1. verb to reach
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense, 及 is an independent verb in Literary Chinese (Guoyu '及' v 1; Kroll 2015 '及' 1, p. 184; Mathews 1931 '及', p. 61; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 158; Unihan '及'; XHZD '及' 1)
  2. conjunction and
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Coordination 并列
    Notes: In the sense of 和 or 跟; 及 is used more commonly in written Chinese and can only be used to join nouns (Guoyu '及' conj; Kroll 2015 '及' 4, p. 184; Mathews 1931 '及', p. 62; Unihan '及'; XHZD '及' 3)
  3. adverb coming to; when
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense, 及 indicates a temporal sequence in Literary Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 158). For example, 30648於罪 'When they thus have been involved in crime ...' (Mengzi: 1.7/6/20, translation by Legge; Guoyu '及' v 2; ; Kroll 2015 '及' 3, p. 184; Mathews 1931 '及', p. 61; XHZD '及' 2)
  4. verb to attain
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '及' 1a, p. 184)
  5. verb to understand
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '及' 5, p. 184)
  6. verb able to be compared to; to catch up with
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 比得上 (Guoyu '及' v 3; Kroll 2015 '及' 2, p. 184; Mathews 1931 '及', p. 61)
  7. verb to be involved with; to associate with
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 牵涉 (Guoyu '及' v 4; Kroll 2015 '及' 1c, p. 184)
  8. verb passing of a feudal title from elder to younger brother
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 兄终弟及 (Guoyu '及' v 5; Kroll 2015 '及' 1b, p. 184)
  9. verb and; ca; api
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: ca, or: api, Japanese: kyū (BCSD '及', p. 226; MW 'ca'; Unihan '及')

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