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苛

苛

Translingual

Han character

苛 (radical 140 艸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿一弓口 (TMNR), four-corner 44621)

  1. small, petty
  2. harsh, rigorous

References

  • KangXi: page 1022, character 33
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30785
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1481, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3187, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+82DB

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 苛

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (可) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
砢 *ɡ·raːlʔ
柯 *kaːl
菏 *kaːl, *ɡaːl
牁 *kaːl
滒 *kaːl
哥 *kaːl
歌 *kaːl
謌 *kaːl
鴚 *kaːl
哿 *kaːlʔ
舸 *kaːlʔ
笴 *kaːlʔ, *kaːnʔ
軻 *kʰaːl, *kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls
珂 *kʰaːl
可 *kʰaːlʔ
岢 *kʰaːlʔ
坷 *kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls
蚵 *kʰaːls, *ɡaːl
呵 *qʰaːl, *qʰaːls
訶 *qʰaːl
抲 *qʰaːl
荷 *qʰaːls, *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ
何 *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ
河 *ɡaːl
苛 *ɡaːl
魺 *ɡaːl
袔 *ɡaːls
阿 *qaːl
妸 *qaːl, *qaːlʔ
疴 *qaːl, *kʰraːls
鈳 *qaːl
娿 *qaːl, *qaːlʔ
痾 *qaːl
跒 *kʰraːlʔ
閜 *qʰraːlʔ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 苛
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 歌 (94)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 胡歌切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦɑ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦɑ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦa/
Li
Rong		 /ɣɑ/
Wang
Li		 /ɣɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 hé
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 苛
Reading # 1/1
No. 7460
Phonetic
component		 可
Rime
group		 歌
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 何
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡaːl/

Definitions

苛

  1. severe; exacting

Japanese

Kanji

苛

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

苛 • ‎(ga) (hangeul 가, revised ga, McCune-Reischauer ka, Yale ka)

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