際

See also: 际
際 U+969B, 際
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-969B
← 隚
[U+969A] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 障 →
[U+969C]

Translingual

Han character

際 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 弓中月人火 (NLBOF), four-corner 77291, composition ⿰阝祭)

Derived characters

  • 𭳋

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1359, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41820
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4154, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+969B

Chinese

trad. 際
simp. 际

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (祭) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蔡 *sʰlaːds
瘵 *ʔsreːds
祭 *ʔsreːds, *ʔsleds
際 *ʔsleds
穄 *ʔsleds
鰶 *ʔsleds
傺 *hr'eds
摖 *sʰleːds
擦 *sʰlaːd
攃 *sʰlaːd, *saːd
礤 *sʰlaːd
察 *sʰreːd
詧 *sʰreːd, *sʰeːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsleds): semantic 阝 + phonetic 祭 (OC *ʔsreːds, *ʔsleds).

Etymology

Related to 接 (OC *ʔseb, “to connect, contact”); see there for more (STEDT).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 際
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 祭 (35)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 子例切
Baxter tsjejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡siᴇiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡siɛiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡sjæiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡siajH/
Li
Rong 		/t͡siɛiH/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sĭɛiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡si̯ɛiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zai3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 際
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tsjejH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[ts][a]p-s/
English connection

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 際
Reading # 1/1
No. 5840
Phonetic
component 		祭
Rime
group 		祭
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		祭
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔsleds/

Definitions

際

  1. border; boundary; juncture
  2. between
  3. moment
  4. to associate
  5. to be on the occasion of
  6. to be one's lot

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

際

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. edge; verge; side (きわ)[1]
  2. time; occasion; incident; when
  3. to encounter; to meet (まじわる)
  4. between (あい)
  5. degree; extent

Readings

  • Go-on: さい (sai, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: せい (sei)
  • Kun: きわ (kiwa, 際, Jōyō)←きは (kifa, 際, historical)、まじわる (majiwaru, 際わる)←まじはる (mazifaru, 際はる, historical)、あい (ai, 際)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
際
さい
Grade: 5
on'yomi

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

Pronunciation

Noun

際(さい) • (sai) 

  1. time; occasion
    列車(れっしゃ)が発車(はっしゃ)する際(さい)
    ressha ga hassha suru sai
    when a train departs
    その際(さい)に注意(ちゅうい)しなければいけない
    sono sai ni chūi shinakereba ikenai
    you must pay attention when that happens
See also

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
際
きわ
Grade: 5
kun'yomi

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

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きわ [kìwáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [kʲiβ̞a̠]

Noun

際(きわ) • (kiwa) ←きは (kifa)?

  1. moment prior to something
    去(さ)り際(ぎわ)に握(あく)手(しゅ)する
    sari-giwa ni akushu suru
    to shake hands just before leaving

References

  1. ^ “際”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

際 (eumhun 즈음 제 (jeueum je))
際 (eumhun 가 제 (ga je))

  1. hanja form? of 제 (“occasion”)
  2. hanja form? of 제 (“border”)

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

際: Hán Nôm readings: tế

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