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跪

跪

Translingual

Han character

跪 (radical 157 足+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口一弓一山 (RMNMU), four-corner 67112)

  1. kneel

References

  • KangXi: page 1225, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37516
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1696, character 29
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3704, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+8DEA

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 跪

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (危) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
鮠 *ŋuːl
峞 *ŋuːl, *ŋuːlʔ
頠 *ŋuːlʔ, *ŋrolʔ
詭 *krolʔ
垝 *krolʔ, *krols
陒 *krolʔ
觤 *krolʔ
恑 *krolʔ
蛫 *krolʔ
祪 *krolʔ
洈 *krolʔ, *ŋrol
姽 *krolʔ, *ŋrolʔ
桅 *krolʔ
佹 *krolʔ
跪 *kʰrolʔ, *ɡrolʔ
危 *ŋrol
峗 *ŋrol
硊 *ŋrolʔ
卼 *kʰruls

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʰrolʔ, *ɡrolʔ) : semantic 足 ‎(“foot”) + phonetic 危 ‎(OC *ŋrol).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 跪 跪
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 溪 (29) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 支 (14) 支 (14)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) Chongniu III Chongniu III
Fanqie 去委切 渠委切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kʰˠiuᴇX/ /ɡˠiuᴇX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʰʷᵚiɛX/ /ɡʷᵚiɛX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kʰiuɛX/ /ɡiuɛX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kʰjwiə̆X/ /gjwiə̆X/
Li
Rong		 /kʰjueX/ /ɡjueX/
Wang
Li		 /kʰǐweX/ /ɡǐweX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kʰwie̯X/ /gwie̯X/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 kuǐ guì
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 跪 跪
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 12779 12780
Phonetic
component		 危 危
Rime
group		 歌 歌
Rime
subdivision		 3 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 跪 跪
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰrolʔ/ /*ɡrolʔ/

Verb

跪

  1. to kneel

Japanese

Kanji

跪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

跪 • ‎(gwe) (hangeul 궤, revised gwe, McCune-Reischauer kwe, Yale kwey)

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