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Translingual

Han character

(radical 75 +5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 木田中 (DWL), four-corner 46950, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 519, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14628
  • Dae Jaweon: page 907, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1182, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+67D9

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*ʔl'aːb, *ɡraːb
*klaːb, *sɡreːb, *qraːb
*klaːb, *kraːb
*kraːb
*kraːb
*kraːb
*kraːb, *qraːb
*kraːb
*qʰraːb
*ɡraːb
*ɡraːb
*ɡraːb
*ɡraːb
*ɡraːb
*qraːb
*qraːb

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (33)
Final () (150)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦˠap̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦᵚap̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣap̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦaɨp̚/
Li
Rong
/ɣap̚/
Wang
Li
/ɣap̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣap̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiá
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xiá
Middle
Chinese
‹ hæp ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɡ]ˤr[a]p/
English cage; box

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. 5940
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡraːb/

Definitions

  1. cage
  2. pen for wild animals

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. cage
  2. pen for wild animals

Readings


Korean

Hanja

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

  1. wooden cage

Vietnamese

Han character

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References