Character: 楫
Modern (Beijing) reading: jí
Preclassic Old Chinese: ćǝp
Classic Old Chinese: cǝp
Western Han Chinese: cǝp
Eastern Han Chinese: cjǝp
Early Postclassic Chinese: cjip
Middle Postclassic Chinese: cjip
Late Postclassic Chinese: cjip
Middle Chinese: cjep
English meaning : oar; to row
Russian meaning[s]: весло
Comments: The Shi rhyme (3,1,4,3) quite explicitly attributes the word to the *-ǝp rhyme class; the reading *ćǝp corresponds quite well to modern jí, but MC cjep is aberrant (cjip would be expected). The character was also used as a loan for 揖 *ćip 'to come together, cluster together', sometimes confused with 輯 ( = 集) *ʒ(h)ǝp 'to collect, gather' q.v. (whenceadditional Sino-Japanese readings: Go zifu, Kan sifu).
Radical: 75
Four-angle index: 2686
Karlgren code: 0688 h-i
Go-on: sefu
Kan-on: sefu
