継

See also: 继

継	U+7D99, 継 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D99

← 綘
[U+7D98]

CJK Unified Ideographs

続 →
[U+7D9A]

Translingual

Traditional	繼
Shinjitai	継
Simplified	继

Etymology

Simplified from 繼 (㡭 → ⿺𠃊米)

Han character

継 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女火女火木 (VFVFD), composition ⿰糹⿺𠃊米)

continue, maintain, carry on

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 926, character 20

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27531

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3407, character 7

Unihan data for U+7D99

Chinese

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 継 – see 繼 (“to continue; to maintain; to carry on; to follow; to inherit and carry on; to succeed; etc.”). (This character is the former (1935–1936) ROC simplified, former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified, and variant form of 繼).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03188-004

Japanese

Shinjitai	継
Kyūjitai	繼

Kanji

継

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 繼)

acquire by birthright
follow in someone's footsteps or position
(clothes) patch
(be) grafted into a tree

Readings

Go-on: け (ke, 継)
Kan-on: けい (kei, 継)
Kun: つぎ (tsugi, 継ぎ); つぐ (tsugu, 継ぐ, Jōyō); つぐ (tsugu, 継); つなぎ (tsunagi, 継); つなぐ (tsunagu, 継); まま (mama, 継)
Nanori: つぎ (tsugi, 継); つね (tsune, 継); ひで (hide, 継)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
継
けい Grade: S
kan’on

Alternative spelling
繼 (kyūjitai)

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ke̞ː]

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Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
継
まま Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
繼 (kyūjitai)

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Noun

継(まま) • (mama)

stepmother; state of being a stepmother

Prefix

継(まま) • (mama--)

step-; half- (related through only one parent)
継(まま)子(こ) ― mamako ― stepchild

Korean

Hanja

継 • (gye) (hangeul 계, revised gye, McCune–Reischauer kye, Yale kyey)

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