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See also:
U+818A, 膊
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-818A

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 130, +10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 月戈月戈 (BIBI), four-corner 73242, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 991, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29782
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1443, character 29
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2101, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+818A

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pʰaːɡ) : semantic (body) + phonetic (OC *pʰa).

Etymology 1

trad.
simp. #

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *p(r)ak ~ *r-pak (shoulder). Cognate with (OC *paːɡ, “shoulder blade; shoulder”). Probably cognate with (bǎng, “upper arm; shoulder”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. arm; upper arm
  2. (dialectal) shoulder
  3. (by extension) upper body
      ―  chì  ―  to strip to the waist

Compounds

Etymology 2

trad.
simp. #

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-pak (to separate; to dismantle; to collapse).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (2)
Final () (104)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter phak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pʰwɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/pʰʷɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/pʰuɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pʰwak̚/
Li
Rong
/pʰuɑk̚/
Wang
Li
/pʰuɑk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/pʰwɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
po
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
pok3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ phak ›
Old
Chinese
/*pʰˁak/
English dismember

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 3485
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
𩔈
Old
Chinese
/*pʰaːɡ/

Definitions

  1. to dismember
  2. sun-dried meat that is cut up

Etymology 3

trad.
simp. #

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. Alternative form of (, neck)

Etymology 4

trad.
simp. #

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. boundary; border

Etymology 5

trad.
simp. #

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. elder brother

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): はく (haku)れつ (retsu)はい (hai)
  • Kun: ほじし (hojishi)あばく (abaku)さかい (sakai)

Korean

Hanja

(bak) (hangeul , revised bak, McCune–Reischauer pak, Yale pak)

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