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Translingual
Han character
郤 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 金口弓中 (CRNL), four-corner 87627, composition ⿰谷阝)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1272, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39440
- Dae Jaweon: page 1771, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3774, character 10
- Unihan data for U+90E4
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 腳
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*kaɡ
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| 脚
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*kaɡ
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| 卻
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*kaɡ, *kʰaɡ
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| 却
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*kʰaɡ
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| 谻
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*kraɡ, *kraɡ
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| 郤
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*kʰraɡ
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| 綌
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*kʰraɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰraɡ) : phonetic 𧮫 () + semantic 邑 (“city”).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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郤
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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xì
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ khjæk ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʰrak/
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| English
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(place and family name)
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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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郤
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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10743
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Phonetic
component
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郤
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Rime
group
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鐸
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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隙
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰraɡ/
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Definitions
郤
- (historical) Xi, a city around the lower reaches of present-day Qin River, Shanxi
- Alternative form of 隙 (xì, “crack; gap”)
- a surname
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 郤 – see 卻 (“to withdraw; to retreat; to drive back; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 卻). |
Japanese
Kanji
郤
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
郤 • (geuk) (hangeul 극, revised geuk, McCune–Reischauer kŭk, Yale kuk)
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