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Translingual
Han character
堊 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一一土 (MMG), four-corner 10104, composition ⿱亞土)
- white earth
- to daub with white mud
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 232, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5215
- Dae Jaweon: page 469, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 449, character 6
- Unihan data for U+580A
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 椏
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*qaːʔ, *qraː
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| 錏
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*qraː
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| 鵶
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*qraː
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| 啞
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*qraːʔ, *qraːɡs, *qraːɡ, *qraːɡ
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| 瘂
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*qraːʔ
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| 亞
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*qraːɡs
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| 婭
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*qraːɡs
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| 俹
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*qraːɡs
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| 稏
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*qraːɡs
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| 惡
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*qaː, *qaːɡs, *qaːɡ
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| 噁
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*qaːɡs
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| 堊
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*qaːɡ
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| 蝁
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*qaːɡ
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Pronunciation
Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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堊
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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è
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ʔak ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʔˁak/
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| English
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plaster (v.)
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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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堊
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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14221
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Phonetic
component
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亞
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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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惡
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Old
Chinese
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/*qaːɡ/
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Definitions
堊
- chalk; white clay
- to whitewash; to plaster with white clay
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
堊
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form ⿱亜土)
- white earth, plaster
Readings
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Compounds
Usage notes
May be substituted with 亜 with a similar on-reading of a, as in 白亜 (hakua).
Korean
Hanja
堊 • (ak) (hangeul 악, revised ak, McCune–Reischauer ak)
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Vietnamese
Han character
堊: Hán Nôm readings: ác
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