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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 157 +6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口一大一尸 (RMKMS), four-corner 64127, composition)

  1. straddle, bestride, ride
  2. carry

References

  • KangXi: page 1225, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37504
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1696, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3700, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+8DE8

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*qaːls
*kʰʷraː
*kʰʷraː
*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
*kʰʷraː
*kʰʷraːʔ
*kʰʷraːʔ
*kʰʷraːʔ
*kʰʷraːʔ
*ɢʷraː, *qʷaː
*ɡʷraːs
*pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː
*qʰʷl'
*kʰʷaː, *qʷaː
*kʰʷaː
*kʰʷaː
*kʰʷaː
*kʰʷaːs
*kʰʷaːs
*kʰʷaːs
*qʰaː
洿 *ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː
*ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs
*ɢʷlaːʔ
*qʷaː, *qʷaːs
*qʷaː
*qʷaː
*qʷaː
*qʷaː
*qʷaːs, *ɢʷa
*qʰʷl'a
*qʰʷl'a
*pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa
*qʰʷla, *ɢʷla
*qʰʷa, *ɢʷas
*qʰʷa
*qʰʷa
*qʰʷa, *qʷa
*qʰʷa
*qʰʷaʔ
*qʷa
*qʷa
*qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa
*qʷa
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷa, *ɢʷas
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷla
*ɢʷaʔ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4
Initial () (29) (29) (29) (29)
Final () (99) (99) (23) (99)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed Open Closed
Division () II II I II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰˠua/ /kʰˠuaX/ /kʰuoH/ /kʰˠuaH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰʷᵚa/ /kʰʷᵚaX/ /kʰuoH/ /kʰʷᵚaH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰua/ /kʰuaX/ /kʰoH/ /kʰuaH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰwaɨ/ /kʰwaɨX/ /kʰɔH/ /kʰwaɨH/
Li
Rong
/kʰua/ /kʰuaX/ /kʰoH/ /kʰuaH/
Wang
Li
/kʰwa/ /kʰwaX/ /kʰuH/ /kʰwaH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰwa/ /kʰwaX/ /kʰuoH/ /kʰwaH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kuā kuǎ kuà
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4
No. 15651 15654 15658 15670
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰʷraː/ /*kʰʷraːʔ/ /*kʰʷraːs/ /*kʰʷaːs/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

  • On: (ko), (ka)
  • Kun: またぐ (matagu), またがる (matagaru)

Korean

Hanja

(gwa) (hangeul , revised gwa, McCune-Reischauer kwa, Yale kwa)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(khóa, khoá)

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