琢

琢 U+FA4A, 琢 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA4A ← 爫 CJK Compatibility Ideographs 碑 →

琢 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+8 in Chinese and Korean, 玉+7 in Japanese, 12 strokes in Chinese and Korean, 11 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 一土一尸人 (MGMSO), four-corner 1113₂, composition ⿰𤣩豖 or ⿰𤣩豕)

• 𣽗

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 734, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21058
• Dae Jaweon: page 1146, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1120, character 12
• Unihan data for U+7422

• Unihan data for U+FA4A

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *rtoːɡ): semantic 𤣩 (“jade”) + phonetic 豖 (OC *tʰoɡ). However, the phonetic component indicates a male castrated pig (thus a pig whose genitals are cut), hence it could add part of the meaning.

琢

1. to carve or cut jade or gemstone

   • 玉不琢，不成器；人不學，不知道。是故古之王者建國君民，教學為先。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     玉不琢，不成器；人不学，不知道。是故古之王者建国君民，教学为先。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Yù bù zhuó, bù chéng qì; rén bù xué, bù zhī dào. Shìgù gǔ zhī wángzhě jiànguó jūn mín, jiàoxué wèi xiān.

     If a jade is not carved, it will not become a vessel; if a person does not learn, he will not know the Way. It was thus that when the ancient sovereigns founded their states and ruled the people, they took education as their priority.

2. (by extension) to cultivate (one's character, one's skills)

   • 孔門弟子七十之徒，皆任卿相之用，被服聖教，文才雕琢，知能十倍，教訓之功而漸漬之力也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     孔门弟子七十之徒，皆任卿相之用，被服圣教，文才雕琢，知能十倍，教训之功而渐渍之力也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wang Chong, Lun Heng (Discussive Weighing), 80 CE

     Kǒng mén dìzǐ qīshí zhī tú, jiē rèn qīngxiàng zhī yòng, bèifú shèngjiào, wéncái diāozhuó, zhīnéng shí bèi, jiàoxùn zhī gōng ér jiànzì zhī lì yě.

     Each of the seventy disciples of Confucius's school served in ministerial roles. They donned the sagely teachings and cultivated their cultural refinement; their knowledge and ability grew tenfold. This was the result of instruction in the teachings, and the result of gradually becoming saturated .

琢

1. Only used in 琢磨 (zuómo, “to think over; to ponder”).

• “琢”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Shinjitai	琢
Kyūjitai [1]	琢 琢 or 琢+︀?
	琢󠄀 琢+󠄀? (Adobe-Japan1)
	琢󠄅 琢+󠄅? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(Jinmeiyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 琢)

1. to polish

   Synonym: 磨

2. to cultivate one's skill

   Synonym: 磨

3. to select

   Synonym: 択

• Go-on: たく (taku)
• Kan-on: たく (taku)
• Kun: うつ (utsu, 琢つ)、えらぶ (erabu, 琢ぶ)、みがく (migaku, 琢く)、たたく (tataku, 琢く)
• Nanori: あや (aya)、たか (taka)、みがく (migaku)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

琢

Wikisource

琢 (eumhun 다듬을 탁 (dadeumeul tak))

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• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 琢

琢: Hán Việt readings: chác, trác
琢: Nôm readings: trác, trát

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