赫

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赫 U+8D6B, 赫
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8D6B
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Translingual

Han character

赫 (Kangxi radical 155, 赤+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 土金土中金 (GCGLC), four-corner 44331, composition ⿰赤赤)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1214, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37010
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1682, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3508, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+8D6B

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 赫

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 赫
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (赤) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
浾 *sqraː
嚇 *qʰraːɡs, *qʰraːɡ
赦 *hljaɡs
郝 *qʰljaɡ, *kʰljaɡ, *hljaɡ
赫 *qʰraːɡ
爀 *qʰraːɡ
赤 *kʰljaɡ
烾 *kʰljaɡ
螫 *qʰjaːɡ
赥 *qʰleːɡ
捇 *qʰʷreːɡ
焃 *qʰʷreːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰraːɡ) : Duplication of 赤 (“red”), with 赤 (OC *kʰljaɡ) acting as the phonetic component.

Etymology 1

Related to 赫 (OC *qʰraːɡ, “bright red”) and possibly 奭 (OC *hjaɡ, “majestic; red”).

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 赫
Mandarin Beijing /xɤ⁵¹/
Harbin /xɤ⁵³/
Tianjin /xɤ⁵³/
Jinan /xə²¹³/
Qingdao /xə⁴²/
Zhengzhou /xɛ²⁴/
Xi'an /xei²¹/
Xining /xɨ⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /xa¹³/
/xɯ¹³/
Lanzhou /xə⁵³/
Ürümqi /xɤ²¹³/
Wuhan /xɤ²¹³/
Chengdu /xe³¹/
Guiyang /xɛ²¹/
Kunming /xə³¹/
Nanjing /xəʔ⁵/
Hefei /xɐʔ⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /xəʔ²/
Pingyao /xʌʔ¹³/
Hohhot /xaʔ⁴³/
Wu Shanghai /haʔ⁵/
Suzhou /həʔ⁵/
Hangzhou /hɑʔ⁵/
Wenzhou /ha²¹³/
Hui Shexian /xɛʔ²¹/
Tunxi
Xiang Changsha /xə²⁴/
Xiangtan /hæ²⁴/
Gan Nanchang
Hakka Meixian /hak̚¹/
Taoyuan
Cantonese Guangzhou /hak̚⁵/
Nanning /hak̚³³/
Hong Kong /hak̚⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /hik̚³²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /hiɑʔ²³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /xɛ²⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /heʔ²/
Haikou (Hainanese) /hek̚⁵/
Rime
Character 赫
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 陌 (113)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 呼格切
Baxter xaek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/hˠæk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/hᵚak̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/xak̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/haɨjk̚/
Li
Rong 		/xɐk̚/
Wang
Li 		/xɐk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/xɐk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		he
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hak1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 赫
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		hè
Middle
Chinese 		‹ xaek ›
Old
Chinese 		/*qʰˁrak/
English red, fiery

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 赫
Reading # 1/1
No. 1474
Phonetic
component 		赤
Rime
group 		鐸
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		赫
Old
Chinese 		/*qʰraːɡ/

Definitions

赫

  1. † bright red
  2. † bright; luminous
  3. distinguished; eminent; glorious; awe-inspiring
  4. † to display; to show off
  5. † Alternative form of 嚇／吓 (hè, “to frighten”)
  6. † angrily; furiously
  7. (physics) Short for 赫茲／赫兹 (Hèzī, “hertz”).
  8. a surname

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

赫

  1. (Southern Min) to be frightened

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 赫 – see 遐 (“(Min Nan) so; that”).
(This character is a variant form of 遐).

Japanese

Kanji

赫

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: きゃく (kyaku)
  • Kan-on: かく (kaku)
  • Kun: あかい (akai, 赫い)、かがやく (kagayaku, 赫く)

Korean

Hanja

赫 • (hyeok) (hangeul 혁, revised hyeok, McCune–Reischauer hyŏk, Yale hyek)

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Vietnamese

Han character

赫: Hán Nôm readings: hách, hích

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