繼 (Kangxi radical 120,糸+14, 20 strokes,cangjie input女火女女戈 (VFVVI),four-corner22913,composition⿰糹㡭)
- Kangxi Dictionary:page 941, character 34
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27997
- Dae Jaweon: page 1381, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3464, character 13
- Unihan data for U+7E7C
| Old Chinese |
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| 繼 | *keːɡs |
| 檵 | *keːɡs |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*keːɡs): semantic 糸(“rope”) + phonetic 㡭(jì).
The original form may have depicted four幺 (“silk”).
According toSchuessler 2007, originally the same word as係 (OC*keːɡs).
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) |
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| Character | 繼 |
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| Reading # | 1/1 |
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) | jì |
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Middle
Chinese | ‹ kejH › |
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Old
Chinese | /*[k]ˁ[e]-s/ |
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| English | continue |
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) |
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| Character | 繼 |
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| Reading # | 1/1 |
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| No. | 5859 |
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Phonetic
component | 繼 |
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Rime
group | 賜 |
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Rime
subdivision | 0 |
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Corresponding
MC rime | 計 |
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Old
Chinese | /*keːɡs/ |
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繼
- tocontinue; tomaintain; tocarry on; tofollow
苟信不繼，盟無益也。[Classical Chinese,trad.]
苟信不继，盟无益也。[Classical Chinese,simp.]- From:Commentary of Zuo,c. 4th centuryBCE, translated based onJames Legge's version
- Gǒu xìn bùjì, méng wúyì yě.[Pinyin]
- If there be not theappendage of good faith, covenants are of no use.
吾聞之也，君子周急不繼富。[Classical Chinese,trad.]
吾闻之也，君子周急不继富。[Classical Chinese,simp.]- From: TheAnalects of Confucius,c. 475 – 221BCE
- Wú wén zhī yě, jūnzǐ zhōu jí bùjì fù.[Pinyin]
- I have heard that 'a superior man helps the distressed, but does notadd to the wealth of the rich'.
- toinherit andcarry on; tosucceed
- 繼承／继承 ― jìchéng ― toinherit
- 繼位／继位 ― jìwèi ― tosucceed to the throne; toinherit the throne
今夫封建者，繼世而理。繼世而理者，上果賢乎？下果不肖乎？則生人之理亂，未可知也。[MSC,trad.]
今夫封建者，继世而理。继世而理者，上果贤乎？下果不肖乎？则生人之理乱，未可知也。[MSC,simp.]- From:Liu Zongyuan,《封建論》On Investiture, 9th century CE (translated by Nolan Bensen)
- Jīn fú fēngjiàn zhě,jì shì ér lǐ.Jì shì ér lǐ zhě, shàng guǒ xián hū? Xià guǒ bùxiào hū? Zé shēngrén zhī lǐluàn, wèikě zhī yě.[Pinyin]
- Our present investitures, they practice government throughinheritance. Those whoinherit the right to govern, in the end can they be [expected to be] virtuous? When it comes down to it are they not unworthy? If so then we cannot yet know whether humanity will be governed or thrown into turmoil.
- follow-up;ensuing;following
- immediatelyafterward;right afterward;soonafter
- asurname,Ji
- (to inherit):承續／承续 (chéngxù)
- (follow-up):(attributive)後續／后续 (hòuxù)
繼
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji,shinjitai form継)
- toacquirebybirthright
- tofollowinsomeone'sfootstepsorposition
- (clothing)patch
- to (be)graftedintoatree
| For pronunciation and definitions of繼 – see the following entry. |
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| (This term,繼, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) |
繼 (eumhun이을계(ieul gye))
- hanja form? of계(“continue,persist”)
- hanja form? of계(“inherit”)
繼:Hán Nôm readings:kế
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