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See also:
U+8195, 膕
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8195

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 130, +11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月田戈一 (BWIM), four-corner 76200, composition )

  1. hollow

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 992, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29816
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1444, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2107, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+8195

Chinese

trad.
simp. *

Glyph origin

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (120)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter kweak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠwɛk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʷᵚæk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuɐk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kwəɨjk̚/
Li
Rong
/kuɛk̚/
Wang
Li
/kwæk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kwæk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gwak1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 5565
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʷrɯːɡ/

Definitions

  1. knee pit; popliteal fossa

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. knee pit

Readings

  • Go-on: こく (koku)
  • Kan-on: かく (kaku)くわく (kwaku, historical)
  • Kun: ひかがみ (hikagami, )

Etymology

Kanji in this term
ひかがみ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
引屈

Contracted from 引き屈み (hikikagami)

Pronunciation

Noun

(ひかがみ) (hikagami

  1. a knee pit
    Synonyms: 膝窩 (shikka), 膝膕 (shikkaku)
    Coordinate term: 膝頭 (hizagashira)

Korean

Hanja

(goek) (hangeul , revised goek)

  1. the inside corner or hollow of the knee, elbow, bow, etc.