継

継 U+7D99, 継 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D99 ← 綘 [U+7D98] CJK Unified Ideographs 続 → [U+7D9A]

Traditional	繼
Shinjitai	継
Simplified	继

Simplified from 繼 (㡭 → ⿺𠃊米)

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

1. continue, maintain, carry on

• 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

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.

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

Shinjitai	継
Kyūjitai	繼

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 繼)

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

• 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)

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

Alternative spelling
繼 (kyūjitai)

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

• IPA^(key): [ke̞ː]

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

Alternative spelling
繼 (kyūjitai)

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継(まま) • (mama) 

1. stepmother; state of being a stepmother

継(まま) • (mama-) 

1. step-; half- (related through only one parent)

   継(まま)子(こ) ― mamako ― stepchild

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

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