悟

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悟 U+609F, 悟
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-609F
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 悠 →

Translingual

Han character

悟 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 心一一口 (PMMR), four-corner 91061, composition ⿰忄吾)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 388, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10680
  • Dae Jaweon: page 720, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2303, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+609F

Chinese

trad. 悟
simp. # 悟
alternative forms 寤
晤

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (五) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
吾 *ŋraː, *ŋaː
衙 *ŋraː, *ŋa, *ŋaʔ
鼯 *ŋaː
浯 *ŋaː
珸 *ŋaː
郚 *ŋaː
齬 *ŋaː, *ŋa, *ŋaʔ
鯃 *ŋaː
娪 *ŋaː
梧 *ŋaː
峿 *ŋaː
五 *ŋaːʔ
伍 *ŋaːʔ
寤 *ŋaːs
啎 *ŋaːs
晤 *ŋaːs
悟 *ŋaːs
逜 *ŋaːs
窹 *ŋaːs
捂 *ŋaːs
鋙 *ŋa, *ŋaʔ
語 *ŋaʔ, *ŋas
圄 *ŋaʔ
敔 *ŋaʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋaːs) : semantic 忄 + phonetic 吾 (OC *ŋraː, *ŋaː).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 悟
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 五故切
Baxter nguH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋuoH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋuoH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋoH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋɔH/
Li
Rong 		/ŋoH/
Wang
Li 		/ŋuH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ŋuoH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		wù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ng6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 悟
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		wù
Middle
Chinese 		‹ nguH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋˁa-s/
English awake, realize

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 悟
Reading # 1/1
No. 13152
Phonetic
component 		五
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		誤
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋaːs/

Definitions

悟

  1. (literary, or in compounds) to realize; to become aware; to awaken; to apprehend
  2. a surname: Wu

Synonyms

  • (to realize):

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “to realize”):

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

悟

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. enlightenment
  2. to apprehend, realize, become aware

Readings

  • Go-on: ぐ (gu)
  • Kan-on: ご (go, Jōyō)
  • Kun: さとる (satoru, 悟る, Jōyō)、さとり (satori, 悟)

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
悟
さとる
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Proper noun

悟(さとる) • (Satoru) 

  1. a male given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
悟
さとし
Grade: S
nanori

Proper noun

悟(さとし) • (Satoshi) 

  1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja

悟 • (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune–Reischauer o, Yale o)

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Vietnamese

Han character

悟: Hán Nôm readings: ngộ

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