# 継

| 継 | U+7D99, &#32153; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D99 |
| ← 綘 [U+7D98] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 続 → [U+7D9A] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 繼 |
| Shinjitai | 継 |
| Simplified | 继 |

### Etymology

Simplified from 繼 (㡭 → ⿺𠃊米)

### Han character

継 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女火女火木 (VFVFD), composition ⿰糹⿺𠃊米)
* continue, maintain, carry on

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 926, character 20
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27531
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3407, character 7
* Unihan data for U+7D99

## Chinese
### Definitions

* For pronunciation and definitions of 継 – see 繼 (“to continue; to maintain; to carry on; to follow; to inherit and carry on; to succeed; etc.”). (This character is the former (1935–1936) ROC simplified, former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified, and variant form of 繼).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03188-004

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 継 |
| Kyūjitai | 繼 |

### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 繼)
* acquire by birthright
* follow in someone's footsteps or position
* (clothes) patch
* (be) grafted into a tree

#### Readings

* Go-on: け (ke, 継)
* Kan-on: けい (kei, 継)
* Kun: つぎ (tsugi, 継ぎ)、つぐ (tsugu, 継ぐ, Jōyō)、つぐ (tsugu, 継)、つなぎ (tsunagi, 継)、つなぐ (tsunagu, 継)、まま (mama, 継)
* Nanori: つぎ (tsugi, 継)、つね (tsune, 継)、ひで (hide, 継)

#### Compounds

* 継起(けいき) (keiki)
* 継妻(けいさい) (keisai)
* 継嗣(けいし) (keishi)
* 継子(けいし) (keishi)
* 継室(けいしつ) (keishitsu)
* 継受(けいじゅ) (keiju)
* 継承(けいしょう) (keishō)
* 継続(けいぞく) (keizoku)
* 継投(けいとう) (keitō)
* 継夫(けいふ) (keifu)
* 継父(けいふ) (keifu)
* 継母(けいぼ) (keibo)
* 後継(ごうけい) (gōkei)
* 承継(しょうけい) (shōkei)
* 中継(ちゅうけい) (chūkei)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 継
* つぎ Grade: S
* kan'on
* Alternative spellings
* 繼 (kyūjitai) 継ぎ 接ぎ
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [t͡sɨɡʲi]

#### Noun

継(つぎ) • (tsugi)
* the joining of things together, a join
* (by extension) patching, repairing a tear in cloth by sewing another piece of fabric over
* 嗣: heir, successor
* (poetry) Short for 継歌 (tsugi-uta, “sequential poem composition on a theme”).
* (go) a connection, a move which supplements a cut point

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 継
* まま Grade: S
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 繼 (kyūjitai)
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

継(まま) • (mama)
* stepmother; state of being a stepmother

#### Prefix

継(まま) • (mama-)
* step-; half- (related through only one parent)
    継(まま)子(こ) ― mamako ― stepchild

##### Derived terms

* 継兄(ままあに) (mamāni)
* 継妹(ままいも) (mamaimo)
* 継子(ままこ) (mamako)
* 継父(ままちち) (mamachichi)
* 継母(ままはは) (mamahaha)
* 継息子(ままむすご) (mamamusugo)
* 継娘(ままむすめ) (mamamusume)

## Korean
### Hanja

継 • (gye) (hangeul 계, revised gye, McCune–Reischauer kye, Yale kyey)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.