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核
核
See also: 覈
Translingual
Han character
核 (radical 75 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 木卜女人 (DYVO), four-corner 40982, composition ⿰木亥)
References
- KangXi: page 524, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14743
- Dae Jaweon: page 912, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1206, character 4
- Unihan data for U+6838
Chinese
simp. and trad. |
核 |
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Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (亥) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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Old Chinese | |
該 | *kɯː |
垓 | *kɯː |
賅 | *kɯː |
陔 | *kɯː |
豥 | *kɯː, *ɡɯː |
荄 | *kɯː, *krɯː |
郂 | *kɯː |
姟 | *kɯː |
絯 | *kɯː, *ɡrɯːʔ |
晐 | *kɯː |
峐 | *kɯː |
侅 | *kɯː, *kʰɯː, *ɡɯːʔ, *ɡrɯːʔ |
胲 | *kɯː |
頦 | *kɯːʔ, *ɡɯː |
奒 | *kʰɯː |
輆 | *kʰɯːʔ |
欬 | *kʰɯːɡs, *qraːds |
硋 | *ŋɡɯːɡs |
閡 | *ŋɡɯːɡs |
咳 | *qʰɯː, *ɡɯː |
孩 | *ɡɯː |
亥 | *ɡɯːʔ |
劾 | *ɡɯːɡs, *kʰrɯːɡs, *ɡɯːɡ |
痎 | *krɯː |
烗 | *kʰrɯːɡs |
骸 | *ɡrɯː |
駭 | *ɡrɯːʔ |
刻 | *kʰɯːɡ |
餩 | *qɯːɡ |
核 | *ɡuːd, *ɡrɯːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡuːd, *ɡrɯːɡ) : semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 亥 (OC *ɡɯːʔ) – the seeds or nuts of a tree. By extension, the kernel or core generally.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hat6, wat6
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fu̍t / het / ha̍k / he̍t
- Min Dong (BUC): hŏk
- Min Nan (POJ): hu̍t / ha̍t / he̍k
- Wu (Wiktionary): hheq (T5); hhueq (T5)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ
- Wade-Giles: ho2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her
- IPA (key): /xɤ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed) (核兒/核儿)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊㄦ
- Wade-Giles: hêrh2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: helr
- IPA (key): /xɤɻ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: hat6, wat6
- Yale: haht, waht
- Cantonese Pinyin: hat9, wat9
- IPA (key): /hɐt̚²/, /wɐt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fu̍t / het / ha̍k / he̍t
- Hakka Romanization System: fud / hed` / hag / hed
- Hagfa Pinyim: fud6 / hed5 / hag6 / hed6
- IPA: /fut̚⁵/, /het̚²/, /hak̚⁵/, /het̚⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: hŏk
- IPA (key): /houʔ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t / ha̍t / he̍k
- Tâi-lô: hu̍t / ha̍t / hi̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: hut, hat, hek
- IPA (Xiamen): /hut̚⁴/, /hat̚⁴/, /hiɪk̚⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hut̚²⁴/, /hat̚²⁴/, /hiɪk̚²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hut̚¹²¹/, /hat̚¹²¹/, /hiɪk̚¹²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /hut̚⁴/, /hat̚⁴/, /hiɪk̚⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hut̚⁴/, /hat̚⁴/, /hiɪk̚⁴/
- Note: hu̍t, ha̍t - vernacular; he̍k - literary.
