Zi:切

切 [qiē] 切​割 cut [qiè] ​密切 close/intimate; ​一切 yíqiè all; 切​脉 feel the pulse; (HDZ:) …; ​反切; … (​姓) [qì] (​古) ​衆

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 切 qiē ‘cut/sever’ combines ​刀 (dāo) ‘knife’, and ​七(​𠀁) qī ‘seven’ (phonosemantic); seven is the number of ​阳/​陽 yáng ‘male/bright’ (⚊), which cuts through the land like a river (☵).
    Note: In general, 切 qiē ‘cut’ (as in 切​割 qiēgē ‘cut’, 切​断 qiēduàn ‘sever’, 切​菜​刀 qiēcàidāo ‘kitchen knife’), and in mathematical usage (​交切 jiāoqiē ‘intersect’, ​正切 zhèngqiē ‘tangent’, ​余切 yúqiē ‘cotangent’); otherwise 切 qiè (as in ​密切 mìqiè ‘close/intimate’), with meanings related to a thing cut apart into two parts, the two pieces matching together very closely (​咬​牙切​齿, non-mathematical).
    Note: ​反切 fǎnqiè ‘anc. Ch. spelling system’ using two characters (X for the initial, and Y for the final) to represent the pronunciation of another character; e.g., 切 qiē ← MC /tshit/ = ​七 /tsh-/ + ​計 /-it/, wr. “​七​計切” (SBGY).
    “[切] To cut, cut off, carve, mince; sharp, intense, urgent; abbreviate, a summary” —Karlgren(AD).
    Compare: 切 qiē/qiè ← MC /tshit/tshis/ (SBGY).
    Compare: ​㓞 qià ‘carve/tally’ ← MC /khet/ (SBGY).
    Compare: ​契 qì/qiè ← MC /khis/khjət/khit/ (SBGY).
    HDZ: 切 : qiē : ​割, ​截; ​加​工​珠​宝​器​物​的​工​艺; 切​磋; (​几​何​学) ​直​线​与​弧​线​或​两​个​弧​线​相切​于​一​点 • qiè : ​两​物​相​摩​擦; (​中​医) ​以​手​摸​脉​诊​断​病​症; ​反切; ​近, ​贴​近; ​符​合; ​诚​恳, ​直​率; ​深; ​严​峻; ​严​刻; ​削​平; ​谴​责; ​急​迫; ​紧​要​的; ​悲​凄​貌; 切切; ​砌 (qì): (​门​坎, ​阶​石; cf. ​砌/切​末 qièmo); (​副​词) ​一​定, ​千​万 (​多​用​于​否​定) • qì : (​古) ​衆/​众 (cf. ​𢔆)
►references: Guǎngyùn:372.18,491.36; Henshall:156; Karlgren:AD1055,GSR400f; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.320.5; Mathews:811; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:136.09; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:007.0.02; Wáng(1993):112; EDOC:1
►components: ​七​刀​
►Cantonese: chai- chit-
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