藉

Information about character(s)

Radical: 艸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 14
Total Strokes: 17
Variants: 耤借

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jiè
Cantonese: ze3 ze6 zik6
JapaneseKun: SHIKU KARI FUMU
JapaneseOn: SHA SEKI JAKU
Korean: CA CEK
Vietnamese: chạ

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: mat, pad; rely on; pretext

CE-Dict: sleeping mat/to placate

Soothill: To rely on, avail oneself of.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.disorder; confusion
jie
ㄐㄧㄝA
1.a mat, pad, or cushion of grass (or straw)
2.to rely on; to lean on; to avail oneself of
3.on the strength of; by means of
4.on the excuse or pretext of

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《艸部》藉祭藉也。一曰艸不編，狼藉。从艸耤聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】藉
〔古文〕𧃫【唐韻】慈夜切，音躤。【說文】祭藉也。【易·大過】藉用白茅。【註】薦藉于物。　又【禮·曲禮】執玉，其有藉者則裼，無藉者則襲。【註】藉，藻也。【疏】凡執玉必有其藻，以承于玉。【儀禮·聘禮註】藉謂繅也。繅所以蘊藉玉。　又【孟子】助者，藉也。【趙岐註】猶人相借力助之也。【戰國策】藉兵乞食于西周。　又【前漢·薛廣德傳】廣德爲人溫雅有醞藉。【註】寬博有餘也。　又【後漢·隗囂傳】光武素聞其風聲，報以殊禮，所以慰藉之良厚。　又【綱目集覽】身之所依曰藉。　又【釋名】咀藉也，以藉齒牙也。　又秦昔切，音籍。狼藉，離披雜亂貌。【前漢·江都易王傳】國中口語藉藉，無復至江都。　又【周語】宣王卽位，不藉千畝。【前漢·文帝紀】其開藉田。　又【穀梁傳·哀十三年】其藉于成周，以尊天王。【註】藉謂貢獻。　又【莊子·應帝王】猿狙之，便執斄之狗來藉。【註】藉，繩也。　又【史記·武安侯傳】今吾身在也，而人皆藉吾弟。【註】藉，蹈也。　又姓。【國語】藉偃，晉大夫。　又【唐韻古音】讀胙。【史記·商君傳】註新序論：周室歸藉。【索隱】藉音胙。　又【韻補】秦二切。【班固·西都賦】原野蕭條，目極四裔。禽相鎭壓，獸相枕藉。

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Han-De-Dict: mittels, anhand (u.E.)/Jie (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)