See tsik on Wiktionary
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"text": "*ʔdzik ⪤ *ʔdzak (“joint”) (Matisoff, 1972); *ʔ-dzikᴸ (Matisoff, 2003)"
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"text": "Beijing: 節 /节 (jié, /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/), 膝 (xī, qī)"
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"text": "*ʔdzik ⪤ *ʔdzak (“joint”) (Matisoff, 1972); *ʔ-dzikᴸ (Matisoff, 2003)"
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