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Translingual
Han character
坼 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 土竹一卜 (GHMY), four-corner 42141, composition ⿰土斥)
- crack
- split, open
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 227, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5006
- Dae Jaweon: page 462, character 26
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 433, character 2
- Unihan data for U+577C
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 斥
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*ŋ̊ʰjaːɡs, *ŋ̊ʰjaːɡ
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| 訴
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*sŋaːɡs
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| 泝
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*sŋaːɡs
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| 愬
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*sŋaːɡs, *sŋreːɡ
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| 遡
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*sŋaːɡs
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| 塑
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*sŋaːɡs
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| 溯
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*sŋaːɡs
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| 遻
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*ŋaːɡs
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| 柝
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*tŋ̊ʰaːɡ
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| 鶚
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*ŋaːɡ
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| 諤
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*ŋaːɡ
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| 齶
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*ŋaːɡ
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| 鍔
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*ŋaːɡ
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| 遌
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*ŋaːɡ
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| 崿
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*ŋaːɡ
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| 偔
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*ŋaːɡ
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| 堮
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*ŋaːɡ
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| 湂
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*ŋaːɡ
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| 鱷
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*ŋaːɡ
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| 噩
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*ŋaːɡ
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| 咢
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*ŋaːɡ
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| 鑩
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*ŋaːɡ
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| 鄂
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*ŋaːɡ
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| 鰐
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*ŋaːɡ
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| 萼
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*ŋaːɡ
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| 愕
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*ŋaːɡ
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| 顎
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*ŋaːɡ
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| 朔
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*sŋraːɡ
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| 槊
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*sraːwɢ
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| 蒴
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*sraːwɢ
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| 坼
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*tŋ̊ʰraːɡ
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| 拆
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*tŋ̊ʰraːɡ
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| 逆
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*ŋraɡ
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| 屰
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*ŋraɡ
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| 縌
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*ŋraɡ
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| 蝷
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*reːɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tŋ̊ʰraːɡ) : semantic 图 (“hand”) + phonetic 斥 (OC *ŋ̊ʰjaːɡs, *ŋ̊ʰjaːɡ).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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坼
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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chè
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ trhæk ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*Nə-qʰˁ<r>ak/ (W dialect: *qʰˁr- > *r̥ˁ- > trh-)
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| English
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split (v.i.)
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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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坼
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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9471
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Phonetic
component
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屰
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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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𡍩
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Old
Chinese
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/*tŋ̊ʰraːɡ/
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| Notes
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原右從廣屰，注亦作坼
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Definitions
坼
- † to crack; to break open
- † to sprout; to blossom
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
坼
(Hyōgai kanji)
- split
- tear
- open
Readings
Korean
Hanja
坼 • (tak) (hangeul 탁, revised tak, McCune–Reischauer t'ak)
- split
- open
Vietnamese
Han character
坼: Hán Nôm readings: sách
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