# 岌

| 岌 | U+5C8C, &#23692; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C8C |
| ← 岋 [U+5C8B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 岍 → [U+5C8D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

岌 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+4 in traditional Chinese and Korean, 山+3 in mainland China and Japanese, 7 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 6 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 山弓竹水 (UNHE), four-corner 2224$_7$, composition ⿱山及)

#### Derived characters

* 𠈶, 𠲺, 𢚼, 𣵵, 𥆹, 𧋏, 𫻅, 𩣞, 𩷘

### Further reading

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 308, character 18
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7929
* Dae Jaweon: page 607, character 35
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 764, character 19
* Unihan data for U+5C8C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 趿 | *sqʰɯːb |
| 鈒 | *sqʰɯːb, *sqʰrɯb |
| 靸 | *sqʰɯːb, *sqʰaːb |
| 馺 | *sqʰɯːb |
| 砐 | *ŋɡɯːb |
| 魥 | *ŋɡɯːb, *kʰab |
| 扱 | *skʰrɯːb |
| 笈 | *skʰrɯːb, *ɡrab, *ɡab, *ɡrɯb |
| 衱 | *ɡrab, *kab |
| 极 | *ɡrab, *ɡab |
| 昅 | *ɡab |
| 雭 | *sqʰrɯb |
| 急 | *krɯb |
| 級 | *krɯb |
| 汲 | *krɯb |
| 芨 | *krɯb |
| 伋 | *krɯb |
| 彶 | *krɯb |
| 及 | *ɡrɯb |
| 岌 | *ŋɡrɯb |
| 吸 | *qʰrɯb |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋɡrɯb) : semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 及 (OC *ɡrɯb).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jí (ji$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kap$^1$ / gap$^6$ / ngap$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gi̍p
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jí
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jí
*** Wade–Giles: chi$^2$
*** Yale: jí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyi
*** Palladius: цзи (czi)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kap$^1$ / gap$^6$ / ngap$^6$
*** Yale: kāp / gahp / ngahp
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kap$^7$ / gap$^9$ / ngap$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: keb$^1$ / geb$^6$ / ngeb$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɐp̚⁵/, /kɐp̚²/, /ŋɐp̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gi̍p
*** Tâi-lô: gi̍p
*** Phofsit Daibuun: gip
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ɡip̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡip̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡip̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɡip̚⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡip̚⁴/
* Middle Chinese: ngip
Rime :
| Character | 岌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 緝 (142) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 魚及切 |
| Baxter | ngip |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋˠiɪp̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋᵚip̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋiep̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋjip̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋjəp̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋĭĕp̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ŋi̯əp̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ngap$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋɡrɯb/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 岌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5666 |
| Phonetic component | 及 |
| Rime group | 緝 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 岌 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋɡrɯb/ |

#### Definitions

岌
* (literary) lofty; towering
* Used in 岌岌 (jíjí, “perilous”).
* Used in 岦岌.

##### Compounds

* 危岌
* 岌岌 (jíjí)
* 岌岌可危 (jíjíkěwēi)
* 岌峇
* 岌峨
* 岌峩
* 岌嶪／岌𰎑
* 岌嶷
* 岦岌
* 崟岌
* 嵬岌
* 嶪岌／𰎑岌
* 嶷岌
* 高岌

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 岌 – see 岃 (“hill”). (This character is a variant form of 岃).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ごう (gō)
* Kan-on: ぎゅう (gyū)
* Kan’yō-on: きゅう (kyū)
* Kun: たかい (takai, 岌い)

## Korean
### Hanja

岌 (eumhun 높을 급 (nopeul geup))
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### References

* Naver Hanja Dictionary: 岌

## Vietnamese
### Han character

岌: Hán Việt readings: ngập
岌: Nôm readings: gập, ngấp, ngất, ngập, ngờm, ngợp, nhấp
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### References

* Nom Foundation