治具

Chinese

		to rule; to govern; to manage to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); cure; treatment; to heal	tool; device; utensil tool; device; utensil; equipment; instrument
simp. and trad. (治具)		治	具

Etymology

measures to govern a state

From Zhuangzi:

此有知治之具，非知治之道。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad. and simp.]

From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

Cǐ yǒu zhī zhì zhī jù, fēi zhī zhì zhī dào. [Pinyin]

Such people only know the means of government, but do not know the fundamental way of government.

jig: Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 治具 (jigu).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhìjù

(Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄐㄩˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhìjù
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄐㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhjyù
  - Wade–Giles: chih⁴-chü⁴
  - Yale: jr̀-jyù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhjiuh
  - Palladius: чжицзюй (čžiczjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕy⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: drijH|driH gjuH

Rime
Character	治	治	具
Reading #	2/3	3/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	澄 (11)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)	之 (19)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	直利切	直吏切	其遇切
Baxter	drijH	driH	gjuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠiɪ^H/	/ɖɨ^H/	/ɡɨo^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚi^H/	/ɖɨ^H/	/ɡio^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiɪ^H/	/ȡie^H/	/ɡio^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖji^H/	/ɖɨ^H/	/guə̆^H/
Li Rong	/ȡji^H/	/ȡiə^H/	/ɡio^H/
Wang Li	/ȡi^H/	/ȡĭə^H/	/ɡĭu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱi^H/	/ȡʱi^H/	/gi̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhì	zhì	jù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi⁶	zi⁶	geoi⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*lrə-s [ɡ](r)o-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯs|l'is ɡos/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	治	具
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhì	jù
Middle Chinese	‹ dri^H ›	‹ gju^H ›
Old Chinese	/*lrə-s/	/*[ɡ](r)o-s/
English	regulate, arrange	arrange, provide
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	治	治	具
Reading #	2/3	3/3	1/1
No.	12289	12302	7133
Phonetic component	台	台	具
Rime group	之	脂	侯
Rime subdivision	0	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	值	緻	懼
Old Chinese	/*l'ɯs/	/*l'is/	/*ɡos/

Noun

治具

measures to govern a state
- 方今聖賢相逢，治具畢張。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  方今圣贤相逢，治具毕张。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: circa 813, Han Yu, "On Advancing Scholarship"（《進學解》）, translated by Charles Hartman
  Fāngjīn shèngxián xiàngféng, zhìjù bì zhāng. [Pinyin]
  At this moment, our Sage-king has met his men of worth, and tools of good rule have covered the earth.
(chiefly Taiwan) jig

Verb

治具

to throw a banquet
to prepare

Japanese

Kanji in this term
治	具
じ Grade: 4	ぐ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

Borrowed from English jig. The kanji are ateji (当て字).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ジグ [jíꜜgù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑiɡɯ̟]

Noun

治具(ジグ) • (jigu)

jig (mechanical device)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN