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Translingual

Han character

(radical 188 +6, 16 strokes, cangjie input 月月卜金大 (BBYCK), four-corner 70248)

References

  • KangXi: page 1449, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45170
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1975, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4411, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+9AB9

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (29) (29)
Final () (90) (63)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰˠau/ /kʰɑt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰᵚau/ /kʰɑt̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰau/ /kʰɑt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰaɨw/ /kʰat̚/
Li
Rong
/kʰau/ /kʰɑt̚/
Wang
Li
/kʰau/ /kʰɑt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰau/ /kʰɑt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qiāo ke
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
qiāo
Middle
Chinese
‹ khæw ›
Old
Chinese
/*[kʰ]ˤr[a]w/
English tibia

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. 6319
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰraːw/
Notes

Definitions

  1. (anatomy) calf (of leg)
  2. (by extension) leg; foot; lower limb

Etymology 2

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. Alternative form of (“whistling arrow”).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“(Min) leg; foot”).
(This character, , is a variant form of .)

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings