# 隙

| 隙 | U+9699, &#38553; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9699 |
| ← 隘 [U+9698] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 隚 → [U+969A] |

## Translingual
### Alternative forms

* In all regions except Taiwan, the middle right component is written as 日, which is the historical form found in the Kangxi Dictionary.
* In Taiwan, the middle right component is written as 白 instead.
* In all regions except South Korea, the top right component is written similar to 小 with a middle vertical stroke without ending hook (丨 instead of usual 亅)
* In South Korea, the top right component is written as 小 with a middle vertical stroke that has an ending hook (亅).

### Han character

隙 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+11 in traditional Chinese (Taiwan), 阜+10 in Chinese (mainland China, Hong Kong), Japanese and Korean, 14 strokes in Chinese in traditional Chinese, 12 strokes in mainland China, 13 strokes in Japanese and Korean, cangjie input 弓中火日火 (NLFAF) or 弓中火竹火 (NLFHF), four-corner 7929$_6$, composition ⿰阝𡭴(GHJKV) or ⿰阝𡮂(T))

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1359, character 1
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41792
* Dae Jaweon: page 1862, character 26
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4150, character 11
* Unihan data for U+9699

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 虩 | *sqʰraːɡ, *qʰraɡ |
| 隙 | *kʰraɡ |

### Etymology

Possibly related to 間 (OC *kreːn, *kreːns, “space, gap”) (Wang, 1982).
Outside of Chinese, compare Proto-Kuki-Chin *kak (“to crack; to rend; to split”), Jingpho [script needed] (kaʔ³¹, “to crack”) (Sagart, 2017).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xì (xi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kwik$^1$ / gwik$^1$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): hid$^5$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): kih$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khiah / khek / khiak
    (Teochew, Peng'im): kiah$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xì
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sì
*** Wade–Giles: hsi$^4$
*** Yale: syì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shih
*** Palladius: си (si)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kwik$^1$ / gwik$^1$
*** Yale: kwīk / gwīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kwik$^7$ / gwik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kuig$^1$ / guig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷʰɪk̚⁵/, /kʷɪk̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: hid$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /hit̚¹/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: kih$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰiʔ¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: kih$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰiʔ²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiah
*** Tâi-lô: khiah
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qiaq
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰiaʔ³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiaʔ⁵/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khek
*** Tâi-lô: khik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qeg
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰiɪk̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiak
*** Tâi-lô: khiak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qiag
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiak̚⁵/
* khiah - vernacular;
* khiak/khek - literary.
* Middle Chinese: khjaek
Rime :
| Character | 隙 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 陌 (115) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 綺戟切 |
| Baxter | khjaek |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰˠiæk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰᵚiak̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰiak̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰiajk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰiɐk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰĭɐk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kʰiɐk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hik$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʰrak/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰraɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 隙 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ khjæk › |
| Old Chinese | /*[k]ʰrak/ |
| English | crack (n.) |
| 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 | 隙 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13441 |
| Phonetic component | 隙 |
| Rime group | 鐸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 隙 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰraɡ/ |
| Notes | 本象山隙縫透射日光， 或省阜 |

### Definitions

隙
* crack; crevice; gap
* free time; spare time
* opportunity (to take advantage of)
* enmity; resentment; grudge

### Compounds

* 不虞之隙
* 乘間投隙 / 乘间投隙
* 乘隙 (chéngxì)
* 乘隙而入 (chéngxì'érrù)
* 仇隙
* 伺隙
* 凶終隙末
* 可乘之隙
* 嫌隙 (xiánxì)
* 孔隙
* 寸隙
* 小隙沉舟
* 抵瑕蹈隙
* 指瑕造隙
* 捫隙發罅 / 扪隙发罅
* 搆隙 / 构隙
* 有隙
* 有隙可乘 (yǒuxìkěchéng)
* 無隙可乘 / 无隙可乘 (wúxìkěchéng)
* 生隙
* 白駒過隙 / 白驹过隙 (báijūguòxì)
* 睚眥之隙 / 睚眦之隙
* 穴隙
* 空隙 (kòngxì)
* 縫隙 / 缝隙 (fèngxì)
* 罅隙 (xiàxì)
* 裂隙 (lièxì)
* 觀釁伺隙 / 观衅伺隙
* 讎隙 / 雠隙 (chóuxì)
* 讒隙 / 谗隙
* 踰牆鑽隙 / 逾墙钻隙
* 蹈隙
* 農隙 / 农隙
* 過隙 / 过隙
* 過隙白駒 / 过隙白驹
* 釁隙 / 衅隙
* 鑽隙踰牆 / 钻隙逾墙
* 門隙 / 门隙
* 閒隙 / 闲隙
* 間隙 / 间隙 (jiànxì)
* 隙地
* 隙大牆壞 / 隙大墙坏
* 隙宇
* 隙縫 / 隙缝
* 隙罅
* 隙駒 / 隙驹
* 駟之過隙 / 驷之过隙
* 駒兒隙 / 驹儿隙

### References

* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “隙”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 254.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Readings

* Go-on: きゃく (kyaku)
* Kan-on: けき (keki)
* Kan’yō-on: げき (geki, Jōyō)
* Kun: すき (suki, 隙, Jōyō)、ひま (hima, 隙)

#### Compounds

* 暇隙(かんげき) (kangeki)
* 間隙(かんげき) (kangeki)
* 空隙(くうげき) (kūgeki)
* 遊隙(ゆうげき) (yūgeki)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 隙
* すき Grade: S
* kun'yomi

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) すき [sùkí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [sɨkʲi]

### Noun

隙(すき) • (suki)
* gap; space
    Synonym: 隙間 (sukima)
* (specifically) gap in defenses
    隙(すき)あり！
       Suki ari!
       You're open!

#### Derived terms

* 隙(すき)間(ま) (sukima)
* 隙(すき)あらば自(じ)分(ぶん)語(がた)り (suki araba jibun-gatari)

#### Descendants

* → English: suki

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 隙 (MC khjaek). Recorded as Middle Korean 극〯 (kǔk) (Yale: kuk) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Hanja

Wikisource 隙 (eumhun 틈 극 (teum geuk))
* hanja form of 극 (“crack; crevice; gap”)

#### Compounds

* 가극 (暇隙, gageuk)
* 간극 (間隙, gan'geuk)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

隙: Hán Việt readings: khích
隙: Nôm readings: khích
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

### References

* 1 2 Nguyễn (2014).
* 1 2 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
* ↑ Trần (2004).