虢

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虢 U+8662, 虢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8662
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 虣 →

Translingual

Han character

虢 (Kangxi radical 141, 虍+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月戈卜心弓 (BIYPN) or 月戈卜心山 (BIYPU), four-corner 21317, composition ⿰寽虎)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1075, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32742
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1543, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2828, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+8662

Chinese

trad. 虢
simp. # 虢
alternative forms 郭
𣂭
𧇧
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Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 虢
Western Zhou
Bronze inscriptions

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 攴 + 虎 or 爪 + 攴 + 虎.

One theory considers this character a pictogram (象形) : two hands (寽 (lǜ)) opening tiger (虎)'s fur, thus an original glyph of 鞹 (kuò). (Lin Yiguang)

Shuowen: Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʷraːɡ) : phonetic 寽 (OC *rud) + semantic 虎 (“tiger”). However, this is not generally considered likely.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 虢
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 陌 (114)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) II
Fanqie 古伯切
Baxter kwaek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kˠwæk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʷᵚak̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kuak̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kwaɨjk̚/
Li
Rong 		/kuɐk̚/
Wang
Li 		/kwɐk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kwɐk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		guo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gwak1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 虢
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		guó
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kwæk ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ʷˁrak/
English (place name)

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 虢
Reading # 1/1
No. 4764
Phonetic
component 		虢
Rime
group 		鐸
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		格
Old
Chinese 		/*kʷraːɡ/

Definitions

虢

  1. (historical) Name of several ancient feudal states that existed during the Western Zhou period (1050 to 770 B.C.E.) situated in modern-day Shaanxi and Hunan provinces and founded by relatives of the royal Ji family of the Zhou dynasty
  2. a surname

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

虢

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. name of ancient feudal State in Shaanxi and Hunan

Readings

  • On (unclassified): かく (kaku)、きゃく (kyaku)

Vietnamese

Han character

虢: Hán Việt readings: quắc

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