亅

亅	U+4E85, 亅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E85

← 亄
[U+4E84]

CJK Unified Ideographs

了 →
[U+4E86]

⼅	U+2F05, ⼅ KANGXI RADICAL HOOK

← ⼄
[U+2F04]

Kangxi Radicals

⼆ →
[U+2F06]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

亅 (Kangxi radical 6, 亅+0, 1 stroke, cangjie input 難弓 (XN), four-corner 2000)

Kangxi radical #6, ⼅.

Derived characters

Appendix:Chinese radical/亅
刂, 丁, 𠆤, 𠯃, 𥫘, 𡨴, 寜, 小, 水, 氺, 𬺰, 于, 牙, 㸦, 爭, 門, 鬥, 雋

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 85, character 9
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 224
Dae Jaweon: page 173, character 18
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 28, character 3
Unihan data for U+4E85

Chinese

simp. and trad.		亅

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 亅
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Small seal script s09422
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jué (jue²)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiet / kiet / khiat / kiat
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koa̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jué
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyué
  - Wade–Giles: chüeh²
  - Yale: jywé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyue
  - Palladius: цзюэ (czjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: kyut³
  - Yale: kyut
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: küd³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiet / kiet
  - Hakka Romanization System: kied^ˋ / gied^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kiad⁵ / giad⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯et̚²/, /ki̯et̚²/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiat / kiat
  - Hakka Romanization System: kiad^ˋ / giad^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kiad⁵ / giad⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯at̚²/, /ki̯at̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koa̍t
  - Tâi-lô: kua̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koat
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kuat̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kuat̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuat̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kuat̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuat̚⁴/

Middle Chinese: gjwot

Rime
Character	亅
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	月 (68)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	其月切
Baxter	gjwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/guat̚/
Li Rong	/ɡiuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/ɡĭwɐt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jué
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gyut⁶

Definitions

亅

(historical dictionaries only) a backward hook

References

CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)

Japanese

Kanji

亅

(Hyōgai kanji)

"barb" radical (はねぼう)

Readings

Go-on: がち (gachi)^{←ぐわち (gwati, historical)}
Kan-on: けつ (ketsu)
Kun: かぎ (kagi, 亅)

Usage notes

Appears only as a radical.

Korean

Hanja

亅 (eumhun 갈고리 궐 (galgori gwol))

hook

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

亅: Hán Nôm readings: quyết

chữ Hán form of quyết (“Kangxi radical 6—‘hook’”)

References

Nom Foundation