倔

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倔 U+5014, 倔
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Translingual

Han character

倔 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人尸山山 (OSUU), four-corner 27272, composition ⿰亻屈)

  1. stubborn, obstinate, intransigent
  2. firm

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 107, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 769
  • Dae Jaweon: page 229, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 185, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+5014

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 倔

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (出) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
聉 *r̥ʰuːlʔ, *ŋrɯd, *ʔr'uːd, *ŋruːd
贅 *kljods
祟 *sqʰluds
出 *kʰljuds, *kʰljud
茁 *ʔl'ɯd, *skruːd, *skrod, *skrud
欪 *qʰlɯd, *l̥ʰud
貀 *ŋr'uːd
袦 *ŋr'oːd
咄 *ʔl'oːd, *ʔl'uːd
柮 *sɡloːd, *ʔl'uːd
拙 *kljod
炪 *kljod, *l̥ʰud
掘 *ɡlod, *ɡlud
鈯 *l'uːd
啒 *kluːd, *qʰluːd
淈 *kluːd, *ɡluːd
窟 *kʰluːd
泏 *kʰluːd, *ʔl'ud
堀 *kʰluːd, *ɡlud
胐 *kʰluːd
窋 *ʔl'ud
絀 *ʔl'ud
黜 *l̥ʰud
屈 *klud, *kʰlud
趉 *klud
鶌 *klud
詘 *kʰlud
倔 *ɡlud
崛 *ɡlud, *ŋɡlud

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡlud) : semantic 人 (“person”) + phonetic 屈 (OC *klud, *kʰlud).

Pronunciation

Note: juè - describes temper or manner.
Rime
Character 倔
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 物 (60)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 衢物切
Baxter gjut
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɡɨut̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɡiut̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɡiuət̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/gut̚/
Li
Rong 		/ɡiuət̚/
Wang
Li 		/ɡĭuət̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/gi̯uət̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gwat6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 倔
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jué
Middle
Chinese 		‹ gjut ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ut/
English strong, unyielding

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 倔
Reading # 1/1
No. 1584
Phonetic
component 		出
Rime
group 		物
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		倔
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡlud/

Definitions

倔

  1. stubborn; obstinate
    倔強／倔强  ―  juéjiàng  ―  stubborn; obstinate
    倔脾氣／倔脾气  ―  juè píqì  ―  self-willed; bad-tempered
  2. (Cantonese) blunt; not sharp

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

倔

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): くつ (kutsu)
  • Kun: つよい (tsuyoi)

Korean

Hanja

倔 (eum 굴 (gul))

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Vietnamese

Han character

倔: Hán Nôm readings: quật, oặt, quặt, quất, quịt

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References

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