結

結 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女火土口 (VFGR), four-corner 2496₁, composition ⿰糹吉)

• 𢢂, 鐑

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 921, character 34
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27398
• Dae Jaweon: page 1354, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3390, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7D50

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kiːd) : semantic 糸 + phonetic 吉 (OC *klid).

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(g/k)(j)i(t/k) (“to tie; to bind”); cognate with Tibetan ཁྱིག (khyig, “to bind”), Burmese ကျစ် (kyac, “to twist”) (Schuessler, 2007; STEDT).

結

1. to tie; to bind; to join; to connect

   結網／结网  ―  jié wǎng  ―  to weave a net

2. to solidify; to form; to combine; to fuse

   結冰／结冰  ―  jiébīng  ―  to freeze

3. to form; to forge (a relationship)

   結盟／结盟  ―  jiéméng  ―  to form an alliance

   結下了深深的友誼 [MSC, trad.]
   结下了深深的友谊 [MSC, simp.]

   jié xià le shēn shēn de yǒuyì [Pinyin]

   to forge a profound friendship

4. to sum up; to end; to finish; to settle

   結帳／结帐  ―  jiézhàng  ―  to settle accounts

5. knot; tie

   死結／死结  ―  sǐjié  ―  fast knot

   打個結／打个结 [Cantonese]  ―  daa² go³ lit³ [Jyutping]  ―  to tie a knot

6. (electronics) junction
7. (anatomy) node
8. emotional knot
9. written agreement; undertaking; bond; guarantee of responsibility; commitment; affidavit

   具結／具结  ―  jùjié  ―  to sign an undertaking

10. to bear (fruit)

    結果／结果  ―  jiéguǒ  ―  to bear fruit

11. (dialectal) to stammer; to stutter
12. (Hokkien) loud and clear; sonorous
13. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) fine and firm (not loose); well-bound; thick and sturdy
14. (Mainland China Hokkien, figurative) hangup; problem; preoccupation; knot (in one's heart)
15. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to be in a knot; to be entangled with
16. (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) Classifier for bundles of thread-like objects.

• (to end):

• (to stammer):

• (hangup): 疙瘩 (gēda)

• “Entry #8853”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
• “結”, 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–

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. tie, fasten
2. join
3. organize
4. end, conclude

• Go-on: けち (kechi)
• Kan-on: けつ (ketsu, Jōyō)
• On: けい (kei)
• Kun: むすぶ (musubu, 結ぶ, Jōyō); ゆう (yuu, 結う, Jōyō)^{←ゆふ (yufu, 結ふ, historical)}; ゆわう (yuwau, 結わう)^{←ゆはふ (yufafu, 結はふ, historical)}; ゆわえる (yuwaeru, 結わえる, Jōyō)^{←ゆはへる (yufaferu, 結はへる, historical)}; いわえる (iwaeru, 結える)^{←いはへる (ifaferu, 結へる, historical)}; いわく (iwaku, 結く)^{←いはく (ifaku, 結く, historical)}; かたなす (katanasu, 結なす); かたぬ (katanu, 結ぬ); かためる (katameru, 結める); すく (suku, 結く)
• Nanori: ゆい (yui)

結(ゆい) • (Yui) 

1. a female given name

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kjʌ̹ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [결]

Wikisource 結 (eumhun 맺을 결 (maejeul gyeol))

1. Hanja form^? of 결 (“tie”).
2. Hanja form^? of 결 (“result”).

結: Hán Nôm readings: kết, cứt, kiết, chắc, kít

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