不可知

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Chinese

not; no to be able to be known; to be able to deduce that; to be knowable
simp. and trad.
(不可知) 		不 可知

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 不 不 不 可 知
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 幫 (1) 幫 (1) 溪 (29) 知 (9)
Final (韻) 尤 (136) 尤 (136) 物 (60) 歌 (94) 支 (11)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Checked (Ø) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Closed Open Open
Division (等) III III III I III
Fanqie 甫鳩切 方久切 分勿切 枯我切 陟移切
Baxter pjuw pjuwX pjut khaX trje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pɨu/ /pɨuX/ /pɨut̚/ /kʰɑX/ /ʈiᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/piu/ /piuX/ /piut̚/ /kʰɑX/ /ʈiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/piəu/ /piəuX/ /piuət̚/ /kʰɑX/ /ȶjɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/puw/ /puwX/ /put̚/ /kʰaX/ /ʈiə̆/
Li
Rong 		/piu/ /piuX/ /piuət̚/ /kʰɑX/ /ȶie/
Wang
Li 		/pĭəu/ /pĭəuX/ /pĭuət̚/ /kʰɑX/ /ȶǐe/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/pi̯ə̯u/ /pi̯ə̯uX/ /pi̯uət̚/ /kʰɑX/ /ȶie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		fōu fǒu fu kě zhī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fau1 fau2 fat1 ho2 zi1

Adjective

不可知

  1. unknowable; inscrutable; inconceivable
  2. agnostic

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “unknowable”): 可知 (kězhī)

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不 可 知
ふ
Grade: 4 		か
Grade: 5 		ち
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

不(ふ)可(か)知(ち) • (fukachi) 

  1. unknowable

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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