壑

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壑 U+58D1, 壑
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-58D1
← 壐
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 壒 →

Translingual

Han character

壑 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 卜水土 (YEG), four-corner 27104, composition ⿱㕡土)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 241, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5554
  • Dae Jaweon: page 480, character 30
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 496, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+58D1

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 壑
2nd round simp. 垥
alternative forms 㕡
𧮸

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 壑
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 鐸 (103)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 呵各切
Baxter xak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/hɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/hɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/xɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/hak̚/
Li
Rong 		/xɑk̚/
Wang
Li 		/xɑk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/xɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		he
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hok3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 壑
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		hè
Middle
Chinese 		‹ xak ›
Old
Chinese 		/*qʰˁak/
English moat; canal

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 壑
Reading # 1/1
No. 5616
Phonetic
component 		壑
Rime
group 		鐸
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		𦞦
Old
Chinese 		/*qʰaːɡ/

Definitions

壑

  1. mountain valley; narrow ravine; bed of torrent; gully
  2. hole; deep hole with water
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Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

壑

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: かく (kaku)
  • Kan-on: かく (kaku)
  • Kan’yō-on: がく (gaku)
  • Kun: たに (tani, 壑)、あな (ana, 壑)、みぞ (mizo, 壑)

References

Korean

Hanja

壑 • (hak) (hangeul 학, revised hak, McCune–Reischauer hak, Yale hak)

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Vietnamese

Han character

壑: Hán Nôm readings: hác

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