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See also:
U+8AE4, 諤
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8AE4

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 149, +9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜口口口尸 (YRRRS), four-corner 06627, composition )

  1. honest speech, straightforward

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1170, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35713
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1635, character 25
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3998, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+8AE4

Chinese

trad.
simp.
alternative forms
𡅡
𣤲

Glyph origin

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (31)
Final () (103)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter ngak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋak̚/
Li
Rong
/ŋɑk̚/
Wang
Li
/ŋɑk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
è
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ngok6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
è
Middle
Chinese
‹ ngak ›
Old
Chinese
/*ŋˁak/
English speak frankly

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. 9451
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋaːɡ/

Definitions

  1. (literary) honest speech; frank speech

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. speaking the truth

Readings

  • On (unclassified): がく (gaku)

Korean

Hanja

(ak) (hangeul , revised ak, McCune–Reischauer ak, Yale ak)

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: ngạc

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