刻石

Chinese

		quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive	rock; stone; 10 pecks
simp. and trad. (刻石)		刻	石
anagram		石刻

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kèshí

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ㄕˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kèshí
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄕˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kèshíh
  - Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴-shih²
  - Yale: kè-shŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kehshyr
  - Palladius: кэши (kɛši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    刻石
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Middle Chinese: khok dzyek

Rime
Character	刻	石
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	德 (131)	昔 (123)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	苦得切	常隻切
Baxter	khok	dzyek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰək̚/	/d͡ʑiᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰək̚/	/d͡ʑiɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰək̚/	/d͡ʑiæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰək̚/	/d͡ʑiajk̚/
Li Rong	/kʰək̚/	/ʑiɛk̚/
Wang Li	/kʰək̚/	/ʑĭɛk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰək̚/	/ʑi̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ke	shí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hak¹	sik⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[kʰ]ˤək dAk/

(Zhengzhang): /*kʰɯːɡ djaɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	刻	石
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kè	shí
Middle Chinese	‹ khok ›	‹ dzyek ›
Old Chinese	/*[kʰ]ˁək/	/*dAk/
English	cut, engrave	stone
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	刻	石
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	4840	11470
Phonetic component	亥	石
Rime group	職	鐸
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	刻	石
Old Chinese	/*kʰɯːɡ/	/*djaɡ/

Verb

刻石

to engrave on stone

Noun

刻石

engraved stone slabs