挈

挈 U+6308, 挈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6308 ← 指 [U+6307] CJK Unified Ideographs 按 → [U+6309]

Translingual

Han character

挈 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手竹手 (QHQ), four-corner 5750₂, composition ⿱㓞手)

Derived characters

• 𠹙, 𢲞, 𱧯, 𤠵, 㮮, 䤿, 𢹫, 𢊏, 𤸪

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 429, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12035
• Dae Jaweon: page 779, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1863, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6308

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
夆	*pʰoŋ, *boŋ, *ɡaːds
丯	*kreːds
瘛	*kʰjeds, *ɡeːds, *kʰjed
觢	*ɡjeds
契	*kʰeːds, *kʰeːd, *kʰeːd, *kʰɯd
栔	*kʰeːds
禊	*ɡeːds
稧	*ɡeːds
楔	*kreːd, *sqʰeːd
葜	*kʰreːd
猰	*qreːd, *kraːd, *kʰeːd
窫	*qreːd
揳	*sqʰeːd
偰	*sqʰeːd
潔	*keːd
絜	*keːd, *ɡeːd
鍥	*keːd, *kʰeːd
挈	*kʰeːd
蛪	*kʰeːd
齧	*ŋeːd
褉	*qʰeːd
喫	*ŋ̊ʰeːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰeːd) : phonetic 㓞 () + semantic 手 (“hand”).

Etymology 1

trad.		挈
simp. #		挈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiè (qie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kit³ / hit³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khiat

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kiag⁴ / kiêg⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciè
    • Wade–Giles: chʻieh⁴
    • Yale: chyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chieh
    • Palladius: це (ce)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kit³ / hit³
    • Yale: kit / hit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kit⁸ / hit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: kid³ / hid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːt̚³/, /hiːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiat
    • Tâi-lô: khiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɛt̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɛt̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kiag⁴ / kiêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khiak / khiek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiak̚²/, /kʰiek̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: khet

Rime
Character	挈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	屑 (87)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	苦結切
Baxter	khet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰet̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɛt̚/
Li Rong	/kʰet̚/
Wang Li	/kʰiet̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰiet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hit3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰeːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	挈
Reading #	1/1
No.	6512
Phonetic component	丯
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	猰
Old Chinese	/*kʰeːd/

Definitions

挈

1. to raise; to lift
2. to take along; to carry; to lead (one's family)

Compounds

• 左挈右提
• 左提右挈
• 帶挈／带挈
• 拖男挈女
• 挈壺／挈壶
• 挈屐而歸／挈屐而归
• 挈帶／挈带
• 挈挈
• 挈榼提壺／挈榼提壶
• 挈瓶
• 挈瓶之知 (qièpíngzhīzhì)
• 挈瓶小智 (qièpíngxiǎozhì)
• 挈眷
• 挈領／挈领
• 提挈 (tíqiè)
• 提綱挈領／提纲挈领
• 攜男挈女／携男挈女
• 攜老挈幼／携老挈幼
• 攜雲挈雨／携云挈雨

 

Etymology 2

trad.		挈
simp. #		挈
alternative forms		提 摕／𰔇 𢭪 Teochew

Probably a variant of 提 (the̍h, “to take”).

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khe̍h

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kiêh⁸ / kioh⁸ / koih⁸

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: khe̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qeh
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰeʔ⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kiêh⁸ / kioh⁸ / koih⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khie̍h / khio̍h / kho̍ih
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰieʔ⁴/, /kʰioʔ⁴/, /kʰoiʔ⁴/

Note:

• kiêh8 - Chaozhou, Chenghai;
• kioh8 - Shantou, Jieyang;
• koih8 - Jieyang.

Definitions

挈

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Teochew) to take; to retrieve; to fetch; to get; to bring; to carry

   • 走去挈雨傘。 [Teochew, trad.]
     走去挈雨伞。 [Teochew, simp.]

