# 戟

| 戟 | U+621F, &#25119; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-621F |
| ← 戞 [U+621E] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 戠 → [U+6220] |

## Translingual
### Han character

戟 (Kangxi radical 62, 戈+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 十十戈 (JJI), four-corner 4345$_0$, composition ⿰𠦝戈)

#### Derived characters

* 𠽤, 撠, 橶, 𧾂, 𦻝, 𩯋

#### Related characters

* 㦸 (Variant form)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 413, character 9
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11606
* Dae Jaweon: page 755, character 36
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1407, character 7
* Unihan data for U+621F

## Chinese

* 戟 (Written Standard Chinese)
* Ji (polearm) (English)

### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 戟 | *kraɡ |
| 撠 | *kraɡ |
Reduced form of 𢧢: Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 倝 (“branch, reduction of 榦”) + 戈 (“weapon on pole”).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jǐ (ji$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gik$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kek
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jǐ
*** Wade–Giles: chi$^3$
*** Yale: jǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jii
*** Palladius: цзи (czi)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gik$^1$
*** Yale: gīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɪk̚⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kek
*** Tâi-lô: kik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: keg
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪk̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪk̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪk̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kiɪk̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪk̚³²/
* Middle Chinese: kjaek
Rime :
| Character | 戟 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 陌 (115) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 几劇切 |
| Baxter | kjaek |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠiæk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kᵚiak̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kiak̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kiajk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /kiɐk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /kĭɐk̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kiɐk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ji |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gik$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]rak/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kraɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 戟 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jǐ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kjæk › |
| Old Chinese | /*[k]rak/ |
| English | a kind of lance |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 戟 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5807 |
| Phonetic component | 戟 |
| Rime group | 鐸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 戟 |
| Old Chinese | /*kraɡ/ |

#### Definitions

戟
* halberd with both a crescent blade and spear tip used in ancient China
* to stimulate; to provoke

#### Compounds

* 三叉戟
* 亡戟得矛
* 刀鎗劍戟／刀枪剑戟
* 劍戟森森／剑戟森森
* 句戟
* 執戟／执戟 (zhíjǐ)
* 巴戟天 (bājǐtiān)
* 戟手
* 戟指
* 戟指怒目
* 戟門／戟门 (Jǐmén)
* 戲戟／戏戟
* 折戟沉沙 (zhéjǐchénshā)
* 持戟 (chíjǐ)
* 提牌執戟／提牌执戟
* 方天戟 (fāngtiānjǐ)
* 方天畫戟／方天画戟 (fāngtiān huàjǐ)
* 星旗電戟／星旗电戟
* 杖戟
* 棨戟
* 畫戟／画戟 (huàjǐ)
* 短戟 (duǎnjǐ)
* 葦戟桃杖／苇戟桃杖
* 貫頤奮戟／贯颐奋戟
* 轅門射戟／辕门射戟
* 鉤戟／钩戟
* 門戟／门戟
* 雙戟／双戟
* 驢生戟角／驴生戟角
* 鬚髯如戟／须髯如戟

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English cake.

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): kik$^1$ / gik$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kik$^1$ / gik$^1$
*** Yale: kīk / gīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kik$^7$ / gik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kig$^1$ / gig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɪk̚⁵/, /kɪk̚⁵/

#### Definitions

戟
* (Cantonese) cake

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蛋糕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蛋糕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 雞蛋糕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 蛋糕 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 雞蛋糕, 蛋糕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 蛋糕, 雞蛋糕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 雞蛋糕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 雞蛋糕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 蛋糕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 雞蛋糕, 蛋糕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 蛋糕 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 蛋糕 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 雞蛋糕, 槽子糕 dated |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 雞蛋糕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 蛋糕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 蛋糕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 蛋糕 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 蛋糕 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 雞蛋糕 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蛋糕 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蛋糕, 戟 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 雞蛋酥, 雞蛋糕 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 蛋糕 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 蛋糕 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 蛋糕 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 蛋糕 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 戟 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 蛋糕 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 蛋糕 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 蛋糕 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 雞蛋糕 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 蛋糕 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 蛋糕, 雞蛋糕 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 蛋糕 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 雞蛋糕 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 雞卵糕, 卵糕 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 雞卵糕 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 雞卵糕 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 雞卵糕 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 雞卵糕 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 雞卵糕 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 槽子糕, 蛋糕 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 雞蛋糕 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 雞卵糕 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 卵糕 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 雞卵糕 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 雞卵糕 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 雞卵糕 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 雞卵糕 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 卵糕 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 雞卵糕 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 雞卵糕 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 雞卵糕 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 雞卵糕 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 雞卵糕 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 雞卵糕 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 雞卵糕 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 雞卵糕 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 雞卵糕 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 雞卵糕 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 雞卵糕, cake |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 雞卵糕 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 卵清糕 |
| Southern Min | Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) | 雞卵糕 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | cake |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 卵糕 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 雞卵糕, 卵糕 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 蛋糕 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 蛋糕 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 蛋糕 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 蛋糕, 雞蛋糕 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 蛋糕, 雞蛋糕 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 蛋糕 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 卵糕 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 雞卵糕 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 蛋糕, 雞蛋糕 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 雞蛋糕 |

##### Related terms

* 班戟

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* type of weapon (halberd or spear)

#### Readings

* Go-on: きゃく (kyaku)
* Kan-on: けき (keki)
* Kan’yō-on: げき (geki)
* Kun: ほこ (hoko, 戟)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 戟
* げき Jinmeiyō
* kan'yōon
From Middle Chinese 戟 (MC kjaek).

#### Noun

戟(げき) • (geki)
* Ji (halberd used in ancient China)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 戟
* ほこ Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 戟 – see the following entry. :
| 【矛ほこ】S | [noun] a Chinese spear; a lance; a halberd Alternative spellings 鉾, 鋒, 戈 |
(This term, 戟, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

戟 (eum 극 (geuk))
* hanja form of 극 (“Ji, halberd used in ancient China”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

戟: Hán Nôm readings: kích
* chữ Hán form of kích (“Ji, halberd used in ancient China”).