距

距 U+8DDD, 距 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8DDD ← 跜 [U+8DDC] CJK Unified Ideographs 跞 → [U+8DDE]

Translingual

Han character

距 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口一尸尸 (RMSS), four-corner 6111₇, composition ⿰𧾷巨)

Derived characters

• 𭞯

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1224, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37481
• Dae Jaweon: page 1695, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3690, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8DDD

Chinese

trad.		距
simp. #		距
alternative forms		歫 𧣒 𧣻

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
柜	*kaʔ
渠	*ɡa
磲	*ɡa
蕖	*ɡa
蟝	*ɡa
璖	*ɡa
巨	*ɡaʔ
距	*ɡaʔ
拒	*ɡaʔ
苣	*ɡaʔ
炬	*ɡaʔ
詎	*ɡaʔ, *ɡas
鉅	*ɡaʔ
秬	*ɡaʔ
粔	*ɡaʔ
駏	*ɡaʔ
歫	*ɡaʔ
矩	*kʷaʔ
榘	*kʷaʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡaʔ) : semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 巨 (OC *ɡaʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jù (ju⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): keoi⁵ / geoi⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kǐr / kū / kī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ge⁶ / gu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyù
    • Wade–Giles: chü⁴
    • Yale: jyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuh
    • Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: keoi⁵ / geoi⁶
    • Yale: kéuih / geuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koey⁵ / goey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: kêu⁵ / gêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɵy̯¹³/, /kɵy̯²²/

Note: geoi6 - uncommon.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǐr
    • Tâi-lô: kǐr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɯ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū
    • Tâi-lô: kū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ku
    • IPA (Taipei): /ku³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ku²²/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī
    • Tâi-lô: kī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ge⁶ / gu⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳ̆ / kŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɯ³⁵/, /ku³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: gjoX

Rime
Character	距
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	其吕切
Baxter	gjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/ɡiɔX/
Wang Li	/ɡĭoX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	geoi6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	距
Reading #	1/1
No.	7048
Phonetic component	巨
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɡaʔ/

Definitions

距

1. spur (of a cock, pheasant, etc.)
2. to be apart; to be away from
3. distance
4. (literary) to arrive; to reach
5. Alternative form of 拒 (jù, “to resist; to reject”)
6. Alternative form of 巨 (jù, “huge; gigantic”)
7. Alternative form of 詎 / 讵 (jù, “how”)

Synonyms

• (to be apart): 距離／距离 (jùlí)
• (distance): 距離／距离 (jùlí)

Compounds

• 垂直距離 / 垂直距离
• 安全距離 / 安全距离
• 差距 (chājù)
• 弦心距
• 拔距
• 有效距離 / 有效距离
• 株距 (zhūjù)
• 深閉固距 / 深闭固距
• 焦距 (jiāojù)
• 相距 (xiāngjù)
• 礪吻磨距 / 砺吻磨距
• 秒差距 (miǎochājù)
• 等距
• 級距 / 级距
• 螺距 (luójù)
• 行距
• 行車距離 / 行车距离
• 貧富差距 / 贫富差距 (pínfù chājù)
• 超距
• 距今 (jùjīn)
• 距塞
• 距躍 / 距跃
• 距闉 / 距𬮱
• 距離 / 距离 (jùlí)
• 軌距 / 轨距 (guǐjù)
• 軸距 / 轴距
• 輪距 / 轮距
• 遠距教學 / 远距教学
• 遠距醫療 / 远距医疗
• 麟角鳳距 / 麟角凤距

Japanese

Shinjitai	距
Kyūjitai	距󠄁 距+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	距󠄃 距+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

距

(Jōyō kanji)

1. partition; separation; distance
2. spur (of a cock, pheasant, etc.)
3. to defend against; to prevent; to avoid (also 拒)

Readings

• Go-on: ご (go)^{←ご (go, historical)}、こ (ko)^{←こ (ko, historical)}
• Kan-on: きょ (kyo, Jōyō)^{←きよ (kyo, historical)}
• Kun: けづめ (kezume, 距)、たがう (tagau)、ふせぐ (fusegu, 距ぐ)、へだてる (hedateru, 距てる)

Compounds

• 距(きょ)骨(こつ) (kyokotsu)
• 距(きょ)星(せい) (kyosei)
• 距(きょ)爪(そう) (kyosō)
• 距(きょ)離(り) (kyori)
• 鶏(けい)距(きょ) (keikyo)
• 鉤(こう)距(きょ) (kōkyo)
• 軸(じく)距(きょ) (jikukyo)
• 測(そっ)距(きょ)儀(ぎ) (sokkyogi)

Korean

Hanja

距 • (geo) (hangeul 거)

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Vietnamese

Han character

距: Hán Nôm readings: cự, cựa

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