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Translingual
Han character
剋 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 十山中弓 (JULN) or 難十山中弓 (XJULN), four-corner 42210, composition ⿺克刂)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 140, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2009
- Dae Jaweon: page 318, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 339, character 3
- Unihan data for U+524B
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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克
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*kʰɯːɡ
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剋
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*kʰɯːɡ
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勊
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*kʰɯːɡ
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Pronunciation 1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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剋
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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7481
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Phonetic component
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克
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Rime group
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職
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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刻
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Old Chinese
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/*kʰɯːɡ/
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Definitions
剋
- to counteract; to work against; to conflict (especially of one's fate with someone else)
- 相剋/相克 ― xiāngkè ― to contradict one another
佢一出世就剋死咗佢阿媽。 [Cantonese, trad.]
佢一出世就克死咗佢阿妈。 [Cantonese, simp.]- keoi5 jat1 ceot1 sai3 zau6 haak1 sei2 zo2 keoi5 aa3 maa1.
- He was destined to have his fate conflict with his mother to the point of her death as soon as he was born.
- 某剋翁。/某克翁。 [Hokkien] ― Bó͘ khek ang. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― The wife is bringing bad luck to his husband due to a conflict in fate
- (literary) to overcome; to subdue; to capture; to defeat; to vanquish; to prevail; to surmount; to overthrow
- (literary) to restrain; to cut down
- (literary) to be able to
- (literary) severe; harsh
- (literary) to injure; to harm
- (literary) [to digest
- (literary) to set a time limit
Synonyms
- (to overcome): 戰勝/战胜 (zhànshèng), 克 (kè)
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 刻 (MC khok) (cf. Sun, 2018, p. 518).
Definitions
剋
- (colloquial) to scold; to censure
- (colloquial) to beat
- (dialectal) to dig (with the hand)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
剋
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
剋 • (geuk) (hangeul 극, revised geuk, McCune–Reischauer kŭk)
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Vietnamese
Han character
剋: Hán Việt readings: khắc[1][2][3][4]
剋: Nôm readings: khắc[1][5]
- chữ Hán form of khắc (“beat, hit (in casual language)”).
- chữ Hán form of khắc (“scold, rebuke (in casual language)”).
- Nôm form of khắc (“opposite”).
References