# 締

| 締 | U+7DE0, &#32224; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DE0 |
| ← 緟 [U+7DDF] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 緡 → [U+7DE1] |

## Translingual
### Han character

締 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女火卜月月 (VFYBB), four-corner 2092$_7$, composition ⿰糹帝)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 930, character 14
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27651
* Dae Jaweon: page 1368, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3430, character 14
* Unihan data for U+7DE0

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 膪 | *rtaːɡs, *rteːɡs |
| 揥 | *tʰeds, *teː |
| 腣 | *teː, *teːɡs |
| 諦 | *teːɡs |
| 偙 | *teːɡs |
| 渧 | *teːɡs |
| 帝 | *teːɡs |
| 楴 | *tʰeːɡs |
| 啼 | *deː |
| 蹄 | *deː |
| 締 | *deː, *deːɡs |
| 崹 | *deː |
| 鶙 | *deː |
| 禘 | *deːɡs |
| 啻 | *hljeɡs |
| 嫡 | *rteɡ, *teːɡ |
| 摘 | *rteːɡ, *tʰeːɡ |
| 謫 | *rteːɡ |
| 讁 | *rteːɡ |
| 擿 | *deɡ |
| 蹢 | *deɡ, *teːɡ |
| 適 | *tjeɡ, *hljeɡ, *teːɡ |
| 啇 | *teːɡ |
| 滴 | *teːɡ |
| 鏑 | *teːɡ |
| 甋 | *teːɡ |
| 樀 | *teːɡ, *deːɡ |
| 敵 | *deːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *deː, *deːɡs) : semantic 糸 + phonetic 帝 (OC *teːɡs).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dì (di$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dai$^3$ / tai$^3$ / dai$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tē / tè
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ti$^7$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dì
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dì
*** Wade–Giles: ti$^4$
*** Yale: dì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dih
*** Palladius: ди (di)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dai$^3$ / tai$^3$ / dai$^6$
*** Yale: dai / tai / daih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dai$^3$ / tai$^3$ / dai$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dei$^3$ / tei$^3$ / dei$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɐi̯³³/, /tʰɐi̯³³/, /tɐi̯²²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē
*** Tâi-lô: tē
*** Phofsit Daibuun: de
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /te²²/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /te³³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tè
*** Tâi-lô: tè
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dex
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /te²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /te¹¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ti$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thī
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰi¹¹/
* Middle Chinese: dej, dejH
Rime :
| Character | 締 | 締 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | IV |
| Fanqie | 杜奚切 | 特計切 |
| Baxter | dej | dejH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /dei/ | /dei$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dei/ | /dei$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɛi/ | /dɛi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /dɛj/ | /dɛj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /dei/ | /dei$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /diei/ | /diei$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /dʱiei/ | /dʱiei$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | tí | dì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | tai$^4$ | dai$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*deː/, /*deːɡs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 締 | 締 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 2317 | 2320 |
| Phonetic component | 帝 | 帝 |
| Rime group | 支 | 賜 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 嗁 | 第 |
| Old Chinese | /*deː/ | /*deːɡs/ |

### Definitions

締
* to form; to establish
* to associate
* to restrain; to suppress

#### Compounds

* 取締／取缔 (qǔdì)
* 結締組織／结缔组织 (jiédì zǔzhī)
* 締交／缔交 (dìjiāo)
* 締創／缔创
* 締姻／缔姻
* 締構／缔构
* 締盟／缔盟
* 締約／缔约 (dìyuē)
* 締約國／缔约国
* 締結／缔结 (dìjié)
* 締造／缔造 (dìzào)

### References

* “締”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* to close
* to shut something; to lock something closed

#### Readings

* Go-on: だい (dai)
* Kan-on: てい (tei, Jōyō)
* Kun: しまる (shimaru, 締まる, Jōyō)、しめる (shimeru, 締める, Jōyō)、むすぶ (musubu, 締ぶ)

## Korean
### Hanja

締 • (che) (hangeul 체, revised che, McCune–Reischauer ch'e, Yale chey)
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