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Translingual

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified

Han character

(radical 79 +8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土弓竹弓水 (GNHNE), four-corner 47247, composition𣪊)

Descendants

References


Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Pictogram (象形) : a hand with a weapon-like object () - presumably a mallet - preparing to strike a hanging percussion instrument ().

Pronunciation



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /kʰɤ³⁵/
/t͡ɕʰiɑu⁵¹/
Harbin /kʰɤ²⁴/
/t͡ɕʰiau⁵³/
Tianjin /kʰɤ⁴⁵/
/t͡ɕʰiɑu⁵³/
Jinan /kʰə²¹³/
Qingdao /kʰə⁵⁵/
/t͡ɕʰyə⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /kʰɤ²⁴/
Xi'an /kʰɤ²¹/
Xining /kʰu⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /kʰə¹³/
Lanzhou /kʰə⁴⁴²/
Ürümqi /kʰɤ⁴⁴/
Wuhan /kʰuo²¹³/
Chengdu /kʰo³¹/
Guiyang /kʰo²¹/
Kunming /kʰo³¹/
Nanjing /kʰoʔ⁵/
Hefei /kʰɐʔ⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /kʰaʔ²/
Pingyao
Hohhot /kʰaʔ⁴³/
Wu Shanghai /kʰoʔ⁵/
Suzhou /kʰoʔ⁵/
Hangzhou /kʰoʔ⁵/
Wenzhou /kʰo²¹³/
Hui Shexian /kʰɔʔ²¹/
Tunxi /kʰo⁵/
Xiang Changsha /kʰo²⁴/
Xiangtan /kʰo²⁴/
Gan Nanchang /kʰɔʔ⁵/
Hakka Meixian /hok̚¹/
Taoyuan /hok̚²²/
Cantonese Guangzhou /hɔk̚³/
Nanning /hɔk̚³³/
Hong Kong /hɔk̚³/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /kʰak̚³²/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /kʰɔyʔ²³/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /kʰu²⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /kʰak̚²/
Haikou (Min Nan) /xak̚⁵/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (29)
Final () (10)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰˠʌk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰᵚɔk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰɔk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰaɨwk̚/
Li
Rong
/kʰɔk̚/
Wang
Li
/kʰɔk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰɔk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
que
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
què
Middle
Chinese
‹ khæwk ›
Old
Chinese
/*[kʰ]ˤrok/
English hollow shell, hollow

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 7419
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
㱿
Old
Chinese
/*kʰroːɡ/
Notes

Definitions

  1. shell; husk; hull; skin; casing
    /    bèi   shell; conch
    /    qiào (Mainland), dì (Taiwan)   the Earth's crust

Compounds

  • 介殼介壳
  • 介殼蟲介壳虫
  • 地殼地壳 (dìqiào)
  • 地殼變動地壳变动
  • 外殼外壳
  • 彈殼弹壳 (dànké)
  • 怯殼兒怯壳儿
  • 板殼蟲板壳虫
  • 枳殼枳壳 (zhǐké)
  • 殼子壳子
  • 殼果壳果
  • 沙殼子沙壳子
  • 無殼蝸牛无壳蜗牛
  • 瓜子殼瓜子壳
  • 甲殼甲壳 (jiǎké)
  • 硬殼硬壳
  • 耳殼耳壳
  • 脫殼脱壳 (tuōké)
  • 脫殼金蟬脱壳金蝉
  • 腦殼脑壳 (nǎoké)
  • 船殼船壳
  • 菜殼子菜壳子
  • 薄殼薄壳
  • 蚌殼蚌壳
  • 蛋殼蛋壳 (dànké)
  • 蟹殼臉蟹壳脸
  • 貝殼贝壳 (bèiké)
  • 貝殼杉贝壳杉
  • 軀殼躯壳 (qūké)
  • 軟殼雞蛋软壳鸡蛋
  • 金蟬脫殼金蝉脱壳 (jīnchán tuōqiào)
  • 錶殼兒表壳儿
  • 鐵殼船铁壳船
  • 頭髮殼子头发壳子
  • 駁殼槍驳壳枪
  • 鬼摸腦殼鬼摸脑壳
  • 龜殼花龟壳花

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(gak) (hangeul , revised gak, McCune-Reischauer kak, Yale kak)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(xác, nôi)

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