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Translingual

Han character

(radical 85 +3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 水一木 (EMD), four-corner 31140, composition)

  1. filthy, dirty, impure, polluted

References

  • KangXi: page 605, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17132
  • Dae Jaweon: page 999, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1550, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+6C59

Chinese

trad. /
simp.
alt. forms

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*qaːls
*kʰʷraː
*kʰʷraː
*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
*kʰʷraː
*kʰʷraːʔ
*kʰʷraːʔ
*kʰʷraːʔ
*kʰʷraːʔ
*ɢʷraː, *qʷaː
*ɡʷraːs
*pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː
*qʰʷl'
*kʰʷaː, *qʷaː
*kʰʷaː
*kʰʷaː
*kʰʷaː
*kʰʷaːs
*kʰʷaːs
*kʰʷaːs
*qʰaː
洿 *ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː
*ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs
*ɢʷlaːʔ
*qʷaː, *qʷaːs
*qʷaː
*qʷaː
*qʷaː
*qʷaː
*qʷaːs, *ɢʷa
*qʰʷl'a
*qʰʷl'a
*pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa
*qʰʷla, *ɢʷla
*qʰʷa, *ɢʷas
*qʰʷa
*qʰʷa
*qʰʷa, *qʷa
*qʰʷa
*qʰʷaʔ
*qʷa
*qʷa
*qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa
*qʷa
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷa, *ɢʷas
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷla
*ɢʷaʔ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (35) (34)
Final () (24) (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦɨo/ /ʔuoH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦio/ /ʔuoH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣio/ /ʔoH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦuə̆/ /ʔɔH/
Li
Rong
/ɣio/ /ʔoH/
Wang
Li
/ɣĭu/ /uH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯u/ /ʔuoH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔwæ ›
Old
Chinese
/*qʷˤra/
English impure

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 # 1/2 2/2
No. 15688 15713
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qʷaːs/ /*ɢʷa/

Definitions

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Compounds

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

  • On: (o)
  • Kun: けがす (kegasu), けがれる (kegareru), とごす (togosu), けがらわしい (kegarawashii)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

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