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括
括
Translingual
Han character
括 (radical 64 手+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 手竹十口 (QHJR), four-corner 52064, composition ⿰扌舌)
References
- KangXi: page 427, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11988
- Dae Jaweon: page 776, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1870, character 1
- Unihan data for U+62EC
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
括 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (桰) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 咶 | *qʰroːds, *qʰroːds, *ɡroːd |
| 話 | *ɡroːds |
| 刮 | *kroːd |
| 鴰 | *kroːd, *koːd |
| 趏 | *kroːd, *kʰroːd |
| 舌 | *ɡroːd, *ɦbljed |
| 姡 | *ɡroːd, *ɡoːd |
| 頢 | *ɡroːd, *koːd |
| 括 | *koːd |
| 活 | *koːd, *ɡoːd |
| 适 | *koːd, *kʰoːd |
| 栝 | *koːd, *l̥ʰeːmʔ |
| 佸 | *koːd, *ɡoːd |
| 髺 | *koːd |
| 聒 | *koːd |
| 銛 | *koːd, *slem, *l̥ʰeːmʔ |
| 葀 | *koːd |
| 懖 | *koːd |
| 筈 | *koːd, *kʰoːd |
| 萿 | *koːd |
| 蛞 | *kʰoːd |
| 闊 | *kʰoːd |
| 秳 | *ɡoːd |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *koːd) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 栝 (OC *koːd, *l̥ʰeːmʔ).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄛˋ
- Wade-Giles: k'o4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuoh
- IPA (key): /kʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚ
- Wade-Giles: kua1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gua
- IPA (key): /ku̯a̠⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: kut3, gwaat3
- Yale: kut, gwaat
- Cantonese Pinyin: kut8, gwaat8
- IPA (key): /kʰuːt̚³/, /kʷɑːt̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koah
- Tâi-lô: kuah
- Phofsit Daibuun: koaq
- IPA (Xiamen): /kuaʔ³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kuaʔ⁵/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuaʔ³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /kuaʔ³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuaʔ³²/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: kuaq (T4)
- IPA (key): /kɯᴀʔ⁵⁵/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 括 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 末 (64) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 古活切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kuɑt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kʷɑt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kuɑt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kwat̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/kuɑt̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/kuɑt̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/kuɑt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
guo |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 括 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7567 |
| Phonetic component |
桰 |
| Rime group |
月 |
| Rime subdivision |
3 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
括 |
| Old Chinese |
/*koːd/ |
| Notes | 從氏下口聲同有塞義 |
Definitions
括
- † to tie; to tie up; to tie together
- † to seek; to search for
- to embrace; to enclose
- to include; to encompass
- to enclose in brackets
- A surname.
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
括
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
括 • (gwal) (hangeul 괄, revised gwal, McCune-Reischauer kwal, Yale kwal)
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Vietnamese
Han character
括 (quát, khoát, quất, quét)
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