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: hheq (T5); hhueq (T5)
- IPA (key): /ɦəʔ¹²/, /ɦɯə̯ʔ¹²/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
Variety | Location | 核 |
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Mandarin | Beijing | /xɤ³⁵/ |
Harbin | /xɤ²⁴/ | |
Tianjin |
/xɤ⁴⁵/ ~算 /xu⁴⁵/ 棗~兒 |
|
Jinan | /xə⁴²/ | |
Qingdao |
/xɛ⁴²/ ~心 /xuə⁴²/ ~桃 |
|
Zhengzhou | /xai⁴²/ | |
Xi'an |
/xai²¹/ ~算 /xu²⁴/ 桃~儿 |
|
Xining | /xɛ⁴⁴/ | |
Yinchuan |
/xa¹³/ ~算 /xɛ¹³/ ~算 /xə¹³/ ~算 /xɯ¹³/ ~桃 |
|
Lanzhou |
/xə⁵³/ /xu⁵³/ |
|
Ürümqi |
/xɤ⁵¹/ /xu⁵¹/ |
|
Wuhan | /xɤ²¹³/ | |
Chengdu | /xe³¹/ | |
Guiyang | /xɛ²¹/ | |
Kunming | /xə³¹/ | |
Nanjing | /xəʔ⁵/ | |
Hefei | /xɐʔ⁵/ | |
Jin | Taiyuan |
/xəʔ²/ ~算 /kəʔ⁵⁴/ ~桃 |
Pingyao |
/kʌʔ⁵³/ ~桃 /kʰʌʔ¹³/ 審~ |
|
Hohhot |
/xaʔ⁴³/ ~算 /xu³¹/ 棗~子 |
|
Wu | Shanghai | /ɦəʔ¹/ |
Suzhou | /ŋəʔ³/ | |
Hangzhou | /ɦɑʔ²/ | |
Wenzhou | /jy²¹³/ | |
Hui | Shexian |
/xɛʔ²¹/ ~對 /xɛ²²/ 山~桃 |
Tunxi |
/xə¹¹/ /uən²⁴/ |
|
Xiang | Changsha | /xə²⁴/ |
Xiangtan | /hæ²⁴/ | |
Gan | Nanchang | /hɛʔ²/ |
Hakka | Meixian | /hak̚⁵/ |
Taoyuan | /het̚²²/ | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou |
/hɐt̚²/ ~對 /wɐt̚²/ 桃~ |
Nanning | /wɐt̚²²/ | |
Hong Kong |
/hɐt̚²/ ~對 /wɐt̚²/ 桃~ |
|
Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /hik̚⁵/ |
Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /houʔ⁵/ | |
Jian'ou (Min Bei) |
/xo⁴⁴/ 名 /xɛ²⁴/ 動 |
|
Shantou (Min Nan) |
/hek̚²/ /huk̚⁵/ |
|
Haikou (Min Nan) | /hut̚⁵/ |
Rime | |
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Character | 核 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
Final (韻) | 麥 (119) |
Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
Openness (開合) | Open |
Division (等) | II |
Fanqie | 下革切 |
Reconstructions | |
Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɦˠɛk̚/ |
Pan Wuyun |
/ɦᵚæk̚/ |
Shao Rongfen |
/ɣɐk̚/ |
Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɦəɨjk̚/ |
Li Rong |
/ɣɛk̚/ |
Wang Li |
/ɣæk̚/ |
Bernard Karlgren |
/ɣæk̚/ |
Expected Mandarin Reflex |
hé |
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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Character | 核 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
hé |
Middle Chinese |
‹ hɛk › |
Old Chinese |
/*[ɡ]ˤ<r>ək/ |
English | kernel fruit; scrutinize |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
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Character | 核 | 核 |
Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
No. | 4334 | 4843 |
Phonetic component |
骨 | 亥 |
Rime group |
物 | 職 |
Rime subdivision |
2 | 0 |
Corresponding MC rime |
搰 | 覈 |
Old Chinese |
/*ɡuːd/ | /*ɡrɯːɡ/ |
Notes | 𣝗字訓讀 |
Definitions
核
Compounds
Derived terms from 核
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Japanese
Kanji
核
Readings
Compounds
- 原子核 (genshikaku, “atomic nucleus”)
- 細胞核 (saibōkaku, “cell nucleus”)
- 核実験 (kakujikken, “nuclear test”)
- 核兵器 (kakuheiki, “nuclear weapons”)
- 尾状核 (bijōkaku, “caudate nucleus”)
- 扁桃核 (hentōkaku, “amygdala”)
Kanji in this term |
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核 |
かく Grade: S |
on'yomi |
Pronunciation
- On'yomi: Kan'on
- (Tokyo) かく [káꜜkù] (Atamadaka - [1])[1]
- (Tokyo) かく [kàkúꜜ] (Odaka - [2])[1]
- IPA(key): [ka̠kɯᵝ]
Noun
- atomic nucleus
- (algebra) kernel
- (astronomy) core, nucleus
- cell nucleus