桔

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 526, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14777
• Dae Jaweon: page 915, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1194, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6854

Pronunciation

Definitions

桔

1. Used in 桔梗 (jiégěng).
2. Used in 桔槔 (jiégāo, “well sweep”); also used as its short form.
3. ^† to suspend with a well sweep

Compounds

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桔

1. Alternative form of 橘 (jú)

Usage notes

桔 was included as the simplified form of 橘 (jú) in the second round of simplification in 1977. The current standard in Mainland China, the Table of General Standard Chinese Characters (通用规范汉字表), does not mention that 桔 is a simplification of 橘 (jú). A Dictionary of Current Chinese (现代汉语词典) and the Xinhua Dictionary (新华字典) list 桔 as a separate entry from 橘 (jú) (unlike other variants, which are usually put beside the main character in parentheses) and define 桔 as a common variant for 橘 (jú), while Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》) proscribes the use of 桔 as the simplified form of 橘 (jú).

In Cantonese, 桔 is generally used for gat¹, while 橘 is used for gwat¹.

Compounds

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桔

1. Only used in 桔柣.

Readings

• Go-on: けち (kechi)
• Kan-on: けつ (ketsu)
• Kan’yō-on: きち (kichi)
• Kun: き (ki)

Compounds

• 桔梗 (ききょう, ​kikyō): the platycodon or Chinese bellflower, Platycodon grandiflorus
• 桔木 (はねぎ, ​hanegi): a wooden lever used to remove something; part of a roof; part of a ship's stern
• 桔槹 (きっこう, ​kikkō; けっこう, ​kekkō): alternate for 撥ね釣瓶, 撥釣瓶 (はねつるべ, ​hanetsurube): an early kind of device using a long pole with a counterbalance as a lever to get water out of a well