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Translingual
Han character
掘 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手尸山山 (QSUU), four-corner 57072, composition ⿰扌屈)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 438, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12264
- Dae Jaweon: page 787, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1909, character 2
- Unihan data for U+6398
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 聉
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*r̥ʰuːlʔ, *ŋrɯd, *ʔr'uːd, *ŋruːd
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| 贅
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*kljods
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| 祟
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*sqʰluds
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| 出
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*kʰljuds, *kʰljud
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| 茁
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*ʔl'ɯd, *skruːd, *skrod, *skrud
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| 欪
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*qʰlɯd, *l̥ʰud
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| 貀
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*ŋr'uːd
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| 袦
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*ŋr'oːd
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| 咄
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*ʔl'oːd, *ʔl'uːd
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| 柮
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*sɡloːd, *ʔl'uːd
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| 拙
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*kljod
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| 炪
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*kljod, *l̥ʰud
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| 掘
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*ɡlod, *ɡlud
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| 鈯
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*l'uːd
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| 啒
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*kluːd, *qʰluːd
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| 淈
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*kluːd, *ɡluːd
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| 窟
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*kʰluːd
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| 泏
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*kʰluːd, *ʔl'ud
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| 堀
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*kʰluːd, *ɡlud
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| 胐
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*kʰluːd
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| 窋
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*ʔl'ud
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| 絀
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*ʔl'ud
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| 黜
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*l̥ʰud
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| 屈
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*klud, *kʰlud
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| 趉
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*klud
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| 鶌
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*klud
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| 詘
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*kʰlud
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| 倔
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*ɡlud
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| 崛
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*ɡlud, *ŋɡlud
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡlod, *ɡlud) : semantic 扌 (“hand; action”) + phonetic 屈 (OC *klud, *kʰlud).
Etymology 1
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-(k/g)wa-t (“to dig out; to scoop out”), cognate to Tibetan རྐོད་པ (rkod pa), རྐོ་བ (rko ba, “to dig; to hoe”) (STEDT). Possibly related to 決 (OC *kʷeːd, “to dig an outlet for water; to burst out”).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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掘
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掘
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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jué
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jué
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ gjut ›
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‹ gjwot ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ut/
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/*ot/
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| English
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dig out (earth)
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dig out (earth)
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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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掘
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掘
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| Reading #
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2/2
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1/2
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| No.
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1586
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1559
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Phonetic
component
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出
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出
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Rime
group
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物
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月
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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倔
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𧤼
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡlud/
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/*ɡlod/
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Definitions
掘
- to dig; to excavate
- (Hakka) to scratch (with nails, claws)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
挖 (“to dig”)
Compounds
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 掘 – see 窟 (“cave”).
(This character is an obsolete form of 窟). |
Japanese
Kanji
掘
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
- to dig
Readings
Korean
Hanja
掘 • (gul, gwol) (hangeul 굴, 궐, revised gul, gwol, McCune–Reischauer kul, kwŏl, Yale kwul, kwel)
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Vietnamese
Han character
掘: Hán Nôm readings: quật, oặt, quặt, quất, quịt, quát, quạt
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