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Chinese
Etymology
Disyllabic emphatic form of 角 (OC *kroːɡ, “corner”).
Pronunciation
Note:
- gok3 lok6 - literary;
- gok3 lok6-1 - vernacular.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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角
|
落
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
jiǎo
|
luò
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ kæwk ›
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‹ lak ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*C.ˁrok/
|
/*kə.rˁak/
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| English
|
horn, corner
|
fall (v.)
|
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)
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| Character
|
角
|
落
|
| Reading #
|
1/2
|
1/1
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| No.
|
6372
|
3880
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Phonetic
component
|
角
|
各
|
Rime
group
|
屋
|
鐸
|
Rime
subdivision
|
0
|
0
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
覺
|
落
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*kroːɡ/
|
/*ɡ·raːɡ/
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Noun
角落
- (literally) corner (formed by two walls); nook
- (figuratively) remote area; area away from the centre; corner
Synonyms
- (corner formed by two walls):
- 圪撈撈／圪捞捞 (geh5 lau1 lau1-3) (Jin)
- 壁角 (Hokkien, Teochew)
- 把角 (bǎjiǎo) (colloquial)
- 拐角 (guǎijiǎo) (colloquial)
- 旮旯 (gālá) (dialectal Mandarin)
- 牆角／墙角 (qiángjiǎo)
- 犄角 (colloquial)
- 角勢／角势 (Hokkien)
- 角落頭／角落头 (gok3 lok6-1 tau4-2) (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew)
- 角角 (gáe̤k-gáe̤k) (Eastern Min)
- 角頭／角头 (Hokkien)