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Translingual
Han character
竅 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+13, 18 strokes, cangjie input 十金竹尸大 (JCHSK), four-corner 30248, composition ⿱穴敫)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 869, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25680
- Dae Jaweon: page 1298, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2744, character 9
- Unihan data for U+7AC5
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 礉
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*kʰreːw, *kʰreːwɢs
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| 邀
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*qlew, *kleːw
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| 憿
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*kleːw
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| 徼
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*kleːw, *kleːwɢs
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| 儌
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*kleːwʔ, *kleːwʔ
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| 璬
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*kleːwʔ
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| 皦
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*kleːwʔ
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| 繳
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*kleːwʔ, *kljewɢ, *ɡreːɡ
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| 敫
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*kleːwɢs, *ɢlewɢ, *kleːwɢ
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| 譥
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*kleːwɢs
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| 激
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*kleːwɢs, *kleːwɢ
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| 噭
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*kleːwɢs
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| 獥
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*kleːwɢs, *kleːwɢ, *ɡleːwɢ
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| 鸄
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*kleːwɢs, *kleːwɢ, *ɡleːwɢ
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| 墽
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*kʰleːw
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| 竅
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*kʰleːwɢs
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| 覈
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*ɡleːd, *ɡreːɡ
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| 燩
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*kʰreːwɢ, *kʰleːwɢ
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| 檄
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*ɡleːwɢ
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| 薂
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*ɡleːwɢ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰleːwɢs) : semantic 穴 (“cave”) + phonetic 敫 (OC *kleːwɢs, *ɢlewɢ, *kleːwɢ).
Etymology
Possibly Sino-Tibetan. Compare Burmese ချောက် (hkyauk, “chasm, gulf”); alternative or additionally, 竅 (OC *kʰleːwɢs) is k-prefixed nominal derivation of 窕 (OC *l'eːwʔ) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation 1
Note: khiàu - literary.
Note:
- kiao3 - Shantou;
- kiou3 - Chaozhou.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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竅
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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qiào
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ khewH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʰˁewk-s/
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| English
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hole, opening
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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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竅
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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6399
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Phonetic
component
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敫
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Rime
group
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豹
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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竅
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰleːwɢs/
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Definitions
竅
- hole, aperture
- idea; knack; key (to a problem)
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
竅
- (Hokkien) magic; sorcery
- 做竅害儂／做窍害侬 ― chòe/chò-khiò hāi-lâng ― to harm people with sorcery
- 信竅／信窍 ― sìn khiò ― to believe in magic
References
Japanese
Kanji
竅
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
竅 • (gyu) (hangeul 규, revised gyu, McCune–Reischauer kyu, Yale kyu)
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