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See also:
U+8195, 膕
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8195

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 130, +11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月田戈一 (BWIM), four-corner 76200, composition )

  1. hollow

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 992, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29816
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1444, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2107, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+8195

Chinese

trad.
simp. *

Glyph origin

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (120)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter kweak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠwɛk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʷᵚæk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuɐk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kwəɨjk̚/
Li
Rong
/kuɛk̚/
Wang
Li
/kwæk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kwæk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gwak1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 5565
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʷrɯːɡ/

Definitions

  1. knee pit; popliteal fossa

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. knee pit

Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
ひかがみ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
引屈

Contracted from 引き屈み (hikikagami)

Pronunciation

Noun

(ひかがみ) (hikagami

  1. a knee pit
    Synonyms: 膝窩 (shikka), 膝膕 (shikkaku)
    Coordinate term: 膝頭 (hizagashira)

Korean

Hanja

(goek) (hangeul , revised goek)

  1. the inside corner or hollow of the knee, elbow, bow, etc.