     From: 1841, William Dean, First Lessons in the Tie-chiw Dialect, “Words and Phrases”

     zao² ke³ kiêh⁸ hou⁶ suan³. [Peng'im]

     Run and get the umbrella.

   • 只物挈去樓頂。 [Teochew, trad.]
     只物挈去楼顶。 [Teochew, simp.]

     From: 1841, William Dean, First Lessons in the Tie-chiw Dialect, “Words and Phrases”

     zi² muêh⁸ kiêh⁸ ke³ lao⁵ dêng². [Peng'im]

     Carry this upstairs.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 拿 (“to take; to hold”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		取
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	拿
	Taiwan	拿
	Malaysia	拿
	Singapore	拿
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	拿
Central Plains Mandarin	Zhengzhou	拿, 搦
	Xi'an	拿
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	拿
	Wuhan	拿
	Guilin	拿
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	拿
	Hefei	拿
Cantonese	Guangzhou	攞, 拎, 搦
	Hong Kong	攞, 拎, 搦
	Macau	拎
	Taishan	𢬿, 討
	Kaiping (Chikan)	討
	Yangjiang	捰, 拎, 摣
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	攞, 拎
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	攞
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	攞
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	攞
	Penang (Guangfu)	攞
	Singapore (Guangfu)	攞
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	搦
	Móng Cái	攞
Gan	Nanchang	拿
Hakka	Meixian	拿
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	拿
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	拿
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	拿
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	拿
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	提
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	提
	Sabah (Bao'an)	撿
	Kuching (Hepo)	撿, 拿
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	搦
Huizhou	Jixi	擔
Jin	Taiyuan	荷, 拿
Northern Min	Jian'ou	拿, 㨮
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	拈, 掏
Southern Min	Xiamen	提
	Quanzhou	提, 掗
	Jinjiang	提, 掗
	Zhangzhou	提
	Dongshan	攑
	Taipei	提, 挈 GT
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	提
	Kaohsiung	提
	Yilan	提
	Changhua (Lukang)	提
	Taichung	提
	Tainan	提
	Hsinchu	提
	Kinmen	提, 捎
	Penghu (Magong)	提
	Penang (Hokkien)	攑, 提
	Singapore (Hokkien)	攑, 提
	Manila (Hokkien)	提, 掗
	Chaozhou	挈
	Shantou	挈
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	挈
	Jieyang	挈
	Singapore (Teochew)	挈, 攑
	Wenchang	把
	Haikou	把
	Qionghai	把
	Singapore (Hainanese)	挈
Wu	Shanghai	拿
	Suzhou	拿
	Ningbo	馱, 撈, 挈
	Wenzhou	朵, 抯, 揹
Xiang	Changsha	拿
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified)

Etymology 3

trad.		挈
simp. #		挈

Pronunciation

• Eastern Min (BUC): kĕk

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kĕk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɛiʔ⁵/

Definitions

挈

1. (Eastern Min) to use, by means of, with

Etymology 4

trad.		挈
simp. #		挈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiá (jia²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiá
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiá
    • Wade–Giles: chia²
    • Yale: jyá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jya
    • Palladius: цзя (czja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä³⁵/

Definitions

挈

1. ^† unique

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of 挈 – see 契 (“contract; deed; to agree; to conform with; to tally with; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 契).

Etymology 6

For pronunciation and definitions of 挈 – see 𦸉. (This character is a variant form of 𦸉).

Etymology 7

For pronunciation and definitions of 挈 – see 觢 (“cattle with both horns pointing straight up”). (This character is a variant form of 觢).

Etymology 8

For pronunciation and definitions of 挈 – see 𤲍 (“crowded; congested; packed; to squeeze one's way in; to cram in; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 𤲍).

Japanese

Kanji

挈

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. carry in hand

Readings

• On (unclassified): けつ (ketsu)、けい (kei)
• Kun: ひっさげる (hissageru)

Korean

Hanja

挈 • (seol, gye) (hangeul 설, 계, revised seol, gye, McCune–Reischauer sŏl, kye, Yale sel, kyey)

1. assist, help
2. lead by hand