剋

剋 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 十山中弓 (JULN) or 難十山中弓 (XJULN), four-corner 4221₀, composition ⿺克刂)

• 𡞢

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 140, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2009
• Dae Jaweon: page 318, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 339, character 3
• Unihan data for U+524B

剋

1. to counteract; to work against; to conflict (especially of one's fate with someone else)

   相剋／相克  ―  xiāngkè  ―  to contradict one another

   佢一出世就剋死咗佢阿媽。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢一出世就克死咗佢阿妈。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ jat¹ ceot¹ sai³ zau⁶ haak¹ sei² zo² keoi⁵ aa³ maa¹. [Jyutping]

   He was destined to have his fate conflict with his mother to the point of her death as soon as he was born.

   某剋翁。／某克翁。 [Hokkien]  ―  Bó͘ khek ang. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  The wife is bringing bad luck to his husband due to a conflict in fate

2. (literary) to overcome; to subdue; to capture; to defeat; to vanquish; to prevail; to surmount; to overthrow
3. (literary) to restrain; to cut down
4. (literary) to be able to
5. (literary) severe; harsh
6. (literary) to injure; to harm
7. (literary) to digest
8. (literary) to set a time limit

• (to overcome): 戰勝／战胜 (zhànshèng), 克 (kè)

From Middle Chinese 刻 (MC khok) (cf. Sun, 2018, p. 518).

剋

1. (colloquial) to scold; to censure
2. (colloquial) to beat
3. (dialectal) to dig (with the hand)

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• On (unclassified): こく (koku)
• Kun: かつ (katsu, 剋つ)

剋 • (geuk) (hangeul 극, revised geuk, McCune–Reischauer kŭk)

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剋: Hán Việt readings: khắc^[1][2][3][4]
剋: Nôm readings: khắc^[1][5]

1. chữ Hán form of khắc (“beat, hit (in casual language)”)
2. chữ Hán form of khắc (“scold, rebuke (in casual language)”)
3. chữ Nôm form of khắc (“opposite”)