# 絜

| 絜 | U+7D5C, &#32092; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D5C |
| ← 絛 [U+7D5B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 絝 → [U+7D5D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

絜 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 手竹女戈火 (QHVIF), four-corner 5790$_3$, composition ⿱㓞糸)
* a marking line
* ascertain, assess
* measure

#### Derived characters

* 𠎧, 㓗, 噄, 𡐤, 𢴲, 潔, 𣚃, 𤏦, 𤩦, 䐼, 𥊯, 𪿶, 𥢪, 𥪲, 𮉄, 䥛(𬭴), 𪅸, 緳, 𤺚

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 922, character 19
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27419
* Dae Jaweon: page 1357, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3389, character 4
* Unihan data for U+7D5C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 夆 | *pʰoŋ, *boŋ, *ɡaːds |
| 丯 | *kreːds |
| 瘛 | *kʰjeds, *ɡeːds, *kʰjed |
| 觢 | *ɡjeds |
| 契 | *kʰeːds, *kʰeːd, *kʰeːd, *kʰɯd |
| 栔 | *kʰeːds |
| 禊 | *ɡeːds |
| 稧 | *ɡeːds |
| 楔 | *kreːd, *sqʰeːd |
| 葜 | *kʰreːd |
| 猰 | *qreːd, *kraːd, *kʰeːd |
| 窫 | *qreːd |
| 揳 | *sqʰeːd |
| 偰 | *sqʰeːd |
| 潔 | *keːd |
| 絜 | *keːd, *ɡeːd |
| 鍥 | *keːd, *kʰeːd |
| 挈 | *kʰeːd |
| 蛪 | *kʰeːd |
| 齧 | *ŋeːd |
| 褉 | *qʰeːd |
| 喫 | *ŋ̊ʰeːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *keːd, *ɡeːd): phonetic 㓞 (qià) + semantic 糸.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xié, jié (xie$^2$, jie$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˊ, ㄐㄧㄝˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): git$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xié
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sié
*** Wade–Giles: hsieh$^2$
*** Yale: syé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shye
*** Palladius: се (se)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jié
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jié
*** Wade–Giles: chieh$^2$
*** Yale: jyé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jye
*** Palladius: цзе (cze)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: git$^3$
*** Yale: git
*** Cantonese Pinyin: git$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gid$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kiːt̚³/
* Middle Chinese: ket, het
Rime :
| Character | 絜 | 絜 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 屑 (87) | 屑 (87) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | IV |
| Fanqie | 古屑切 | 胡結切 |
| Baxter | ket | het |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ket̚/ | /ɦet̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ket̚/ | /ɦet̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kɛt̚/ | /ɣɛt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kɛt̚/ | /ɦɛt̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ket̚/ | /ɣet̚/ |
| Wang Li | /kiet̚/ | /ɣiet̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kiet̚/ | /ɣiet̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jie | xié |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | git$^3$ | jit$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*keːd/, /*ɡeːd/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 絜 | 絜 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 6508 | 6518 |
| Phonetic component | 丯 | 丯 |
| Rime group | 月 | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 結 | 纈 |
| Old Chinese | /*keːd/ | /*ɡeːd/ |

### Definitions

絜
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to be clean; to be pure
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to wash
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to regulate
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) marking line

### References

* “絜”, 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

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): けつ (ketsu)、けち (kechi)、けい (kei)、かつ (katsu)
* Kun: あさ (asa)、たば (taba)、きよい (kiyoi)

## Korean
### Hanja

絜 • (hyeol) (hangeul 혈, revised hyeol, McCune–Reischauer hyŏl, Yale hyel)
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