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Translingual
Han character
垮 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 土大一尸 (GKMS), four-corner 44127, composition ⿰土夸)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 228, character 29
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 438, character 3
- Unihan data for U+57AE
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 侉
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*qaːls
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| 夸
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*kʰʷraː
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| 姱
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*kʰʷraː
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| 胯
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*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
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| 跨
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*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
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| 誇
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*kʰʷraː
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| 垮
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*kʰʷraːʔ
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| 銙
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*kʰʷraːʔ
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| 骻
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*kʰʷraːʔ
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| 咵
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*kʰʷraːʔ
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| 釫
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*ɢʷraː, *qʷaː
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| 摦
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*ɡʷraːs
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| 鮬
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*pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː
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| 嶀
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*qʰʷl'aː
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| 扝
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*kʰʷaː, *qʷaː
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| 刳
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*kʰʷaː
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| 郀
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*kʰʷaː
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| 挎
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*kʰʷaː
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| 袴
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*kʰʷaːs
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| 絝
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*kʰʷaːs
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| 褲
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*kʰʷaːs
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| 恗
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*qʰaː
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| 洿
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*ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː
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| 瓠
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*ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs
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| 鄠
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*ɢʷlaːʔ
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| 污
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*qʷaː, *qʷaːs
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| 杇
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*qʷaː
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| 圬
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*qʷaː
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| 鴮
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*qʷaː
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| 盓
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*qʷaː
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| 汙
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*qʷaːs, *ɢʷa
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| 樗
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*qʰʷl'a
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| 摴
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*qʰʷl'a
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| 荂
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*pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa
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| 雩
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*qʰʷla, *ɢʷla
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| 吁
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*qʰʷa, *ɢʷas
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| 盱
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*qʰʷa
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| 訏
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*qʰʷa
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| 扜
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*qʰʷa, *qʷa
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| 旴
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*qʰʷa
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| 冔
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*qʰʷaʔ
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| 紆
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*qʷa
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| 陓
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*qʷa
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| 迂
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*qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa
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| 虶
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*qʷa
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| 于
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*ɢʷa
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| 盂
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*ɢʷa
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| 竽
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*ɢʷa
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| 邘
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*ɢʷa
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| 玗
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*ɢʷa
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| 芋
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*ɢʷa, *ɢʷas
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| 杅
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*ɢʷa
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| 釪
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*ɢʷa
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| 骬
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*ɢʷa
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| 謣
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*ɢʷla
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| 宇
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*ɢʷaʔ
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Pronunciation
Note: khoa - vernacular (俗).
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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垮
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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15653
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Phonetic
component
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于
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Rime
group
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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髁
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰʷraːʔ/
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| Notes
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侉新分化字
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Definitions
垮
- (of a structure) to collapse; to fall
- to be utterly defeated; to be routed
- (of one's body) to be worn out
Synonyms
- 倒冧 (dou2 lam3) (Cantonese)
- 倒塌 (dǎotā)
- 傾覆／倾覆 (qīngfù)
- 凹陷 (āoxiàn)
- 坍塌 (tāntā)
- 垮臺／垮台 (kuǎtái) (figurative)
- 塌 (tā)
- 塌方 (tāfāng)
- 塌臺／塌台 (tātái) (figurative)
- 塌落 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 塌頭／塌头 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 崩坍 (bēngtān)
- 崩塌 (bēngtā)
- 崩敗／崩败 (Hokkien, Teochew)
- 崩潰／崩溃 (bēngkuì)
- 崩裂 (bēngliè)
- 崩陷 (Hokkien, literary)
- 瓦解 (wǎjiě)
- 窞肚 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 解體／解体 (jiětǐ)
- 陷落 (xiànluò)
- (to be utterly defeated): 潰敗／溃败 (kuìbài)
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
垮: Hán Nôm readings: khoai
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