鬲

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鬲 U+9B32, 鬲
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B32
← 鬱
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 鬳 →
⿀ U+2FC0, ⿀
KANGXI RADICAL CAULDRON
← ⾿
 		Kangxi Radicals ⿁ →

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

鬲 (Kangxi radical 193, 鬲+0, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一口月中 (MRBL), four-corner 10227, composition ⿱𠮛⿵冂⿱䒑丨(GHT) or ⿱𠮛⿵𦉪丅(JK))

  1. Kangxi radical #193, ⿀.

Derived characters

  • 徹 (earlier forms also had a pot, later replaced with 育)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1458, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45672
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1991, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4587, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+9B32

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 鬲
alternative forms 䰛
㽁
䰜 ancient
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Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鬲
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (鬲) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
隔 *kreːɡ
膈 *kreːɡ
搹 *kreːɡ
鬲 *kreːɡ, *ɡ·reːɡ
槅 *kreːɡ
嗝 *kreːɡ
虉 *ŋɡreːɡ, *ŋɡeːɡ
翮 *ɡreːɡ
滆 *ɡreːɡ
蒚 *ɡreːɡ, *ɡ·reːɡ
鎘 *ɡ·reːɡ

Pictogram (象形) of some pottery.

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 鬲
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 錫 (127)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 郎擊切
Baxter lek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/lek̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/lek̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/lɛk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/lɛjk̚/
Li
Rong 		/lek̚/
Wang
Li 		/liek̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/liek̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lik6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 鬲
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		lì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ lek ›
Old
Chinese 		/*k.rˁek/
English tripod with hollow legs

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 鬲
Reading # 2/2
No. 3851
Phonetic
component 		鬲
Rime
group 		錫
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		靂
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡ·reːɡ/

Definitions

鬲

  1. (historical) li; a type of cauldron with three hollow legs and used for cooking
    See also: 甗
  2. (historical) a type of earthenware used in funerals

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 鬲
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 麥 (119)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 古核切
Baxter keak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kˠɛk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kᵚæk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kɐk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kəɨjk̚/
Li
Rong 		/kɛk̚/
Wang
Li 		/kæk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kæk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		ge
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gak1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 鬲
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		gé
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kɛk ›
Old
Chinese 		/*C.qˁ<r>ik/
English yoke

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 鬲
Reading # 1/2
No. 3843
Phonetic
component 		鬲
Rime
group 		錫
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		隔
Old
Chinese 		/*kreːɡ/

Definitions

鬲

  1. Alternative form of 隔 (gé)
  2. Alternative form of 膈
  3. Alternative form of 槅 (gé)
  4. (～國) (historical) Ge(有鬲氏), an ancient Chinese tribe during the Xia to Zhou dynasties near Dezhou, Shandong, the consort kin of Zhong Kang, the fourth king of the Xia dynasty, conquered by the Duke of Zhou in the 11th century BC.[1]
  5. (～縣) (historical) a county in the southeast of Dezhou, Shandong established in the Qin dynasty and reorganised into a state in the Eastern Han dynasty.
  6. a surname

Compounds

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

鬲

  1. Alternative form of 軛／轭 (è)
  2. Alternative form of 搹 (è)
  3. Alternative form of 厄

References

  1. ^ https://baike.baidu.hk/item/鬲/2474789

Japanese

Kanji

鬲

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: きゃく (kyaku)、りゃく (ryaku)
  • Kan-on: かく (kaku)、れき (reki)
  • Kun: かなえ (kanae)
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Kanji in this term
鬲
れき
Hyōgai
on'yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 鬲

Pronunciation

Noun

鬲(れき) • (reki) 

  1. a cauldron with three hollow legs used in ancient China

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

鬲 • (gyeok) (hangeul 격, revised gyeok, McCune–Reischauer kyŏk, Yale kyek) 鬲 • (ryeok) (hangeul 력)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鬲: Hán Nôm readings: cách

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