# 捷

| 捷 | U+6377, &#25463; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6377 |
| ← 捶 [U+6376] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 捸 → [U+6378] |

## Translingual
### Han character

捷 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手十中人 (QJLO), four-corner 5508$_1$, composition ⿰扌疌)

#### Derived characters

* 𠽕, 𧐥, 蓵

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 435, character 24
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12216
* Dae Jaweon: page 785, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1894, character 2
* Unihan data for U+6377

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 捷
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | 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 *zeb): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 疌 (OC *zeb).

### Etymology

Austroasiatic; compare Khmer ចាប់ (cap, “to catch, capture, seize, grasp, get”), Chong [script needed] (chap) & Pear [script needed] (chap, “catch”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Related to 妾 (OC *sʰeb, “slave woman, concubine”)

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jié (jie$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zit$^6$ / zit$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhia̍p
* Eastern Min (BUC): ciĕk
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍p / chia̍t
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ziab$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$zhiq
* 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$^6$ / zit$^3$
*** Yale: jiht / jit
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzit$^9$ / dzit$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jid$^6$ / jid$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siːt̚²/, /t͡siːt̚³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhia̍p
*** Hakka Romanization System: qiab
*** Hagfa Pinyim: qiab$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯ap̚⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ciĕk
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sieʔ⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍p / chia̍t
*** Tâi-lô: tsia̍p / tsia̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciap, ciat
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siap̚⁴/, /t͡siɛt̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siap̚²⁴/, /t͡siɛt̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siap̚¹²¹/, /t͡siɛt̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡siap̚⁴/, /t͡siɛt̚⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siap̚⁴/, /t͡siɛt̚⁴/
* chia̍p - literary (“quick; frequent”);
* chia̍t - vernacular (俗).
* Middle Chinese: dzjep
Rime :
| Character | 捷 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 葉 (155) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 疾葉切 |
| Baxter | dzjep |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡ziᴇp̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡ziɛp̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡zjæp̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡ziap̚/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡ziɛp̚/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡zĭɛp̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /d͡zʱi̯ɛp̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jié |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zip$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz][a]p/
    (Zhengzhang): /*zeb/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 捷 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jié |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dzjep › |
| Old Chinese | /*[dz][a]p/ |
| English | victory |
| 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 | 捷 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6450 |
| Phonetic component | 疌 |
| Rime group | 盍 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 捷 |
| Old Chinese | /*zeb/ |

#### Definitions

捷
* to win; to be victorious; to succeed
    大捷 ― dàjié ― great victory
    捷報／捷报 ― jiébào ― news of victory; report of a success
* quick; fast; rapid; swift; nimble; agile
    快捷 ― kuàijié ― fast and nimble
    敏捷 ― mǐnjié ― nimble; agile; shrewd; quick
    便捷 ― biànjié ― convenient and fast
    捷足先登 ― jiézúxiāndēng ― the early bird gets the worm
* (Hokkien) frequent
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) spoils of war
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to reach

#### Compounds

* 便捷 (biànjié)
* 克捷 (kèjié)
* 利口捷給 / 利口捷给
* 勁捷 / 劲捷
* 告捷 (gàojié)
* 報捷 / 报捷 (bàojié)
* 大捷 (dàjié)
* 奏捷
* 快捷 (kuàijié)
* 急捷
* 才思敏捷 (cáisīmǐnjié)
* 捷克 (Jiékè)
* 捷克斯洛伐克 (Jiékèsīluòfákè)
* 捷口
* 捷報 / 捷报 (jiébào)
* 捷徑 / 捷径 (jiéjìng)
* 捷才
* 捷捷
* 捷書 / 捷书 (jiéshū)
* 捷機 / 捷机
* 捷武
* 捷泳 (jiéyǒng)
* 捷獵 / 捷猎
* 捷給 / 捷给
* 捷見官𣍐畏，捷食酒𣍐醉 / 捷见官𫧃畏，捷食酒𫧃醉
* 捷見官毋畏，捷食酒𣍐醉 / 捷见官毋畏，捷食酒𫧃醉
* 捷說 / 捷说
* 捷譏 / 捷讥
* 捷足先得
* 捷足先登 (jiézúxiāndēng)
* 捷運 / 捷运 (jiéyùn)
* 捷運工程 / 捷运工程
* 捷運系統 / 捷运系统
* 捷音
* 捷黠
* 撟捷 / 挢捷
* 敏捷 (mǐnjié)
* 機捷 / 机捷
* 獲捷 / 获捷
* 獻捷 / 献捷 (xiànjié)
* 百舉百捷 / 百举百捷
* 直捷 (zhíjié)
* 直捷了當 / 直捷了当 (zhíjiéliǎodàng)
* 眼明手捷
* 矯捷 / 矫捷 (jiǎojié)
* 簡捷 / 简捷 (jiǎnjié)
* 紅旗報捷 / 红旗报捷
* 終南捷徑 / 终南捷径 (Zhōngnán jiéjìng)
* 蔣捷 / 蒋捷
* 趫捷 / 𰷶捷
* 蹻捷 / 跷捷
* 身手矯捷 / 身手矫捷
* 輕捷 / 轻捷 (qīngjié)
* 辯捷 / 辩捷
* 迅捷 (xùnjié)
* 連戰皆捷 / 连战皆捷 (liánzhànjiējié)
* 連捷 / 连捷
* 金門大捷 / 金门大捷
* 須捷 / 须捷
* 騰捷 / 腾捷
* 騰捷飛升 / 腾捷飞升
* 高才捷足

### Pronunciation 2

* 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

捷
* Only used in 捷捷 (qièqiè).

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chā (cha$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chā
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cha
*** Wade–Giles: chʻa$^1$
*** Yale: chā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cha
*** Palladius: ча (ča)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

捷
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 插 (chā, “to insert; to stick into”)

### References

* “捷”, 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–
* “Query for 捷”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* quick, fast, rapid (はやい)
* victory, conquest, success (かつ)

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): しょう (shō)、そう (sō)
* Kun: かつ (katsu, 捷つ)、はやい (hayai, 捷い)

## Korean
### Hanja

捷 • (cheop) (hangeul 첩, revised cheop, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏp, Yale chep)
To be quick; to win.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

捷: Hán Nôm readings: tiệp, tẹp
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