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活 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水竹十口 (EHJR), four-corner 32164, composition ⿰氵舌)
simp. and trad. |
活 | |
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alternative forms |
Historical forms of the character 活 | |
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Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
Old Chinese | |
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咶 | *qʰroːds, *qʰroːds, *ɡroːd |
話 | *ɡroːds |
刮 | *kroːd |
鴰 | *kroːd, *koːd |
趏 | *kroːd, *kʰroːd |
舌 | *ɡroːd, *ɦbljed |
姡 | *ɡroːd, *ɡoːd |
頢 | *ɡroːd, *koːd |
括 | *koːd |
活 | *koːd, *ɡoːd |
适 | *koːd, *kʰoːd |
栝 | *koːd, *l̥ʰeːmʔ |
佸 | *koːd, *ɡoːd |
髺 | *koːd |
聒 | *koːd |
銛 | *koːd, *slem, *l̥ʰeːmʔ |
葀 | *koːd |
懖 | *koːd |
筈 | *koːd, *kʰoːd |
萿 | *koːd |
蛞 | *kʰoːd |
闊 | *kʰoːd |
秳 | *ɡoːd |
Evolved from 𣴠: Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *koːd, *ɡoːd) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 𠯑 (OC *ɡroːd).
Schuessler (2007) proposes possible Austroasiatic etymology; compare Wa-Lawa-Bulang *gɑs "alive (of plants)" & Aslian *gɔs "to live"
Variety | Location | 活 |
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Mandarin | Beijing | /xuo³⁵/ |
Harbin | /xuo²⁴/ | |
Tianjin | /xuo⁴⁵/ | |
Jinan | /xuə⁴²/ | |
Qingdao | /xuə⁴²/ | |
Zhengzhou | /xuo⁴²/ | |
Xi'an | /xuo²⁴/ | |
Xining | /xu⁴⁴/ | |
Yinchuan | /xuə⁵³/ 幹~ /xuə¹³/ 死~ | |
Lanzhou | /xuə⁵³/ | |
Ürümqi | /xuɤ⁵¹/ | |
Wuhan | /xuo²¹³/ | |
Chengdu | /xo³¹/ | |
Guiyang | /xo²¹/ | |
Kunming | /xo³¹/ | |
Nanjing | /xoʔ⁵/ | |
Hefei | /xuɐʔ⁵/ | |
Jin | Taiyuan | /xuaʔ⁵⁴/ |
Pingyao | /xuʌʔ⁵³/ | |
Hohhot | /xuaʔ⁴³/ | |
Wu | Shanghai | /ɦuəʔ¹/ |
Suzhou | /ɦuəʔ³/ | |
Hangzhou | /ɦuoʔ²/ | |
Wenzhou | /ɦo²¹³/ | |
Hui | Shexian | /xua²²/ /ua²²/ |
Tunxi | /uːə¹¹/ | |
Xiang | Changsha | /xo²⁴/ |
Xiangtan | /ho²⁴/ | |
Gan | Nanchang | /uɵʔ²/ |
Hakka | Meixian | /fat̚⁵/ |
Taoyuan | /fɑt̚⁵⁵/ | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | /wut̚²/ |
Nanning | /wut̚²²/ | |
Hong Kong | /wut̚²/ | |
Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /huat̚⁵/ /uaʔ⁵/ |
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /uaʔ⁵/ | |
Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /xua²⁴/ | |
Shantou (Teochew) | /uaʔ⁵/ | |
Haikou (Hainanese) | /ua³³/ |
活
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 有生 | |
Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 活 |
Taiwan | 活 | |
Singapore | 活 | |
Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 活 |
Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 活 |
Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 活 |
Wuhan | 活 | |
Guilin | 活 | |
Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 活 |
Hefei | 活 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 生 |
Hong Kong | 生 | |
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 生 | |
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 生 | |
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 生 | |
Yangjiang | 生 | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 生 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 活 |
Hakka | Meixian | 生 |
Hong Kong | 生 | |
Senai (Huiyang) | 生 | |
Jin | Taiyuan | 活 |
Northern Min | Jian'ou | 生 |
Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 活 |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 活 |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 活 | |
Chaozhou | 活 | |
Bangkok (Teochew) | 活 | |
Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 活 | |
Singapore (Teochew) | 活 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 活 |
Suzhou | 活 | |
Wenzhou | 活, 健 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 活 |
Shuangfeng | 活 |
Variety | Location | Words |
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Classical Chinese | 何等, 何其, 一何, 何哉, 何等也, 何則 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 多麼, 何等, 何其 | |
Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 多麼, 多 |
Taiwan | 多麼, 多 | |
Malaysia | 多 | |
Singapore | 多麼, 多 | |
Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 多麼, 多 |
Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 多 |
Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 好, 多 |
Wuhan | 幾, 幾樣, 好 | |
Guilin | 好 | |
Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 多 |
Hefei | 好 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 幾, 幾咁 |
Hong Kong | 幾, 幾咁 | |
Yangjiang | 幾 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 幾 |
Hakka | Meixian | 幾 |
Jin | Taiyuan | 多麼, 多來 |
Northern Min | Jian'ou | 幾多 |
Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 若夥, 若 |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 偌, 偌爾仔, 活, 活欲 |
Quanzhou | 偌, 活, 活欲 | |
Zhangzhou | 偌, 偌爾仔, 偌仔爾, 活, 活欲 | |
Taipei | 偌爾, 偌仔爾 | |
Kaohsiung | 偌爾, 偌仔爾 | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 偌 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 偌 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 偌 | |
Chaozhou | 若 | |
Singapore (Teochew) | 若 | |
Zhongshan Min | Shaxi (Longdu) | 幾 |
Wu | Shanghai | 多少, 幾化 |
Suzhou | 幾化 | |
Wenzhou | 幾倈, 幾恁 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 幾, 幾多, 好 |
Shuangfeng | 幾, 好 |
活
Kanji in this term |
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活 |
かつ Grade: 2 |
kan’on |
From Middle Chinese 活 (hwat, “to live”).
From Middle Chinese 活 (MC hwat).
Historical Readings | ||
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Dongguk Jeongun Reading | ||
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 | ᅘᅪᇙ〮 (Yale: hhwálq) | |
Middle Korean | ||
Text | Eumhun | |
Gloss (hun) | Reading | |
Sinjeung Yuhap, 1576 | 사ᄅᆞᆯ (Yale: salol) | 활 (Yale: hwal) |
活: Hán Nôm readings: hoạt, oặt, oạc
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