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劾

劾

劾	U+52BE, 劾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52BE

← 劽
[U+52BD]

CJK Unified Ideographs

势 →
[U+52BF]

Translingual

Han character

劾 (radical 19 力+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜人大尸 (YOKS), four-corner 0482₇, composition ⿰亥力)

examine into
impeach, charge

References

KangXi: page 147, character 20

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2342

Dae Jaweon: page 331, character 28

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 370, character 2

Unihan data for U+52BE

Chinese

simp. and trad.		劾

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): hé (he²)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hat⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: hé
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ
  - Wade-Giles: ho²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her
  - IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hat⁶
  - Yale: haht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hat⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /hɐt̚²/

Middle Chinese: /kʰˠɛi^H/, /ɦʌi^H/, /ɦək̚/▼

Rime
Character	劾	劾	劾
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	皆 (33)	咍 (41)	德 (131)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	I	I
Fanqie	苦戒切	胡槩切	胡得切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠɛi^H/	/ɦʌi^H/	/ɦək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰᵚæi^H/	/ɦəi^H/	/ɦək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɐi^H/	/ɣɒi^H/	/ɣək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəɨj^H/	/ɦəj^H/	/ɦək̚/
Li Rong	/kʰɛi^H/	/ɣᴀi^H/	/ɣək̚/
Wang Li	/kʰɐi^H/	/ɣɒi^H/	/ɣək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰăi^H/	/ɣɑ̆i^H/	/ɣək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiè	hài	hé

Old Chinese▼

(Baxter-Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤək-s/, /*[ɡ]ˤək/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡɯːɡs/, /*kʰrɯːɡs/, /*ɡɯːɡ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	劾	劾
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hé	hé
Middle Chinese	‹ hoj^H ›	‹ hok ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ˤək-s/	/*[ɡ]ˤək/
English	investigate	investigate, try (a criminal)
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	劾	劾	劾
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	4829	4834	4841
Phonetic component	亥	亥	亥
Rime group	志	志	職
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	瀣	烗	劾
Old Chinese	/*ɡɯːɡs/	/*kʰrɯːɡs/	/*ɡɯːɡ/

Definitions

劾

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Compounds

劾奏
劾繫／劾系
參劾／参劾

彈劾／弹劾 (tánhé)
彈劾權／弹劾权
彈劾無私／弹劾无私

投劾
深文巧劾
舉劾／举劾

Japanese

Kanji

劾

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

On: がい (gai)

Kun: さばく (sabaku), しらべる (shiraberu), きわめる (kiwameru), つとめる (tsutomeru)

Korean

Hanja

劾 • ‎(haek, hae) (hangeul 핵, 해, revised haek, hae, McCune-Reischauer haek, hae)

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