測

See also: 测
測 U+6E2C, 測
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E2C
← 渫
[U+6E2B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 渭 →
[U+6E2D]

Translingual

Han character

Stroke order

測 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水月金弓 (EBCN), four-corner 32100, composition ⿰氵則)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 635, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17780
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1041, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1674, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+6E2C

Chinese

trad. 測
simp. 测

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (則) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
廁 *sʰrɯɡs, *sʰrɯɡ
則 *ʔsɯːɡ
賊 *zɯːɡ
鰂 *zɯːɡ
鱡 *zɯːɡ
蠈 *zɯːɡ
側 *ʔsrɯɡ
萴 *ʔsrɯɡ, *zrɯɡ
測 *sʰrɯɡ
惻 *sʰrɯɡ
崱 *zrɯɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sʰrɯɡ): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 則 (OC *ʔsɯːɡ) — to measure the depth of water.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • Quanzhou:
    • chhak - vernacular;
    • chhiak - literary.
Note:
  • Jiading:
    • 7tsheq - literary;
    • 7tshaq - vernacular.
    • Xiang
      • (Changsha)
        • Wiktionary: ce6
        • Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɤ̞²⁴/
      • (Loudi)
        • Wiktionary: ce2
        • Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰe̞¹³/
    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location 測
    Mandarin Beijing /t͡sʰɤ⁵¹/
    Harbin /t͡sʰɤ⁵³/
    Tianjin /t͡sʰɤ⁵³/
    Jinan /t͡sʰə²¹³/
    /ʈ͡ʂʰei²¹³/
    Qingdao /t͡sʰə⁵⁵/
    /ʈ͡ʂʰe⁵⁵/
    Zhengzhou /ʈ͡ʂʰɛ²⁴/
    Xi'an /t͡sʰei²¹/
    Xining /t͡sʰɨ⁴⁴/
    Yinchuan /t͡sʰə¹³/
    Lanzhou /ʈ͡ʂʰə¹³/
    Ürümqi /t͡sʰɤ²¹³/
    /t͡sʰei⁴⁴/
    Wuhan /t͡sʰɤ²¹³/
    Chengdu /t͡sʰe³¹/
    Guiyang /t͡sʰɛ²¹/
    Kunming /t͡sʰə³¹/
    Nanjing /t͡sʰəʔ⁵/
    Hefei /t͡sʰɐʔ⁵/
    Jin Taiyuan /t͡sʰaʔ²/
    Pingyao /t͡sʰʌʔ¹³/
    Hohhot /t͡sʰaʔ⁴³/
    Wu Shanghai /t͡sʰəʔ⁵/
    Suzhou /t͡sʰəʔ⁵/
    Hangzhou /t͡sʰəʔ⁵/
    Wenzhou /t͡sʰe²¹³/
    Hui Shexian /t͡sʰɛʔ²¹/
    Tunxi /t͡sʰa⁵/
    Xiang Changsha /t͡sʰə²⁴/
    Xiangtan /t͡sʰæ²⁴/
    Gan Nanchang /t͡sʰɛʔ⁵/
    Hakka Meixian /t͡sʰet̚¹/
    Taoyuan /t͡sʰet̚⁵⁵/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sʰɐk̚⁵/
    /t͡sʰak̚⁵/
    Nanning /t͡sʰɐk̚⁵⁵/
    Hong Kong /t͡sʰɐk̚⁵/
    /t͡sʰak̚⁵/
    Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /t͡sʰik̚³²/
    Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /t͡sʰaiʔ²³/
    Jian'ou (Northern Min) /t͡sʰɛ²⁴/
    Shantou (Teochew) /t͡sʰek̚²/
    Haikou (Hainanese) /sek̚⁵/
    /sɔk̚⁵/
    Rime
    Character 測
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 初 (19)
    Final (韻) 職 (134)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 初力切
    Baxter tsrhik
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/t͡ʃʰɨk̚/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ʈ͡ʂʰɨk̚/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/t͡ʃʰiek̚/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ʈ͡ʂʰik̚/
    Li
    Rong         		/t͡ʃʰiək̚/
    Wang
    Li         		/t͡ʃʰĭək̚/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/ʈ͡ʂʰi̯ək̚/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		che
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		cik1
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 測
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		cè
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ tsrhik ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*[tsʰ]rək/
    English fathom (v.)

    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 測
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 16602
    Phonetic
    component         		則
    Rime
    group         		職
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese         		/*sʰrɯɡ/

    Definitions

    測

    1. to fathom; to sound; to measure depth
    2. to measure; to gauge; to survey
    3. (literary or in compounds) to predict; to anticipate; to expect
    4. (literary or in compounds) to surmise; to speculate; to conjecture; to suppose
    5. (obsolete) deep
    6. (obsolete) clear
    7. (obsolete) a method of torture

    Synonyms

    • (to surmise):

    Compounds

    References

    • “測”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
    • 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “测”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 262.

    Japanese

    Kanji

    測

    (Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

    1. To measure (water deepness)
    2. To weigh

    Readings

    • Go-on: しき (shiki)
    • Kan-on: そく (soku, Jōyō)
    • Kun: はかる (hakaru, 測る, Jōyō)

    Korean

    Hanja

    測 • (cheuk) (hangeul 측, revised cheuk, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŭk, Yale chuk)

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    測: Hán Nôm readings: trắc

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