觳
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Translingual
Han character
觳 (Kangxi radical 148, 角+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 土月竹弓水 (GBHNE), four-corner 47247, composition ⿹𣪊角)
- an ancient measuring tool
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1144, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35144
- Dae Jaweon: page 1611, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 8 (in addendum), page 28, character 5
- Unihan data for U+89F3
Chinese
| trad. | 觳 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 觳 | |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (殻) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: hú
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hú
- Wade–Giles: hu2
- Yale: hú
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwu
- Palladius: ху (xu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: huk6 / kok3
- Yale: huhk / kok
- Cantonese Pinyin: huk9 / kok8
- Guangdong Romanization: hug6 / kog3
- Sinological IPA (key): /hʊk̚²/, /kʰɔːk̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khok
- Tâi-lô: khok
- Phofsit Daibuun: qog
- IPA (Philippines): /kʰɔk̚⁵/
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰɔk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Philippines)
- Middle Chinese: huwk, khaewk
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*kʰroːɡ/, /*ɡoːɡ/
Definitions
觳
- (Hokkien) small cup for rice or liquid
- (Hokkien) small box
- (Hokkien) Classifier for volume of a measuring cup.
- Synonym: 杯 (bēi)
Compounds
References
- “觳”, 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–
Japanese
Kanji
觳
- an ancient measure
Readings
Compounds
- 觳觫 (kokusoku): fearing for one's life