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Translingual
Stroke order
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Han character
各 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 竹水口 (HER), four-corner 27604, composition ⿱夂口)
Derived characters
各 (OC *klaːɡ) (by Zhengzhang Shangfang) is frequently used to demonstrate the presence of consonant cluster initials in Old Chinese:
- (k/g-): 客, 愘, 揢, 閣(阁), 擱(搁), 格, 鉻(铬), 咯, 胳, 硌, 骼, 袼, 挌, 茖, 佫, 敋, 鮥, 臵, 餎(饹), 觡, 鵅, 蛒, 恪
- (l-): 洛, 洜, 落, 絡(络), 酪, 烙, 珞, 路, 略/畧, 餎(饹), 駱(骆), 雒, 峈, 硌, 詻, 鮥, 笿
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 174, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3281
- Dae Jaweon: page 387, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 583, character 1
- Unihan data for U+5404
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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髂
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*kʰraːɡs
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路
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*ɡ·raːɡs
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輅
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*ɡ·raːɡs
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賂
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*ɡ·raːɡs
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虂
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*ɡ·raːɡs
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露
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*ɡ·raːɡs
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潞
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*raːɡs
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鷺
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*raːɡs
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璐
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*raːɡs
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簬
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*raːɡs
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簵
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*ɡ·raːɡs
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洛
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*ɡ·raːɡ
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駱
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*ɡ·raːɡ
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絡
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*ɡ·raːɡ
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酪
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*ɡ·raːɡ
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烙
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*ɡ·raːɡ
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雒
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*ɡ·raːɡ
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珞
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*ɡ·raːɡ
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硌
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*ɡ·raːɡ
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袼
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*ɡ·raːɡ, *klaːɡ
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笿
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*ɡ·raːɡ
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鉻
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*ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ
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鮥
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*ɡ·raːɡ
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鵅
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*ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ
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挌
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*ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ
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落
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*ɡ·raːɡ
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各
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*klaːɡ
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胳
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*klaːɡ
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閣
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*klaːɡ
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格
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*klaːɡ, *kraːɡ
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擱
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*klaːɡ
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恪
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*kʰlaːɡ
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愙
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*kʰaːɡ
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貉
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*ɡlaːɡ, *mɡraːɡ
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狢
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*ɡlaːɡ
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佫
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*ɡlaːɡ
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略
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*ɡ·raɡ
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茖
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*kraːɡ
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骼
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*kraːɡ
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觡
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*kraːɡ
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蛒
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*kraːɡ
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敋
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*kraːɡ
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客
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*kʰraːɡ
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喀
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*kʰraːɡ
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揢
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*kʰraːɡ
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額
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*ŋɡraːɡ
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峉
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*ŋɡraːɡ
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頟
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*ŋɡraːɡ
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詻
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*ŋɡraːɡ
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垎
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*ɡraːɡ
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楁
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*ɡraːɡ
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Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 夂 (“sole of foot”) + 口 – to come, to enter; original form of 𢓜 and 格 (OC *klaːɡ, *kraːɡ).
Etymology
Sino-Tibetan. Derived from 舉 (OC kaʔ) with distributive suffix -k. Cognate with Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ka (“all”) (Schuessler, 2007)
Pronunciation 1
Note:
- koh - vernacular;
- kok - literary.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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各
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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gè
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Middle Chinese
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‹ kak ›
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Old Chinese
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/*kˁak/
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English
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each
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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各
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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3881
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Phonetic component
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各
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Rime group
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鐸
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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各
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Old Chinese
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/*klaːɡ/
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Definitions
各
- each; every (determiner)
- 各種各樣/各种各样 ― gèzhǒnggèyàng ― all sorts
- 各位 ― gèwèi ― everyone present; you all; everybody
- Synonym: 每 (měi)
- each (adverb)
- 各盡其責/各尽其责 ― gè jìn qí zé ― each fulfils his/her responsibilities
- a surname
Compounds
Descendants
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
各
- (dialectal, derogatory) sticking out; odd; unusual
- Used in 自各兒/自各儿.
Synonyms
- 別樣/别样 (biéyàng)
- 奇特 (qítè)
- 專有/专有 (zhuānyǒu) (attributive)
- 殊異/殊异 (shūyì) (literary)
- 特別/特别 (tèbié)
- 特有 (tèyǒu) (attributive)
- 特殊 (tèshū)
- 特異/特异 (tèyì)
- 獨特/独特 (dútè)
- 非常 (fēicháng) (formal)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
各
(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)
- each
- every
- either
Readings
Etymology 1
From Middle Chinese 各 (MC kak).
Pronunciation
Prefix
各 • (kaku-)
- each
Derived terms
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 各 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 各, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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References
Korean
Hanja
各 (eumhun 각각 각 (gakgak gak))
- Hanja form? of 각 (“each”).
Vietnamese
Han character
各: Hán Việt readings: các, cách
各: Nôm readings: các, gác, cắc, gạc, gật
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