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Translingual
Han character
抉 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手木大 (QDK), four-corner 55030, composition ⿰扌夬)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 420, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11873
- Dae Jaweon: page 767, character 21
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1844, character 6
- Unihan data for U+6289
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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袂
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*mɡʷeds
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夬
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*kʷraːds
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快
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*kʰʷraːds
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駃
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*kʰʷraːds, *kʷeːd
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筷
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*kʰʷraːds
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炔
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*kʷeːds
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觖
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*kʰʷeds, *kʷeːd
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缺
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*kʰʷed, *kʰʷeːd
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蒛
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*kʰʷed
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吷
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*qʰʷed
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妜
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*qʷed, *qʷeːd
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決
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*kʷeːd, *qʰʷeːd
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訣
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*kʷeːd
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抉
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*kʷeːd, *qʷeːd
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玦
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*kʷeːd
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芵
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*kʷeːd
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赽
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*kʷeːd
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鴂
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*kʷeːd
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鈌
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*kʷeːd
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决
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*kʷeːd
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疦
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*kʷeːd, *qʰʷeːd
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蚗
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*kʷeːd
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趹
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*kʷeːd
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Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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抉
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抉
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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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4418
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4433
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Phonetic component
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夬
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夬
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Rime group
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月
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月
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Rime subdivision
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2
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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玦
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抉
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Old Chinese
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/*kʷeːd/
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/*qʷeːd/
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Definitions
抉
- (literary) to gouge; to dig out; to pick out
- (literary) to pick out; to select out
- (literary) to pierce; to puncture; to butcher
- (literary) to reveal; to expose
- (Hokkien) to slap; to hit with one's palm
- (Hokkien) to plaster; to paint; to daub (on a wall, etc.)
- (Mainland China Hokkien) to apply on one's face, hands, etc. (of powder, oil, etc.)
- (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) to sweep across to knock over
- (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) to surpass; to be better than; to overtake
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
抉
(Hyōgai kanji)
- gouge
- hollow out
- bore
- pry
Readings
Korean
Hanja
抉 • (gyeol) (hangeul 결, revised gyeol, McCune–Reischauer kyŏl, Yale kyel)
- choose, select
- gouge, pluck out
Vietnamese
Han character
抉: Hán Nôm readings: khoét, quyết, quét, quẹt, quạt
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