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Translingual
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Stroke order
Han character
或 (Kangxi radical 62, 戈 +4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 戈口一 (IRM ), four-corner 53100 , composition ⿹戈 ⿱口 ㇀ )
Derived characters
㖪 , 域 , 惐 , 掝 , 淢 , 䧕 , 棫 , 𤊨 , 琙 , 㽣 , 䂸 , 稢 , 緎 , 聝 , 𠒬 , 戫 , 蜮 , 䬎 (𬱿 ), 馘 , 䤋 , 䮙 , 魊 , 䱛 (𮬟 ), 𠜻 , 㰲 , 㚜 , 罭 , 窢 , 䈅 , 䍞 , 閾 (阈 ), 惑 , 㳼 , 𤦂 , 𢨋 , 䰥 , 彧 , 𤷇 , 國 (国 )
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 412 , character 18
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11563
Dae Jaweon: page 754, character 17
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1402, character 8
Unihan data for U+6216
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
幗
*kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ
慖
*kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ
簂
*kʷɯːɡs
蔮
*kʷɯːɡs
國
*kʷɯːɡ
或
*ɡʷɯːɡ
惑
*ɡʷɯːɡ
蜮
*ɡʷɯːɡ, *ɢʷrɯɡ
閾
*qʰʷrɯɡ
緎
*qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ
淢
*qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ
域
*ɢʷrɯɡ
罭
*ɢʷrɯɡ
棫
*ɡʷrɯɡ
琙
*ɡʷrɯɡ
魊
*ɡʷrɯɡ
馘
*kʷrɯːɡ
聝
*kʷrɯːɡ
膕
*kʷrɯːɡ
摑
*kʷrɯːɡ
漍
*kʷrɯːɡ
嘓
*kʷrɯːɡ
蟈
*kʷrɯːɡ
掝
*qʰʷrɯːɡ
彧
*qʷrɯɡ
稶
*qʷɯɡ
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意 ) : 戈 ( “ dagger-axe (used to defend the territory)” ) + 囗 ( “ city wall ” ) + 一 , “territory”.
Borrowed for abstract meanings. The derivative 國 (OC *kʷɯːɡ ) and 域 (OC *ɢʷrɯɡ ) refer to the original word.
Etymology
或 (OC *ɡʷɯːɡ , “someone; some”) is the result of the distributive suffix *-k being added to 有 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ , “there is”).
Cognate with 又 (OC *ɢʷɯs , “again”) (Schuessler, 2007 ).
Pronunciation 1
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : huò (huo4 )
(Zhuyin ) : ㄏㄨㄛˋ
(Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin ) : hue2
(Dungan , Cyrillic and Wiktionary ) : хуэй (huey, III)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : waak6
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : vak5
Gan (Wiktionary ) : fet6
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : fe̍t
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : fêd6
Jin (Wiktionary ) : hueh4
Northern Min (KCR ) : hŏ
Eastern Min (BUC ) : hĕ̤k
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : hia̍k / he̍k
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : hog8
Wu (Wugniu )
Xiang (Changsha , Wiktionary ) : ho6
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
或
Reading #
1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
huò
Middle Chinese
‹ hwok ›
Old Chinese
/*ʷˁək/
English
some; or
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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
或
Reading #
1/1
No.
5548
Phonetic component
或
Rime group
職
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
或
Old Chinese
/*ɡʷɯːɡ/
Definitions
或
or ; either ... or ... ( used to list alternatives )
中國 或 日本 / 中国 或 日本 ― Zhōngguó huò Rìběn ― China or Japan
或 多或 少 ― huò duōhuò shào ― more or less , some amount
可以 說 兩 種 或 兩 種 以上 的 語言 [MSC , trad. ] 可以 说 两 种 或 两 种 以上 的 语言 [MSC , simp. ] kěyǐ shuō liǎng zhǒng huò liǎng zhǒng yǐshàng de yǔyán able to speak two or more languages
( chiefly in news headlines ) perhaps ; maybe
代表團 已 出發 ,明天 上午 或 可 到達 。 [MSC , trad. ] 代表团 已 出发 ,明天 上午 或 可 到达 。 [MSC , simp. ] Dàibiǎotuán yǐ chūfā, míngtiān shàngwǔ huò kě dàodá. The delegation has set out, and will probably arrive tomorrow morning.
occasionally ; sometimes
if ; assuming ; should ...
( logic , computing ) OR ; inclusive or
particle used in negative sentences to reinforce the negative tone
† some ; someone ; something
† doubt
Compounds
Descendants
Pronunciation 2
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
或
Reading #
2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
yù
Middle Chinese
‹ hwik ›
Old Chinese
/*ʷrək/
English
territory
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.
Definitions
或
† Original form of 域 (yù , “range ; territory ”).
† Original form of 國 / 国 (guó , “country ”).
References
^ Jing-Schmidt, Zhuo, Peng, Xinjia (2016 February 1) “The emergence of disjunction: A history of constructionalization in Chinese”, in Cognitive Linguistics , volume 27 , number 1, →DOI , →ISSN , pages 101–136
Japanese
Kanji
或
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names )
a certain ...; some ...
Readings
Korean
Hanja
或 • (hok ) (hangeul 혹 , revised hok, McCune–Reischauer hok, Yale hok)
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Vietnamese
Han character
或 : Hán Nôm readings: hoặc , hoắc
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