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殼

殼

See also: 壳 and 殻

Translingual

Traditional 殼
Shinjitai 殻
Simplified 壳

Han character

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

Descendants

References

Chinese

trad. 殼
simp. 壳

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 殼
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 殼
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 覺 (10)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 苦角切
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 殼
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 殼
Reading # 1/1
No. 7419
Phonetic
component		 殻
Rime
group		 屋
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 㱿
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰroːɡ/
Notes 右下原作一，此後起通用字，見論衡

Definitions

殼

  1. shell; husk; hull; skin; casing
    貝殼 / 贝壳  ―  bèiké  ―  shell; conch
    地殼 / 地壳  ―  dìqiào (Mainland), dìké (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

殼

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

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

殼 • ‎(gak) (hangeul 각, revised gak, McCune-Reischauer kak, Yale kak)

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Vietnamese

Han character

殼 (xác, nôi)

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