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Translingual

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Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kʰraːɡs
*ɡ·raːɡs
*ɡ·raːɡs
*ɡ·raːɡs
*ɡ·raːɡs
*ɡ·raːɡs
*raːɡs
*raːɡs
*raːɡs
*raːɡs
*ɡ·raːɡs
*ɡ·raːɡ
*ɡ·raːɡ
*ɡ·raːɡ
*ɡ·raːɡ
*ɡ·raːɡ
*ɡ·raːɡ
*ɡ·raːɡ
*ɡ·raːɡ
*ɡ·raːɡ, *klaːɡ
笿 *ɡ·raːɡ
*ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ
*ɡ·raːɡ
*ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ
*ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ
*ɡ·raːɡ
*klaːɡ
*klaːɡ
*klaːɡ
*klaːɡ, *kraːɡ
*klaːɡ
*kʰlaːɡ
*kʰaːɡ
*ɡlaːɡ, *mɡraːɡ
*ɡlaːɡ
*ɡlaːɡ
*ɡ·raɡ
*kraːɡ
*kraːɡ
*kraːɡ
*kraːɡ
*kraːɡ
*kʰraːɡ
*kʰraːɡ
*kʰraːɡ
*ŋɡraːɡ
*ŋɡraːɡ
*ŋɡraːɡ
*ŋɡraːɡ
*ɡraːɡ
*ɡraːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *klaːɡ) :  (gate) + .

Han character

(radical 169 +6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 日弓竹水口 (ANHER), four-corner 77604)

Descendants

References

  • KangXi: page 1334, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41300
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1840, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4298, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+95A3

Chinese

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Etymology 1

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (103)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/kɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kak̚/
Li
Rong
/kɑk̚/
Wang
Li
/kɑk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ge
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ kak ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.kˤak/
English shelf, frame

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. 3883
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*klaːɡ/

Noun

  1. chamber, pavilion
  2. cabinet

Etymology 2

Note: This character is used as a substitute for Min Nan koh, which may be etymologically unrelated.

Pronunciation


Adverb

  1. (Min Nan) again

References


Japanese

Kanji

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(các, gác)

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