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碩
碩
See also: 硕
Translingual
Han character
碩 (radical 112 石+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一口一月金 (MRMBC), four-corner 11686)
References
- KangXi: page 833, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24338
- Dae Jaweon: page 1250, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2442, character 7
- Unihan data for U+78A9
Chinese
| trad. | 碩 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 硕 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (石) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 柘 | *tjaɡs |
| 妬 | *taːɡs |
| 蠹 | *taːɡs |
| 沰 | *taːɡ, *tʰaːɡ |
| 拓 | *tʰaːɡ, *tjaɡ |
| 橐 | *tʰaːɡ |
| 袥 | *tʰaːɡ |
| 驝 | *tʰaːɡ, *raːɡ |
| 斫 | *tjaɡ |
| 磭 | *ŋrɯnʔ, *ŋ̥ʰjaɡ, *ŋaɡ |
| 磔 | *rtaːɡ |
| 跖 | *tjaɡ |
| 石 | *djaɡ |
| 碩 | *djaɡ |
| 祏 | *djaɡ |
| 鉐 | *djaɡ |
| 鼫 | *djaɡ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕˊ
- Wade-Giles: shih2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyr
- IPA (key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛˋ
- Wade-Giles: shuo4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuoh
- IPA (key): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: sek6
- Yale: sehk
- Cantonese Pinyin: sek9
- IPA (key): /sɛːk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sia̍k
- Tâi-lô: sia̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: siak
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiak̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍t
- Tâi-lô: si̍t
- Phofsit Daibuun: sit
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕit̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍k
- Tâi-lô: si̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: sek
- IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪk̚⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪk̚⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪk̚⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪk̚¹²¹/
- Note: si̍t - vernacular; sia̍k/se̍k - literary.
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 碩 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 常 (25) |
| Final (韻) | 昔 (123) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 常隻切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/d͡ʑiᴇk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/d͡ʑiɛk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/d͡ʑiæk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/d͡ʑiajk̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/ʑiɛk̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/ʑĭɛk̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʑi̯ɛk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
shí |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 碩 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
shuò |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ dzyek › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[d]Ak/ |
| English | great, stately |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 碩 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11471 |
| Phonetic component |
石 |
| Rime group |
鐸 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
石 |
| Old Chinese |
/*djaɡ/ |
Definitions
碩
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Japanese
Kanji
碩
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
碩 • (seok) (hangeul 석, revised seok, McCune-Reischauer sŏk, Yale sek)
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Vietnamese
Han character
碩 (thạc, thượt)