适

See also: 適

适	U+9002, 适 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9002

← 送
[U+9001]

CJK Unified Ideographs

逃 →
[U+9003]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

适 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹十口 (YHJR), four-corner 3230₆, composition ⿺辶舌)

Derived characters

𠻉, 𭫙, 𨶐

Related characters

適 (Traditional form of 适)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1256, character 25
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38844
Dae Jaweon: page 1741, character 6
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3829, character 3
Unihan data for U+9002

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
咶	qʰroːds, qʰroːds, *ɡroːd
話	*ɡroːds
刮	*kroːd
鴰	kroːd, koːd
趏	kroːd, kʰroːd
舌	ɡroːd, ɦbljed
姡	ɡroːd, ɡoːd
頢	ɡroːd, koːd
括	*koːd
活	koːd, ɡoːd
适	koːd, kʰoːd
栝	koːd, l̥ʰeːmʔ
佸	koːd, ɡoːd
髺	*koːd
聒	*koːd
銛	koːd, slem, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
葀	*koːd
懖	*koːd
筈	koːd, kʰoːd
萿	*koːd
蛞	*kʰoːd
闊	*kʰoːd
秳	*ɡoːd

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 适 – see 適 (“to go; to proceed; towards; to; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 適).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

trad.		适
simp. ^#		适
alternative forms		𨓈

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kuò, guā

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄛˋ, ㄍㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kut³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kuò
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kuò
  - Wade–Giles: kʻuo⁴
  - Yale: kwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuoh
  - Palladius: ко (ko)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guā
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gua
  - Wade–Giles: kua¹
  - Yale: gwā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gua
  - Palladius: гуа (gua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: kut³
  - Yale: kut
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kut⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: kud³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuːt̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koat
  - Tâi-lô: kuat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koad
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kuat̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kuat̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuat̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kuat̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuat̚³²/

Middle Chinese: kwat, khwat

Rime
Character	适	适
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	末 (64)	末 (64)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古活切	苦栝切
Baxter	kwat	khwat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑt̚/	/kʰuɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑt̚/	/kʰʷɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑt̚/	/kʰuɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwat̚/	/kʰwat̚/
Li Rong	/kuɑt̚/	/kʰuɑt̚/
Wang Li	/kuɑt̚/	/kʰuɑt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuɑt̚/	/kʰuɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guo	kuo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gut³	fut³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*koːd/, /*kʰoːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	适	适
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7569	7583
Phonetic component	桰	桰
Rime group	月	月
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	括
Old Chinese	/*koːd/	/*kʰoːd/

Definitions

适

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) swift
a surname

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B05075

Japanese

Kanji

适

(Hyōgai kanji)

to go; to reach
appropriate, suitable

Readings

On (unclassified): かつ (katsu)、かち (kachi)
Kun: はやい (hayai, 适い)

Korean

Hanja

适 • (gwal) (hangeul 괄, revised gwal, McCune–Reischauer kwal, Yale kwal)

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Vietnamese

Han character

适: Hán Nôm readings: thếch, thích

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References

Nom Foundation