街

街 U+8857, 街
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8857
← 衖
[U+8856]
CJK Unified Ideographs 衘 →
[U+8858]

Translingual

Stroke order
12 strokes

Han character

街 (Kangxi radical 144, 行+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹人土土弓 (HOGGN), four-corner 21104, composition ⿴行圭 or ⿲彳圭亍)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1109, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34051
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1573, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 831, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+8857

Chinese

simp. and trad.
街
2nd round simp. 亍

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kreː, *kreː) : semantic 行 + phonetic 圭 (OC *kʷeː).

Etymology

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

Pronunciation


Note:
  • koe/ke/kere - vernacular;
  • kai - literary.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 街
Mandarin Beijing /t͡ɕiɛ⁵⁵/
Harbin /kai⁴⁴/
/t͡ɕiɛ⁴⁴/
Tianjin /t͡ɕie²¹/
/kai²¹/ 老
Jinan /t͡ɕiɛ²¹³/
Qingdao /t͡ɕiɛ²¹³/
Zhengzhou /t͡ɕiɛ²⁴/
Xi'an /t͡ɕiɛ²¹/
Xining /kɛ⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /kɛ⁴⁴/
/t͡ɕie⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /kɛ³¹/
Ürümqi /kai⁴⁴/
Wuhan /kai⁵⁵/
Chengdu /kai⁵⁵/
Guiyang /kai⁵⁵/
Kunming /kæ⁴⁴/
Nanjing /t͡ɕiɛ³¹/
Hefei /t͡ɕie̞²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡ɕie¹¹/
Pingyao /t͡ɕie̞¹³/
Hohhot /t͡ɕie³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ka⁵³/
Suzhou /kɑ⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /t͡ɕie̞³³/
Wenzhou /ka³³/
Hui Shexian /ka³¹/
Tunxi /ka¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /kai³³/
Xiangtan /kai⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /kai⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /ke⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /ke²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /kai⁵⁵/
Nanning /kai⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /kai⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /kai⁵⁵/
/kue⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /kɛ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /kai⁵⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /koi³³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /kɔi²³/

Rime
Character 街 街
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 佳 (31) 皆 (33)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II II
Fanqie 古膎切 古諧切
Baxter kea keaj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠɛ/ /kˠɛi/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚæ/ /kᵚæi/
Shao
Rongfen
/kæi/ /kɐi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kaɨj/ /kəɨj/
Li
Rong
/kɛ/ /kɛi/
Wang
Li
/kai/ /kɐi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kai/ /kăi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiā jiē
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gaai1 gaai1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 街
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jiē
Middle
Chinese
‹ kɛ ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]ˁre/
English road-crossing

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 街 街
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 4527 4532
Phonetic
component
圭 圭
Rime
group
支 支
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
皆 佳
Old
Chinese
/*kreː/ /*kreː/
Notes 本音佳

Definitions

街

  1. (countable) street (Classifier: 條/条 m c)
    街景  ―  jiējǐng  ―  street scene
    地下街  ―  dìxiàjiē  ―  underground street
    行落兩條街大把嘢食。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    行落两条街大把嘢食。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    haang4 lok6 loeng5 tiu4 gaai1 daai6 baa2 je5 sik6. [Jyutping]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. market; fair
  3. Short for 街道 (jiēdào, “subdistrict”).
    新港街  ―  Xīngǎng Jiē  ―  Xingang Subdistrict
  4. (Hong Kong Cantonese, figuratively) distance; margin (Classifier: 條/条 c)
    贏九條街/赢九条街 [Cantonese]  ―  jeng4 gau2 tiu4 gaai1 [Jyutping]  ―  to win by a large margin (literally, “to win with a distance of nine street blocks”)
  5. (Hong Kong Cantonese) outside; the public
    街外人 [Cantonese]  ―  gaai1 ngoi6 jan4 [Jyutping]  ―  outsider
    街症 [Cantonese]  ―  gaai1 zing3 [Jyutping]  ―  outpatient clinic
  6. a surname

