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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 142 +5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中戈一弓口 (LIMNR), four-corner 51120)

  1. oyster

References

  • KangXi: page 1079, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32924
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1548, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2842, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+86B5

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*ɡ·raːlʔ
*kaːl
*kaːl, *ɡaːl
*kaːl
*kaːl
*kaːl
*kaːl
*kaːl
*kaːl
*kaːlʔ
*kaːlʔ
*kaːlʔ, *kaːnʔ
*kʰaːl, *kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls
*kʰaːl
*kʰaːlʔ
*kʰaːlʔ
*kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls
*kʰaːls, *ɡaːl
*qʰaːl, *qʰaːls
*qʰaːl
*qʰaːl
*qʰaːls, *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ
*ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ
*ɡaːl
*ɡaːl
*ɡaːl
*ɡaːls
*qaːl
*qaːl, *qaːlʔ
*qaːl, *kʰraːls
*qaːl
娿 *qaːl, *qaːlʔ
*qaːl
*kʰraːlʔ
*qʰraːlʔ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (33) (29)
Final () (94) (94)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦɑ/ /kʰɑH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦɑ/ /kʰɑH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣɑ/ /kʰɑH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦa/ /kʰaH/
Li
Rong
/ɣɑ/ /kʰɑH/
Wang
Li
/ɣɑ/ /kʰɑH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣɑ/ /kʰɑH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 7452 7461
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰaːls/ /*ɡaːl/
Notes

Definitions

  1. (Min Nan) oyster

Compounds

  • 蚵仔煎 (kèzǐjiān)
  • 蚵仔麵線蚵仔面线
  • 青蚵

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings