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哲

哲 U+54F2, 哲
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54F2
← 哱
[U+54F1] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 哳 →
[U+54F3]

Translingual

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Han character

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哲 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手中口 (QLR), four-corner 52602, composition ⿱折口)

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 191, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3667
  • Dae Jaweon: page 410, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 625, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+54F2

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
 哲
alternative forms 喆
嚞
啠
悊

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 哲
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
   
Characters in the same phonetic series (折) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
晢 *ʔljeds, *ʔljed
狾 *ʔljeds
誓 *ɦljeds
逝 *ɦljeds
銴 *ɢljeds, *ɢʷleds
折 *l'eːl, *ʔljed, *ɦljed
娎 *hleːws, *qʰred
哳 *ʔr'eːd
踅 *sɢʷled
哲 *ʔl'ed
蜇 *ʔl'ed
悊 *ʔl'ed
嚞 *ted
喆 *ted
硩 *l̥ʰed, *l̥ʰeːɡ
浙 *ʔljed
晣 *ʔljed
焎 *hred

In bronze script, written as 悊 (zhé) and other variants, with no evidence of the existence of 哲 (zhé) until small seal script. In 說文解字／说文解字 (Shuōwén Jiězì), described as a phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔl'ed) : phonetic 折 (OC *l'eːl, *ʔljed, *ɦljed) + semantic 口 (“mouth”) .

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • diag4 - Shantou;
  • diêg4 - Chaozhou.
    Rime
    Character 哲
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 知 (9)
    Final (韻) 薛 (83)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 陟列切
    Baxter trjet
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ʈˠiᴇt̚/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ʈᵚiɛt̚/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ȶiæt̚/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ʈiat̚/
    Li
    Rong         		/ȶjɛt̚/
    Wang
    Li         		/ȶĭɛt̚/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/ȶi̯ɛt̚/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		zhe
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		zit3
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 哲
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		zhé
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ trjet ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*tr[e]t/
    English wise

    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 哲
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 16941
    Phonetic
    component         		折
    Rime
    group         		月
    Rime
    subdivision         		2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		哲
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ʔl'ed/

    Definitions

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    哲

    1. wise, sagacious
    2. wise man, sage

    Compounds

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    Japanese

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    Kanji

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    哲

    (Jōyō kanji)

    1. philosophy
    2. clear

    Readings

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    • Go-on: てち (techi)
    • Kan-on: てつ (tetsu, Jōyō)
    • Kun: あきらか (akiraka, 哲らか)、さとい (satoi, 哲い)

    Proper noun

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    哲(さとし) or 哲(てつ) • (Satoshi or Tetsu) 

    1. a male given name

    Korean

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    Hanja

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    哲 (eumhun 밝을 철 (balgeul cheol))

    1. wise, sagacious
    2. wise man, sage

    Vietnamese

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    Han character

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    哲: Hán Nôm readings: triết, chít, Chứt, trết, trít

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