介

See also: 个

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

介 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 人中中 (OLL), four-corner 8022₀, composition ⿱人⿰丿丨)

Derived characters

• 价, 吤, 圿, 妎, 㜾, 尬, 𡵚, 㠹, 忦, 扴, 𣲤, 阶, 斺, 𭨫, 𬂣, 𣬫, 炌, 𤘦, 𭷼, 玠, 𭺝, 祄, 畍, 𥄍, 砎, 𥝵, 蚧, 衸, 𧣋, 䚸, 𧿩, 𫒌, 𩈋, 𩉡, 𩡺(𩧦), 骱, 魀, 魪(𬶇), 𭍲, 𩾴, 𪐱, 齘(𬹼)
• 𠇧, 㰡, 𬿋, 𬿷, 䲸(𮭡), 𭀐, 𠨴, 㝏, 岕, 芥, 界, 𪽐, 㖎/㖋, 𣓴, 䯰, 𢗊, 𠌕

Descendants

• ケ (Katakana character derived from Man'yōgana)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 91, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 359
• Dae Jaweon: page 194, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 103, character 9
• Unihan data for U+4ECB

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		介

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 介
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Oracle bone script j01444 j01445 j01446 j01447 j01448 j01449 Small seal script s00795 Transcribed ancient scripts L36198 L36199 L21168 L21169 L21170 L21171 L21172 L21173
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (介) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
妎	*ɡaːds, *ɡeːds
芥	*kreːds
尬	*kreːds
界	*kreːds
介	*kreːds
疥	*kreːds
玠	*kreːds
砎	*kreːds, *kreːd, *ɡraːd
魪	*kreːds
价	*kreːds
衸	*kreːds, *ɡreːds
齘	*ɡreːds
骱	*ɡaːd, *kreːd
扴	*kreːd
圿	*kreːd
忦	*kreːd

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 人 (“person”) + two marks encompassing, indicating "in between"

Etymology 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 介

1. to lie between
2. to relate two things; to connect; to link; to introduce
3. to assist; to help
4. to hang; to suspend
5. to rely on; to depend on
6. firm; persistent; unswerving
7. such; like this; this kind of
8. Original form of 界 (jiè, “boundary; role; duty”).
9. iota; tiny bit. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 芥 (jiè).
10. Classifier for people or copper coins.
11. seashell; shell
12. to wear armour
13. (Eastern Min) again; re-
14. (loanword, Taiwan) zepto- (SI unit prefix)

See also

SI prefix
Last		Next
阿	介/仄	攸/幺

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gai¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gai¹
    • Yale: gāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 介

1. (Hong Kong) Informal shorthand for 雞／鸡 (gai1).

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 介
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Oracle bone script j01444 j01445 j01446 j01447 j01448 j01449 Small seal script s00795 Transcribed ancient scripts L36198 L36199 L21168 L21169 L21170 L21171 L21172 L21173
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (介) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
妎	*ɡaːds, *ɡeːds
芥	*kreːds
尬	*kreːds
界	*kreːds
介	*kreːds
疥	*kreːds
玠	*kreːds
砎	*kreːds, *kreːd, *ɡraːd
魪	*kreːds
价	*kreːds
衸	*kreːds, *ɡreːds
齘	*ɡreːds
骱	*ɡaːd, *kreːd
扴	*kreːd
圿	*kreːd
忦	*kreːd

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 人 (“person”) + two marks encompassing, indicating "in between"

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ke

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ke
    • Hakka Romanization System: ge
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ge⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ke⁵⁵/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 介
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡ɕiɛ⁵¹/
	Harbin	/t͡ɕiɛ⁵³/
	Tianjin	/t͡ɕie⁵³/
	Jinan	/t͡ɕiɛ²¹/
	Qingdao	/t͡ɕiɛ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡ɕiɛ³¹²/
	Xi'an	/t͡ɕiɛ⁴⁴/
	Xining	/t͡ɕi²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/t͡ɕie¹³/
	Lanzhou	/t͡ɕiə¹³/ /kɛ¹³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡ɕiɤ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/kai³⁵/
	Chengdu	/kai¹³/ /t͡ɕiai¹³/
	Guiyang	/kai²¹³/ /t͡ɕie²¹³/
	Kunming	/kæ²¹²/
	Nanjing	/t͡ɕiɛ⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/t͡ɕie̞⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡ɕie⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/t͡ɕie̞³⁵/
	Hohhot	/t͡ɕie⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/ka³⁵/ /t͡ɕia³⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡ɕiɑ⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/t͡ɕie̞⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/ka⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕia³²⁴/ /ka³²⁴/
	Tunxi	/ka⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/kai⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/kai⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/kai⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/kiai⁵³/
	Taoyuan	/ke⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/kai³³/
	Nanning	/kai³³/
	Hong Kong	/kai³³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/kai²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/kɑi²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/kai³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/kai²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/kai³⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 介

1. (Hakka) (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 个 (“possessive particle”).

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Japanese

Kanji

介

(Jōyō kanji)

1. shell, shellfish
2. to be between, mediate
3. concern oneself with
4. interfere

Readings

• Go-on: け (ke)
• Kan-on: かい (kai, Jōyō)
• Kun: たすける (tasukeru, 介ける)、すけ (suke, 介)
• Nanori: あき (aki)

Compounds

Compounds

• 介意
• 介懐
• 介居
• 介(かい)護(ご) (kaigo)
• 介在
• 介子
• 介錯
• 介助
• 介心
• 介(かい)入(にゅう) (kainyū)
• 介馬
• 介(かい)抱(ほう) (kaihō)
• 介殻
• 介甲
• 介(すけ)党(とう)鱈(だら) (suketōdara): Alaska pollock
• 介(かい)病(びょう) (kaibyō): nursing a patient
• 介卵
• 介鱗

Related terms

• 介する
• 介添え

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Korean

Hanja

介 • (gae) (hangeul 개)

1. forerunner, herald, harbinger
2. to lie between
3. sea shell
4. to wear armor

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 介 (giới)

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