# 屆

| 屆 | U+5C46, &#23622; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C46 |
| ← 居 [U+5C45] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 屇 → [U+5C47] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 届 |
| Simplified | 届 |
| Traditional | 屆 |

### Han character

屆 (Kangxi radical 44, 尸+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 尸山土 (SUG), four-corner 7727$_2$, composition ⿸尸凷)

#### Derived characters

* 𥇵, 𨵠

#### Descendants

* 届 (Japanese shinjitai and simplified Chinese)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 301, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7666
* Dae Jaweon: page 597, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 968, character 1
* Unihan data for U+5C46

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 凷 | *kʰuːds |
| 屆 | *krɯːds |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *krɯːds): semantic 尸 (“body”) + phonetic 凷 (OC *kʰuːds)

### Etymology

The ACG sense is an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 届(とど)かない (todokanai, “to not reach”), negative form of 届(とど)く (todoku, “to reach”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): jiè (jie$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): jiai$^4$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kài
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiè
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiè
*** Wade–Giles: chieh$^4$
*** Yale: jyè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieh
*** Palladius: цзе (cze)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: jiai$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: giai
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕiɛi²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaai$^3$
*** Yale: gaai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaai$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːi̯³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kài
*** Tâi-lô: kài
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kaix
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kai²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kai⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kai²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kai¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kai²¹/
* Middle Chinese: keajH
Rime :
| Character | 屆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 皆 (33) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 古拜切 |
| Baxter | keajH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠɛi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kᵚæi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kɐi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kəɨj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kɛi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kɐi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kăi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiè |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gaai$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤr[i][t]-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*krɯːds/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 屆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jiè |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kɛj$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*kˁr[i][t]-s/ |
| English | reach to |
| 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 | 屆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7507 |
| Phonetic component | 凷 |
| Rime group | 隊 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 誡 |
| Old Chinese | /*krɯːds/ |

### Definitions

屆
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to arrive; to reach; to come or go to a particular destination; to be at a location or moment
    屆時／届时 ― jièshí ― by the time
    年屆六旬／年届六旬 ― niánjiè liùxún ― to be in one's sixties
    From: c. 3rd century, He Yan (何晏), Jingfu Palace (《景福殿賦》)
    É'é yèyè, wǎngshí suǒjiè. [Pinyin]
    Majestic, outstanding, None knows where those sights end.
    From: c. 578, Yu Xin (庾信), The Lament for the South (《哀江南賦》)
    Jiè yú qīzé, bīn yú shísǐ. [Pinyin]
    I was stranded in the marshes of Chu, And narrowly escaped the jaws of war.
    From: c. 7th century, Lu Zhaolin (盧照鄰), A Fish out of Water (《窮魚賦》)
    Dàng ér shī shuǐ, jiè yú yáng bīn. [Pinyin]
    Tarrying beyond the native waters, The fish found itself by a sunlit shore.
* Classifier for times, terms, graduation classes, periodically convened events, etc.
    第一屆奧運會／第一届奥运会 ― dì-yī jiè Àoyùnhuì ― Games of the I Olympiad
    換屆選舉／换届选举 ― huànjiè xuǎnjǔ ― elections for the next term
       Zhèjiè rénmín bùxíng. [Pinyin]
       (This government is alright,) it's the common subjects of this term that aren't up to their mandate.
    老三屆／老三届 ― lǎosānjiè ― High school graduation classes of 1966–1968
* (ACG slang, of emotions or thoughts) to reach (someone); to get through

### Compounds

* 屆時 / 届时 (jièshí)
* 屆期 / 届期
* 屆滿 / 届满 (jièmǎn)
* 屆臨 / 届临
* 年屆不惑 / 年届不惑
* 應屆 / 应届 (yīngjiè)
* 歷屆 / 历届 (lìjiè)
* 無遠弗屆 / 无远弗届 (wúyuǎnfújiè)

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 届 |
| Kyūjitai | 屆 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 届)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): かい (kai)
* Kun: とどける (todokeru)、とどく (todoku)、とどけ (todoke)

## Korean
### Hanja

屆 • (gye) (hangeul 계, revised gye, McCune–Reischauer kye)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

屆: Hán Việt readings: giới
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