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Translingual
Han character
啄 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+8 in Chinese, 口+7 in Japanese, 11 strokes in Chinese, 10 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 口一尸人 (RMSO), four-corner 61032, composition ⿰口豖)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 194, character 30
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3801
- Dae Jaweon: page 415, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 639, character 1
- Unihan data for U+5544
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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冢
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*toŋʔ
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塚
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*toŋʔ
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涿
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*rtoːɡ
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琢
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*rtoːɡ
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啄
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*rtoːɡ, *toːɡ
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諑
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*rtoːɡ
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剢
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*toːɡ
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瘃
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*toɡ
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豖
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*tʰoɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *rtoːɡ, *toːɡ) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 豖 (OC *tʰoɡ)
Etymology 1
Perhaps related to 觸 (OC *tʰjoɡ, “to butt, knock against”); see there for more (STEDT).
Pronunciation
Note:
- tok - literary (“to peck; with a sharp nose”);
- teh/terh - vernacular (may not be etymologically related).
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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啄
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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zhuó
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Middle Chinese
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‹ træwk ›
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Old Chinese
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/*mə-tˁ<r>ok/
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English
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to peck
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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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啄
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啄
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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No.
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1620
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1622
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Phonetic component
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豖
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豖
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Rime group
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屋
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屋
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Rime subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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斲
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𣫔
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Old Chinese
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/*rtoːɡ/
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/*toːɡ/
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Definitions
啄
- to peck (to strike with the beak or bill)
- (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) with a sharp nose; having a nose shaped like a beak (used especially in compounds)
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Definitions
啄 (Cantonese)
- beak; bill
- bulge; protrusion; point; tip
- 美人啄 [Cantonese] ― mei5 jan4 doeng1 ― widow's peak
- 尖啄 [Cantonese] ― zim1 doeng1 ― acme
- to peck
- 雞啄唔斷/鸡啄唔断 [Cantonese] ― gai1 doeng1 m4 tyun5 ― to talk endlessly
- to bite or hold with the mouth
- to swindle; to rip off
- to pick on; to target someone personally
Compounds
- 尖啄 (zim1 doeng1)
- 美人啄 (mei5 jan4 doeng1)
- 翻啄 (faan1 doeng1)
- 雞啄唔斷/鸡啄唔断 (gai1 doeng1 m4 tyun5)
Etymology 3
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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Related to 酷 (khok)? as per Douglas (1873), Campbell (1913), Tōhō (1931), Ogawa (1932), etc.”
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Pronunciation
Verb
啄
- (Hokkien, business, gambling) to drive a hard bargain; to economically take advantage of; to exploit economically; to penny-pinch; to profiteer; to swindle; to cheat; to be stingy/miserly with (such as overpricing to favor sellers or undervaluing to favor buyers)
Synonyms
Compounds
References
- “啄”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- 周长楫 , editor (2006), “啄”, in 闽南方言大词典 MINNAN FANGYAN DA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Southern Min dialects] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Fuzhou: 福建人民出版社 , →ISBN, pages 629-630.
- 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “酷”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC, page 475
- 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “酷”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC, page 491
- 東方孝義 (TŌHŌ Takayoshi) (1931) “酷”, in 臺日新辭書 [New Taiwanese–Japanese dictionary] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: 臺灣警察協會, page 673
- 東方孝義 (TŌHŌ Takayoshi) (1931) “酷”, in 臺日新辭書 [New Taiwanese–Japanese dictionary] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: 臺灣警察協會, page 265
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.William Campbell (1913) “tok (酷 Khok)”, in A dictionary of the Amoy vernacular spoken throughout the prefectures of Chin-Chiu, Chiang-Chiu and Formosa (in Hokkien), 8th edition, Tainan: Taiwan Church Press, published 1961, →OCLC, page 720.
- Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “tok”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 526; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 526
- Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “khok”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 283; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 283
Japanese
Shinjitai
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啄
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Kyūjitai [1]
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啄󠄁 啄+󠄁 ? (Adobe-Japan1)
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啄󠄅 啄+󠄅 ? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji
啄
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
- to peck at
Readings
Etymology
Middle Chinese 啄 (MC tuwk|traewk).
Pronunciation
Noun
啄 • (taku)
- the seventh of the Eight Principles of Yong
Hypernyms
Coordinate terms
References
Korean
Hanja
啄 (eum 탁 (tak))
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Vietnamese
Han character
啄: Hán Nôm readings: trác, trốc, chác
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