# 婕

| 婕 | U+5A55, &#23125; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A55 |
| ← 婔 [U+5A54] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 婖 → [U+5A56] |

## Translingual
### Han character

婕 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女十中人 (VJLO), four-corner 4548$_1$, composition ⿰女疌)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 264, character 28
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6412
* Dae Jaweon: page 531, character 19
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1057, character 5
* Unihan data for U+5A55

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 疀 | *sʰreːb |
| 萐 | *zreːb, *sreːb, *sreb |
| 箑 | *sreːb, *sreb |
| 啑 | *sraːb, *tiːɡs |
| 睫 | *ʔseb |
| 婕 | *ʔseb |
| 緁 | *sʰeb |
| 捷 | *zeb |
| 疌 | *zeb |
| 寁 | *ʔsuːmʔ, *zeb |
| 倢 | *zeb |
| 崨 | *zeb |
| 踕 | *zeb |
| 誱 | *zeb |
| 徢 | *seːb |
| 蜨 | *seːb |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔseb): semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 疌 (OC *zeb).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jié (jie$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zit$^3$ / zip$^3$ / zit$^6$
* Eastern Min (BUC): ciĕk
* Mandarin
** (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: zit$^3$ / zip$^3$ / zit$^6$
*** Yale: jit / jip / jiht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzit$^8$ / dzip$^8$ / dzit$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jid$^3$ / jib$^3$ / jid$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siːt̚³/, /t͡siːp̚³/, /t͡siːt̚²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ciĕk
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sieʔ⁵/
* Middle Chinese: tsjep
Rime :
| Character | 婕 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 葉 (155) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 即葉切 |
| Baxter | tsjep |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡siᴇp̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡siɛp̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sjæp̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡siap̚/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡siɛp̚/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sĭɛp̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡si̯ɛp̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jie |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zip$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔseb/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 婕 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6448 |
| Phonetic component | 疌 |
| Rime group | 盍 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 接 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔseb/ |

#### Definitions

婕
* Used in 婕妤 (jiéyú).
* Used in female personal names.

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jié (jie$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ
* Mandarin
** (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/

#### Definitions

婕
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) beautiful

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qiè (qie$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄝˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qiè
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ciè
*** Wade–Giles: chʻieh$^4$
*** Yale: chyè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chieh
*** Palladius: це (ce)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹/

#### Definitions

婕
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## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* handsome

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): しょう (shō)
* Kun: みめよい (mimeyoi)

## Korean
### Hanja

婕 • (cheop) (hangeul 첩, revised cheop, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏp)
* imperial concubine
* beautiful

## Vietnamese
### Han character

婕: Hán Nôm readings: tiệp
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#### References

* Nom Foundation