軻

See also: 轲

軻	U+8EFB, 軻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8EFB

← 軺
[U+8EFA]

CJK Unified Ideographs

軼 →
[U+8EFC]

Translingual

Han character

軻 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 十十一弓口 (JJMNR), four-corner 5102₀, composition ⿰車可)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1242, character 18
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38274
Dae Jaweon: page 1718, character 9
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3520, character 2
Unihan data for U+8EFB

Chinese

trad.		軻
simp.		轲

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
砢	*ɡ·raːlʔ
柯	*kaːl
菏	kaːl, ɡaːl
牁	*kaːl
滒	*kaːl
哥	*kaːl
歌	*kaːl
謌	*kaːl
鴚	*kaːl
哿	*kaːlʔ
舸	*kaːlʔ
笴	kaːlʔ, kaːnʔ
軻	kʰaːl, kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls
珂	*kʰaːl
可	*kʰaːlʔ
岢	*kʰaːlʔ
坷	kʰaːlʔ, kʰaːls
蚵	kʰaːls, ɡaːl
呵	qʰaːl, qʰaːls
訶	*qʰaːl
抲	*qʰaːl
荷	qʰaːls, ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ
何	ɡaːl, ɡaːlʔ
河	*ɡaːl
苛	*ɡaːl
魺	*ɡaːl
袔	*ɡaːls
阿	*qaːl
妸	qaːl, qaːlʔ
疴	qaːl, kʰraːls
鈳	*qaːl
娿	qaːl, qaːlʔ
痾	*qaːl
跒	*kʰraːlʔ
閜	*qʰraːlʔ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kē (ke¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): o¹ / ho²
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): kor¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kho

(Teochew, Peng'im): ko¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kē
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ke
  - Wade–Giles: kʻo¹
  - Yale: kē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ke
  - Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: o¹ / ho²
  - Yale: ō / hó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: o¹ / ho²
  - Guangdong Romanization: o¹ / ho²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔː⁵⁵/, /hɔː³⁵/

Note: ho2 - alternative pronunciation in 轗軻／𫐘轲.

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: kor¹
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ko̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɒ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: kor¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɒ⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kho
  - Tâi-lô: kho
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰo⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ko¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kho
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰo³³/

Middle Chinese: kha, khaX, khaH

Rime
Character	軻	軻	軻
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	溪 (29)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	歌 (94)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	苦何切	枯我切	口箇切
Baxter	kha	khaX	khaH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɑ/	/kʰɑ^X/	/kʰɑ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɑ/	/kʰɑ^X/	/kʰɑ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɑ/	/kʰɑ^X/	/kʰɑ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰa/	/kʰa^X/	/kʰa^H/
Li Rong	/kʰɑ/	/kʰɑ^X/	/kʰɑ^H/
Wang Li	/kʰɑ/	/kʰɑ^X/	/kʰɑ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰɑ/	/kʰɑ^X/	/kʰɑ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kē	kě	kè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ho¹	ho²	ho³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːl/, /*kʰaːlʔ/, /*kʰaːls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	軻	軻	軻
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	7444	7448	7451
Phonetic component	可	可	可
Rime group	歌	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	珂	可	坷
Old Chinese	/*kʰaːl/	/*kʰaːlʔ/	/*kʰaːls/

Definitions

軻

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Compounds

埳軻 / 埳轲 (kǎnkě)
孟軻 / 孟轲
軻峨 / 轲峨
轗軻 / 𫐘轲 (kǎnkě)

References

“軻”, 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–
莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “轲”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 122.

Japanese

Kanji

軻

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: か (ka)
Kan-on: か (ka)

Korean

Hanja

軻 • (ga) (hangeul 가, revised ga, McCune–Reischauer ka, Yale ka)

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