Synonyms

Compounds

  • 一街兩巷/一街两巷
  • 上街 (shàngjiē)
  • 三街六巷
  • 三街六市
  • 串街
  • 倒街臥巷/倒街卧巷
  • 六街
  • 六街三市
  • 前街後巷/前街后巷
  • 十字街 (shízìjiē)
  • 十字街頭/十字街头
  • 南街 (Nánjiē)
  • 叫街
  • 唐人街 (tángrénjiē)
  • 唐寧街/唐宁街 (Tángníng Jiē)
  • 四平街 (Sìpíngjiē)
  • 地下街 (dìxiàjiē)
  • 填街塞巷
  • 大街 (dàjiē)
  • 大街小巷 (dàjiēxiǎoxiàng)
  • 天街
  • 失街亭
  • 官街
  • 對街/对街
  • 屯街塞巷
  • 巷尾街頭/巷尾街头
  • 巷議街談/巷议街谈
  • 巷議街譚/巷议街谭
  • 市街
  • 後巷前街/后巷前街
  • 後街/后街
  • 扒街淘空
  • 打街罵巷/打街骂巷
  • 把街
  • 拽巷攞街/拽巷𫽋街
  • 拽巷邏街/拽巷逻街
  • 掃街/扫街 (sǎojiē)
  • 掃街機/扫街机
  • 搠筆巡街/搠笔巡街
  • 新街 (Xīnjiē)
  • 日轉千街/日转千街
  • 柳巷花街
  • 柳陌花街
  • 槁街
  • 沿街 (yánjiē)
  • 河街 (Héjiē)
  • 流落街頭/流落街头
  • 滿市街/满市街
  • 滿街/满街 (mǎnjiē)
  • 當街/当街 (dāngjiē)
  • 盤街/盘街
  • 站街 (zhànjiē)
  • 籠街喝道/笼街喝道
  • 罵街/骂街 (màjiē)
  • 老街 (lǎojiē)
  • 老街坊
  • 老街舊鄰/老街旧邻
  • 老鼠過街/老鼠过街
  • 臨街/临街 (línjiē)
  • 臭街爛巷/臭街烂巷
  • 舊街/旧街 (Jiùjiē)
  • 花街 (huājiē)
  • 花街柳巷
  • 花街柳陌
  • 華爾街/华尔街 (Huá'ěrjiē)
  • 街上 (jiēshang)
  • 街仔 (ke-á)
  • 街卒
  • 街口 (jiēkǒu)
  • 街名
  • 街坊
  • 街坊鄰居/街坊邻居
  • 街坊鄰舍/街坊邻舍
  • 街壘/街垒
  • 街官
  • 街巷
  • 街巷阡陌
  • 街市 (jiēshì)
  • 街心
  • 街河市 (Jiēhéshì)
  • 街溜子
  • 街燈/街灯 (jiēdēng)
  • 街舞 (jiēwǔ)
  • 街號巷哭/街号巷哭
  • 街衢
  • 街角 (jiējiǎo)
  • 街談巷說/街谈巷说 (jiētánxiàngshuō)
  • 街談巷語/街谈巷语
  • 街談巷議/街谈巷议 (jiētánxiàngyì)
  • 街道 (jiēdào)
  • 街邏/街逻
  • 街里街坊
  • 街門/街门 (jiēmén)
  • 街面兒/街面儿
  • 街頭/街头 (jiētóu)
  • 街頭劇/街头剧
  • 街頭小報/街头小报
  • 街頭巷尾/街头巷尾 (jiētóuxiàngwěi)
  • 街頭巷語/街头巷语
  • 街頭市尾/街头市尾
  • 街頭運動/街头运动
  • 街鼓
  • 跑街
  • 踅街 (se̍h-ke) (Min Nan)
  • 迪化街
  • 逛街 (guàngjiē)
  • 遊街/游街 (yóujiē)
  • 過街樓/过街楼
  • 過街老鼠/过街老鼠 (guòjiē lǎoshǔ)
  • 銅街/铜街
  • 闌街/阑街
  • 阻街女郎
  • 電子街/电子街
  • 電影街/电影街
  • 順城街/顺城街
  • 高湖街 (Gāohújiē)

Descendants

  • → Bouyei: gaail
  • → White Hmong: kev
  • → Zhuang: gai

References

Japanese

Kanji

街

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. main street or boulevard

Readings

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) まち​ [màchíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [ma̠t͡ɕi]

Noun

街(まち) • (machi) 

  1. Alternative spelling of 町

Derived terms

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 街 (MC kea|keaj). Recorded as Middle Korean 개 (kay) (Yale: kay) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

  • (street; road):
  • (in 街道 and 街頭):
    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ka̠(ː)]
    • Phonetic hangul: [가(ː)]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Wikisource 街 (eumhun 거리 가 (geori ga))

  1. Hanja form? of 가 (“street; road”).

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

街: Hán Nôm readings: nhai

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