踝

踝	U+8E1D, 踝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8E1D

← 踜
[U+8E1C]

CJK Unified Ideographs

踞 →
[U+8E1E]

Translingual

Han character

踝 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口一田木 (RMWD), four-corner 6619₄, composition ⿰𧾷果)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1228, character 16
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37641
Dae Jaweon: page 1700, character 24
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3716, character 6
Unihan data for U+8E1D

Chinese

simp. and trad.		踝
alternative forms		腂髁

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
裸	*ɡ·roːlʔ
躶	*ɡ·roːlʔ
果	*kloːlʔ
菓	*kloːlʔ
猓	*kloːlʔ
輠	kloːlʔ, ɡloːlʔ, ɡroːlʔ, kʰluːls
裹	kloːlʔ, kloːls
蜾	*kloːlʔ
惈	*kloːlʔ
粿	*kloːlʔ
窠	*kʰloːl
稞	kʰloːl, ɡroːlʔ
課	kʰloːl, kʰloːls
髁	kʰloːl, kʰloːls, *kʰroːlʔ
棵	kʰloːl, kʰloːnʔ, *ɡloːnʔ
顆	*kʰloːlʔ
堁	kʰloːlʔ, kʰloːls, *kloːns
敤	kʰloːlʔ, kʰloːls
夥	qʰloːlʔ, ɡloːlʔ, *ɡroːlʔ
婐	qloːlʔ, kroːl
踝	*ɡroːlʔ
祼	*ɡluːlʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡroːlʔ): semantic 𧾷 (“foot”) + phonetic 果 (OC *kloːlʔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huái (huai²)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waa⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huái
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huái
  - Wade–Giles: huai²
  - Yale: hwái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwai
  - Palladius: хуай (xuaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯aɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: waa⁵
  - Yale: wáh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waa⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: wa⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waː¹³/

Middle Chinese: hwaeX

Rime
Character	踝
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	麻 (99)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	胡瓦切
Baxter	hwaeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠua^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚa^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣua^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaɨ^X/
Li Rong	/ɣua^X/
Wang Li	/ɣwa^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣwa^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huà
Expected Cantonese Reflex	waa⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*m-kˤ<r>o[r]ʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡroːlʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	踝
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huà
Middle Chinese	‹ hwæ^X ›
Old Chinese	/*m-kˁ<r>o[r]ʔ/
English	ankle
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	踝
Reading #	1/1
No.	4794
Phonetic component	果
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɡroːlʔ/

Definitions

踝

ankle

Compounds

腳踝 / 脚踝 (jiǎohuái)
足踝 (zúhuái)
踝子骨 (huáizugǔ)
踝骨 (huáigǔ)

Japanese

Kanji

踝

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

Go-on: え (e)
Kan-on: か (ka)^{←くわ (kwa, historical)}
Kun: くるぶし (kurubushi, 踝)、くびす (kubisu, 踝)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
踝
くるぶし Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 踝 – see the following entry.

【くるぶし】

[noun] [from mid-Muromachi period] an ankle

(This term, 踝, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
踝
くろこぶし Hyōgai
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 踝 – see the following entry: くろこぶし

(The following entry does not have a page created for it yet: くろこぶし.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
踝
くろぶし Hyōgai
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 踝 – see the following entry: くろぶし

(The following entry does not have a page created for it yet: くろぶし.)

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
踝
くろぼし Hyōgai
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 踝 – see the following entry: くろぼし

(The following entry does not have a page created for it yet: くろぼし.)

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
踝
つくぶし Hyōgai
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 踝 – see the following entry: つくぶし

(The following entry does not have a page created for it yet: つくぶし.)

Etymology 6

Kanji in this term
踝
つぶなき Hyōgai
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 踝 – see the following entry: つぶなき

(The following entry does not have a page created for it yet: つぶなき.)

Etymology 7

Kanji in this term
踝
つぶぶし Hyōgai
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 踝 – see the following entry: つぶぶし

(The following entry does not have a page created for it yet: つぶぶし.)

Etymology 8

Kanji in this term
踝
くびす Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 踝 – see the following entry: 踵

(The following entry does not have a page created for it yet: 踵.)

Korean

Hanja

踝 (eum 과 (gwa))

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