# 敕

| 敕 | U+6555, &#25941; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6555 |
| ← 敔 [U+6554] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 敖 → [U+6556] |

## Translingual
### Han character

敕 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木中人大 (DLOK), four-corner 5894$_0$, composition ⿰束攵)
* an imperial order or decree

#### Derived characters

* 𠍏, 𪞫, 𠻳, 𢕡, 𢠂, 𢳯, 𣙙, 潄, 𬗳, 𨫾, 𩥹, 𪅙
* 𫂙, 𦌉, 䔩, 𩮸, 𭄺, 𡏴, 𡠼, 慗, 整, 𮔳, 𧫣, 𩐎, 𩞕, 𩺾, 鷘
* 瘷, 𤃏, 遫

### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 471, character 13
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13225
* Dae Jaweon: page 823, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1460, character 3
* Unihan data for U+6555

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 敕 :
| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 敕 | *tʰɯɡ |
| 勅 | *tʰɯɡ |
| 鷘 | *tʰɯɡ |
| 慗 | *tʰɯɡ |
| 遫 | *tʰɯɡ |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 柬 + 攴 (“a stick in hand that represents authority”) – to warn. The left component, according to Zhang Shichao (張世超), is the contraction of 熏. In the Small Seal script, it was sometimes written as 束.

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chì (chi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cik$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̍t
    (Hailu, HRS): chid$^ˋ$
* Eastern Min (BUC): ték
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): thek
    (Teochew, Peng'im): têg$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chì
*** Zhuyin: ㄔˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chìh
*** Wade–Giles: chʻih$^4$
*** Yale: chr̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyh
*** Palladius: чи (či)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cik$^1$
*** Yale: chīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɪk̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: ciid
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cid$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨt̚⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: chid$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰit²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ték
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɛiʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thek
*** Tâi-lô: thik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: teg
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɪk̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɪk̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɪk̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɪk̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɪk̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: têg$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thek
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰek̚²/
* Middle Chinese: trhik
Rime :
| Character | 敕 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 徹 (10) |
| Final (韻) | 職 (134) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 恥力切 |
| Baxter | trhik |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʈʰɨk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈʰɨk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȶʰiek̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈʰik̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ȶʰiək̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ȶʰĭək̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȶʰi̯ək̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cik$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*tʰɯɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 敕 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 1485 |
| Phonetic component | 敕 |
| Rime group | 職 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 敕 |
| Old Chinese | /*tʰɯɡ/ |
| Notes | 金文左從東（種），象下種，同說文臿（插）地義，而非束聲 |

### Definitions

敕
* (literary) (from superior to subordinate) to admonish; to command
* (specifically, historical, since Northern and Southern dynasties) imperial decree
* (historical) to appoint; letter of appointment
* (Taoism) command inscribed on a paper talisman; to chant an incantation of command
* (Classical) in detail; clearly
* a surname
* Alternative form of 飭 / 饬 (chì, “to regulate; to organize; prudent”)

### Compounds

* 口敕
* 告敕
* 宣敕
* 戒敕
* 敕令 (chìlìng)
* 敕使
* 敕勒
* 敕勒歌
* 敕厲 / 敕厉
* 敕命 (chìmìng)
* 敕封 (chìfēng)
* 敕戒
* 敕授
* 敕旨 (chìzhǐ)
* 敕書 / 敕书 (chìshū)
* 敕法
* 敕牒
* 敕葬
* 敕賜 / 敕赐
* 敕贈 / 敕赠
* 敕身
* 空頭敕 / 空头敕
* 聖敕 / 圣敕 (shèngchì)

### References

* 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “敕”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B01471
* “敕”, 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

| Shinjitai | 勅 |
| Kyūjitai | 敕 |

### Kanji

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

* Go-on: ちき (chiki)
* Kan-on: ちょく (choku)
* Kun: いましめる (imashimeru, 敕める)、みことのり (mikotonori, 敕)

## Korean
### Hanja

敕 • (chik) (hangeul 칙, revised chik, McCune–Reischauer ch'ik, Yale chik)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

敕: Hán Nôm readings: sắc
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