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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 75 +9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木口尸水 (DRSE), four-corner 47947, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 537, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15076
  • Dae Jaweon: page 925, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1257, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+6935

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kraː
*kraː
*kraː, *kraːʔ
*kraː
*kraː
*kraː
*kraː
*kraːʔ, *kraːs
*kraːʔ
*kraːʔ
*kraːʔ
*kraːʔ
*qʰraː, *ɡraː
*qʰraː, *qʰraːs
*ɡraː
*ɡraː
*ɡraː
*ɡraː
*ɡraː
*ɡraː
*ɡraː
*ɡraː
*ɡraː
*ɡraːs

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (98)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠaX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚaX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kaX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kaɨX/
Li
Rong
/kaX/
Wang
Li
/kaX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kaX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiǎ
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 5959
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kraːʔ/

Definitions

  1. grapefruit
  2. canque (Chinese cotton fabric)

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings