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壑

壑

Translingual

Han character

壑 (radical 32 土+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 卜水土 (YEG), four-corner 2710₄, composition ⿱㕡土)

bed of torrent, narrow ravine

References

KangXi: page 241, character 7

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5554

Dae Jaweon: page 480, character 30

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 496, character 2

Unihan data for U+58D1

Chinese

simp. and trad.		壑

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): hè, huò

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˋ, ㄏㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kok³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: hè
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˋ
  - Wade-Giles: ho⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heh
  - IPA ^(key): /xɤ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: huò
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ
  - Wade-Giles: ho⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoh
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kok³
  - Yale: kok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kok⁸
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰɔːk̚³/

Middle Chinese: /hɑk̚/▼

Rime
Character	壑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	呵各切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hak̚/
Li Rong	/xɑk̚/
Wang Li	/xɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/xɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	he

Old Chinese▼

(Baxter-Sagart): /*qʰˤak/

(Zhengzhang): /*qʰaːɡ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	壑
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hè
Middle Chinese	‹ xak ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰˤak/
English	moat; canal
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	壑
Reading #	1/1
No.	5616
Phonetic component	壑
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	𦞦
Old Chinese	/*qʰaːɡ/

Definitions

壑

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Compounds

一丘一壑
不忘溝壑／不忘沟壑
丘壑
以鄰為壑／以邻为壑
冰壑
千山萬壑／千山万壑
千巖萬壑／千岩万壑
填溝壑／填沟壑
壑谷
大壑
巨壑

怒濤排壑／怒涛排壑
慾壑難填／欲壑难填
放情丘壑
林壑
欲壑難填／欲壑难填
欲壑難飽／欲壑难饱
欲深谿壑
洞壑
溝壑／沟壑 (gōuhè)
溪壑
澗壑／涧壑

絕壑／绝壑
縱壑魚／纵壑鱼
老死溝壑／老死沟壑
聳壑昂霄／耸壑昂霄
胸有丘壑
萬壑／万壑
萬壑爭流／万壑争流
谿壑
谿壑無厭／谿壑无厌
轉死溝壑／转死沟壑
邱壑

Japanese

Kanji

壑

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On: がく (gaku), かく (kaku)

Kun: たに (tani)

Korean

Hanja

壑 • ‎(hak) (hangeul 학, revised hak, McCune-Reischauer hak, Yale hak)

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Vietnamese

Han character

壑 (hác)

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