且

Stroke order

且 (Kangxi radical 1, 一+4, 5 strokes, cangjie input 月一 (BM), four-corner 7710₀, composition ⿱⺝一 or ⿴𠀃𠄠)

1. Shuowen Jiezi radical №494

• 伹 咀 坥 姐 岨 徂 怚 抯 柤 殂 沮 㸖 爼 狙 珇 砠 祖 租 粗 組 (组) 耝 䏣 蛆 袓 詛 (诅) 豠 跙 䣯 鉏 (𬬺) 阻 靻 飷 (𬲭) 駔 (驵) 䱉 齟 (龃/𪗱) 俎 趄 䢐 䖕 刞 助 䢸 雎 䪶 鴡 㡹 疽 虘 麆 冝 㚗 宜 査 笡 罝 苴 䯶 䔘
• 𭒽 𢂈 𭭞 𤇅 𤕲 𭷚 𤱌 𮀀 𥩢 𧣞 𪐵 𮮭 𭁎 𡎬 𡲂 𫸴 𫿇 𥘲 𭵞 𭶴 𬁫 𧇇 𧇿 𧇣 𤔈 𩗃 𩲲 𡲤 𧇈 𫨶 𤿚 𧠢 𢨷 𭖍 𢒉 𤇙 𥥐 𦊕 𦊨 𦊩 𮧊 𪧠 𬅿 𬌒 𪽤
• 县 (Simplified form of 縣)
• 𰀝

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 77, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29
• Dae Jaweon: page 154, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 15, character 5
• Unihan data for U+4E14

 

Chinese Wikisource has digitized text of the Kangxi Dictionary entry for 且:

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且 (*tsɑʔ)

1. Sun

• Hill, Nathan W. (2017) “Songs of the Bailang: A New Transcription with Etymological Commentary”, in Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient‎^[1], volume 103, pages 386—429

Historical forms of the character 且
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Oracle bone script   j29048   j29049   j29050   j29051   j29052   j29053   j29054   j29055   j29056   j29057   j29058   j29059   j29060   j29061   j29062   j29063   j29064   j29065   j29066   j29067   j29068   j29069   j29070   j29071   j29072   j29073   j29074   j29075   j29076   j29077   j29078   j29079   j29080   j29081   j29082   j29083   j29084   j29085   j29086   j29087   j29088   j29089   j29090   j29091   j29092   j29093   j29094   j29095   j29096   j29097   j29098   j29099   j29100   j29101   j29102   j29103   j29104   j29105   j29106   j29107   j29108   j29109   j29110   j29111   j29112   j29113   j29114   j29115   j29116   j29117   j29118   j29119   j29120   j29121   j29122   j29123   j29124   j29125   j29126   j29127   j29128   j29129   j29130   j29131 Bronze inscriptions   b19394   b19395   b19396   b19397   b19398   b19399   b19400   b19401   b19402   b19403   b19404   b19405   b19406   b19407   b19408   b19409   b19410   b19411   b19412   b19413   b19414   b19415   b19416   b19417   b19418   b19419   b19420   b19421   b19422   b19423   b19424   b19425   b19426   b19427   b19428   b19429   b19430   b19431   b19432   b19433   b19434   b19435   b19436   b19437   b19438   b19439   b19440   b19441   b19442   b19443   b19444   b19445   b19446   b19447   b19448   b19449   b19450   b19451   b19452   b19453   b19454   b19455   b19456   b19457   b19458   b19459   b19460   b19461 Small seal script   s10640 Transcribed ancient scripts   L35047   L17323   L17324   L17325   L17326   L17327   L17328   L17329   L17330   L17331   L17332   L30577   L02894
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Pictogram (象形) . Multiple interpretations:

• A sacrificial vessel used for chopping and holding meat, as viewed from above (Wang, 1923) – original form of 俎 (OC *ʔsraʔ).
• An erect penis, the symbol of the male ancestor (Guo, 1931) – original form of 祖 (OC *ʔsaːʔ).
• A stone altar – original form of 祖 (OC *ʔsaːʔ).

In the oracle bones and bronze inscriptions, this character was commonly used as 祖 (OC *ʔsaːʔ). Usage as 俎 (OC *ʔsraʔ) is not attested until the Warring States period in the bamboo script.

“and; also; almost; be going to”

Cognate with 將 (OC *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋs) (Schuessler, 2007).

且

1. this
2. almost; nearly
3. be going to; will; shall

   • 闔廬且死，告其子夫差曰：「必毋忘越。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     阖庐且死，告其子夫差曰：「必毋忘越。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Hélú qiě sǐ, gào qí zǐ Fūchaī yuē: “Bì wú wàng Yuè.” [Pinyin]

     Helu, when he is about to die, instructs his son Fuchai: "Never ever forget Yue."

4. just; for the time being

   • 因欲至郢，將軍孫武曰：「民勞，未可，且待之。」乃歸。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     因欲至郢，将军孙武曰：「民劳，未可，且待之。」乃归。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Yīn yù zhì yǐng, jiāngjūn Sūn Wǔ yuē: “Mín láo, wèikě, qiě dài zhī.” Nǎi guī. [Pinyin]

     (Wu Yun and Bopi) wanted to follow through and strike all the way to Ying. General Sun Wu said, "Our civilians are exhausted by the war, therefore we must not advance. For now, let us wait (for future opportunities)." Hence, the armies returned.

5. even (used for emphasis, often with a hypothetical extreme scenario)
6. (dialectal Mandarin) for a long time

   這水太燙，且得晾會兒呢。 [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
   这水太烫，且得晾会儿呢。 [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]

   Zhè shuǐ tài tàng, qiě děi liàng huǐr ne. [Pinyin]

   This water is so hot; [it] need to be left alone to cool down for a long time.

   這活兒且幹不完呢。 [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
   这活儿且干不完呢。 [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]

   Zhèi huór qiě gàn bu wán ne. [Pinyin]

   There's still a lot of work to do .

7. and; also (for juxtaposition)

   而且  ―  érqiě  ―  and; but also

   他的演講簡短且切中要害。 [MSC, trad.]
   他的演讲简短且切中要害。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā de yǎnjiǎng jiǎnduǎn qiě qièzhòng yàohài. [Pinyin]

   His speech was short and to the point.

8. both ... and ...
9. or (to list alternatives)
10. moreover (to indicate progression)

    • 且句踐為人能辛苦，今不滅，後必悔之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
      且句践为人能辛苦，今不灭，后必悔之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

      From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

      Qiě Gōujiàn weírén néng xīnkǔ, jīn bù miè, hòu bì huǐ zhī. [Pinyin]

      Furthermore, King Goujian's conduct has always been one of endurance during extreme hardship; if you fail to neutralize him at this moment, you will regret it later.

11. if; assuming (to indicate hypotheticality)
12. sentence-initial or sentence-medial modal particle
13. a surname

且

1. Alternative form of 俎 (zǔ, “chopping board”)
2. many; numerous; flourishing
3. sixth month in the lunar calendar
4. sentence-final modal particle
5. Alternative form of 駔／驵 (“steed”)

且

1. Alternative form of 徂 (cú, “to go to”)

且

1. Only used in 次且 (“hesitant in walking”).

(Jōyō kanji)

1. moreover
2. also
3. furthermore

• Go-on: しゃ (sha)、しょ (sho)、ぞ (zo)
• Kan-on: しゃ (sha)、しょ (sho)、そ (so)
• Kan’yō-on: しょ (sho)
• Kun: かつ (katsu, 且つ, Jōyō)

• 苟且(かりそめ) (karisome)
• 且(かつ)又(また) (katsumata)
• 暫且(ざんしょ) (zansho)
• 尚(なお)且(か)つ (naokatsu)

• 且(か)つ (katsu)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

且 (eumhun 또 차 (tto cha))

1. hanja form^? of 차 (“moreover; also”)

• (archaic) 차설 (且說, chaseol)

且 (eumhun 도마 조 (doma jo))

1. Alternative form of 俎 (“hanja form^? of 조 (“a sacrificial altar; a cutting board, a chopping board”)”)

且 (eumhun 공경할 저 (gonggyeonghal jeo))

1. (obsolete) hanja form^? of 저 (“respect”)

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 且

且: Hán Việt readings: thả^[1], thư^[2], tồ^[2]
且: Nôm readings: thả^[1], vã^[3], vả^[3]

1. (literary) besides, again, moreover

• Nôm: 𡲤

• Nom Foundation