彠

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See also: 彟
彠 U+5F60, 彠
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F60
← 彟
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 彡 →

Translingual

Han character

彠 (Kangxi radical 58, 彐+23, 26 strokes, cangjie input 尸戈廿人水 (SITOE), composition ⿰尋蒦)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 362, character 33
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9960
  • Dae Jaweon: page 681, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 963, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+5F60

Chinese

trad. 彠
simp. 彟
alternative forms 蒦
矱

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 彠
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (蒦) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
檴 *ɢʷraːɡs, *ɢʷaːɡ
鱯 *ɢʷraːɡs, *ɢʷraːɡ
護 *ɢʷraːɡs
頀 *ɢʷraːɡs
濩 *ɢʷraːɡs, *ɢʷaːɡ, *qʷraːɡ
韄 *ɢʷraːɡs
鳠 *ɢʷraːɡs
擭 *ɢʷaːɡs, *ɢʷaːɡ, *qʷraːɡ
瓁 *ŋɢʷaːɡ
劐 *qʰʷaːɡ
穫 *ɢʷaːɡ
鑊 *ɢʷaːɡ
矆 *qʰʷaɡ
鸌 *qʷaːɡ
雘 *qʷaːɡ
蠖 *qʷaːɡ
臒 *qʷaːɡ, *qʷaɡ
嬳 *qʷaːɡ, *qʷaɡ
彠 *qʷaɡ, *qʷraːɡ, *ɢʷraːɡ
嚄 *ɢʷraːɡ
獲 *ɢʷraːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʷaɡ, *qʷraːɡ, *ɢʷraːɡ): semantic 尋 (“unit of length”) + phonetic 蒦.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 彠 彠 彠
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 影 (34) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 藥 (108) 陌 (116) 麥 (120)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed Closed
Division (等) III III II
Fanqie 憂縛切 一虢切 胡麥切
Baxter 'jwak 'jwaek hweak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔʉɐk̚/ /ʔˠwiæk̚/ /ɦˠwɛk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔʷiɐk̚/ /ʔʷᵚiak̚/ /ɦʷᵚæk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔiuɑk̚/ /ʔiuak̚/ /ɣuɐk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔuak̚/ /ʔwiajk̚/ /ɦwəɨjk̚/
Li
Rong 		/ʔiuak̚/ /ʔiuɐk̚/ /ɣuɛk̚/
Wang
Li 		/ĭak̚/ /ĭwɐk̚/ /ɣwæk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ʔiwak̚/ /ʔiwɐk̚/ /ɣwæk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yue yu huó
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		wok3 wik1 wak6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 彠 彠 彠
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 5596 5601 5604
Phonetic
component 		蒦 蒦 蒦
Rime
group 		鐸 鐸 鐸
Rime
subdivision 		0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		嬳 擭 獲
Old
Chinese 		/*qʷaɡ/ /*qʷraːɡ/ /*ɢʷraːɡ/

Definitions

彠

  1. (archaic) measure; standard; criterion; rule; law
    alt. forms: 矱 (yuē)
  2. (archaic) to measure; to weigh

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

彠

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): かく (kaku)、わく (waku)、きゃく (kyaku)、やく (yaku)
  • Kun: はかる (hakaru)
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