距离
貧富差距 / 贫富差距 (pínfù chājù)
超距
距今 (jùjīn)
距塞
距躍 / 距跃
距闉 / 距𬮱
距離 / 距离 (jùlí)
軌距 / 轨距 (guǐjù)
軸距 / 轴距
輪距 / 轮距
遠距教學 / 远距教学
遠距醫療 / 远距医疗
麟角鳳距 / 麟角凤距

Japanese

Shinjitai	距
Kyūjitai ^[1]^[2]	距󠄁 距+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	距󠄃 距+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

距

(Jōyō kanji)

partition; separation; distance
spur (of a cock, pheasant, etc.)
to defend against; to prevent; to avoid (also 拒)

Readings

Go-on: ご (go)^{←ご (go, historical)}、こ (ko)^{←こ (ko, historical)}
Kan-on: きょ (kyo, Jōyō)^{←きよ (kyo, historical)}
Kun: けづめ (kezume, 距)、たがう (tagau)、ふせぐ (fusegu, 距ぐ)、へだてる (hedateru, 距てる)

Compounds

距(きょ)骨(こつ) (kyokotsu)
距(きょ)星(せい) (kyosei)
距(きょ)爪(そう) (kyosō)
距(きょ)離(り) (kyori)
鶏(けい)距(きょ) (keikyo)
鉤(こう)距(きょ) (kōkyo)
軸(じく)距(きょ) (jikukyo)
測(そっ)距(きょ)儀(ぎ) (sokkyogi)

References

^ 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “距”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎^[1] (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN
^ “距”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

距 • (geo) (hangeul 거)

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Vietnamese

Han character

距: Hán Nôm readings: cự, cựa

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[1] 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “距”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎^[1] (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN

[2] “距”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

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