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Translingual
Han character
棘 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木月木月 (DBDB), four-corner 55992, composition ⿰朿朿)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 532, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14938
- Dae Jaweon: page 921, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1227, character 9
- Unihan data for U+68D8
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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棘
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*krɯɡ
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襋
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*krɯɡ
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蕀
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*krɯɡ
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Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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棘
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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jí
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Middle Chinese
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‹ kik ›
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Old Chinese
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/*krək/
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English
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thorns
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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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棘
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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5745
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Phonetic component
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棘
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Rime group
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職
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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殛
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Old Chinese
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/*krɯɡ/
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Definitions
棘
- jujube tree
- thorny bush; bramble
- thorns
- thorny
- to prick
- Synonym of 戟 (jǐ, “halberd”)
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Definitions
棘
- (Cantonese) Alternative form of 撠 (kik1, “to be stuck”)
Japanese
Kanji
棘
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
棘 • (toge)
- thorn
Etymology 2
umara → ubara → ibara.
Pronunciation
Noun
棘 or 棘 • (ibara)
- a shrub with thorns: a bramble, a briar
- thorn
- a thorny flower of the genus Rosa: a rose
Derived terms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
棘 • (geuk) (hangeul 극, revised geuk, McCune–Reischauer kŭk, Yale kuk)
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Vietnamese
Han character
棘: Hán Nôm readings: gấc, cức
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