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Translingual

Han character

(radical 167 +14, 22 strokes, cangjie input 金廿人水 (CTOE), four-corner 84147)

  1. cauldron
  2. big caldron used in ancient China as a punishment of boiling criminals alive
  3. large iron pot

References

  • KangXi: page 1325, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40981
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1825, character 31
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4262, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+944A

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*ɢʷraːɡs, *ɢʷaːɡ
*ɢʷraːɡs, *ɢʷraːɡ
*ɢʷraːɡs
*ɢʷraːɡs
*ɢʷraːɡs, *ɢʷaːɡ, *qʷraːɡ
*ɢʷraːɡs
*ɢʷraːɡs
*ɢʷaːɡs, *ɢʷaːɡ, *qʷraːɡ
*ŋɢʷaːɡ
*qʰʷaːɡ
*ɢʷaːɡ
*ɢʷaːɡ
*qʰʷaɡ
*qʷaːɡ
*qʷaːɡ
*qʷaːɡ
*qʷaːɡ, *qʷaɡ
*qʷaːɡ, *qʷaɡ
*qʷaɡ, *qʷraːɡ, *ɢʷraːɡ
*ɢʷraːɡ
*ɢʷraːɡ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (33)
Final () (104)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦwɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣuɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwak̚/
Li
Rong
/ɣuɑk̚/
Wang
Li
/ɣuɑk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣwɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
huó
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 5585
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷaːɡ/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 刀鋸鼎鑊刀锯鼎镬
  • 斧鉞湯鑊斧钺汤镬
  • 湯鑊汤镬
  • 身膏鼎鑊身膏鼎镬
  • 鑊烹镬烹
  • 鑊鐸镬铎
  • 鬧鑊鐸闹镬铎
  • 鼎鑊鼎镬
  • 鼎鑊刀鋸鼎镬刀锯

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. cauldron
  2. large iron pot

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(hwak) (hangeul , revised hwak, McCune-Reischauer hwak, Yale hwak)

  1. caldron

Vietnamese

Han character

(hoạch, vạc)

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