倔

倔	U+5014, 倔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5014

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[U+5013]

CJK Unified Ideographs

倕 →
[U+5015]

Translingual

Han character

倔 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人尸山山 (OSUU), four-corner 2727₂, composition ⿰亻屈)

stubborn, obstinate, intransigent
firm

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 107, character 29
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 769
Dae Jaweon: page 229, character 9
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 185, character 4
Unihan data for U+5014

Chinese

simp. and trad.		倔

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (出) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
聉	r̥ʰuːlʔ, ŋrɯd, ʔr'uːd, ŋruːd
贅	*kljods
祟	*sqʰluds
出	kʰljuds, kʰljud
茁	ʔl'ɯd, skruːd, skrod, skrud
欪	qʰlɯd, l̥ʰud
貀	*ŋr'uːd
袦	*ŋr'oːd
咄	ʔl'oːd, ʔl'uːd
柮	sɡloːd, ʔl'uːd
拙	*kljod
炪	kljod, l̥ʰud
掘	ɡlod, ɡlud
鈯	*l'uːd
啒	kluːd, qʰluːd
淈	kluːd, ɡluːd
窟	*kʰluːd
泏	kʰluːd, ʔl'ud
堀	kʰluːd, ɡlud
胐	*kʰluːd
窋	*ʔl'ud
絀	*ʔl'ud
黜	*l̥ʰud
屈	klud, kʰlud
趉	*klud
鶌	*klud
詘	*kʰlud
倔	*ɡlud
崛	ɡlud, ŋɡlud

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡlud): semantic 人 (“person”) + phonetic 屈 (OC *klud, *kʰlud).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jué, juè (jue², jue⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ, ㄐㄩㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwat⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ku̍t

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/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: juè
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyuè
  - Wade–Giles: chüeh⁴
  - Yale: jywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiueh
  - Palladius: цзюэ (czjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹/

Note: juè - describes temper or manner.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gwat⁶
  - Yale: gwaht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gued⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐt̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ku̍t
  - Tâi-lô: ku̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kut
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kut̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kut̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kut̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kut̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kut̚⁴/

Middle Chinese: gjut

Rime
Character	倔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	物 (60)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	衢物切
Baxter	gjut
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨut̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiut̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gut̚/
Li Rong	/ɡiuət̚/
Wang Li	/ɡĭuət̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯uət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwat⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ut/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡlud/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	倔
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jué
Middle Chinese	‹ gjut ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ut/
English	strong, unyielding
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] 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	倔
Reading #	1/1
No.	1584
Phonetic component	出
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɡlud/

Definitions

倔

stubborn; obstinate
倔強／倔强 ― juéjiàng ― stubborn; obstinate

倔脾氣／倔脾气 ― juè píqì ― self-willed; bad-tempered
(Cantonese) blunt; not sharp

Compounds

倔巴
倔巴棍子
倔強 / 倔强
倔槓頭 / 倔杠头
倔犟 (juéjiàng)
倔起 (juéqǐ)
倔頭倔腦 / 倔头倔脑

Japanese

Kanji

倔

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): くつ (kutsu)
Kun: つよい (tsuyoi)

Korean

Hanja

倔 (eum 굴 (gul))

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Vietnamese

Han character

倔: Hán Nôm readings: quật, oặt, quặt, quất, quịt

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References

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