刖

Translingual

Han character

刖 (radical 18 刀+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 月中弓 (BLN), four-corner 7220₀, composition ⿰月刂)

1. cutting off feet as form of punishment

Derived characters

• 𠈛 前 𦮯 𪠰

References

• KangXi: page 137, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1900
• Dae Jaweon: page 309, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 327, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5216

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		刖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuè (yue⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ
    • Wade-Giles: yüeh⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh
    • IPA ^(key): /y̯œ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶
    • Yale: yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹
    • IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (刖, reconstructed)
Character (刖), Pronunciation 1/3
Initial: 疑 (31) Final: 月 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 魚厥切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ŋʉɐt̚/	/ŋi̯wɐt̚/	/ŋiuɐt̚/	/ŋʷiɐt̚/	/ŋuat̚/	/ŋĭwɐn/	/ŋiuɐt̚/
Character (刖), Pronunciation 2/3
Initial: 疑 (31) Final: 沒 Division: I			Openness: Closed Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 五忽切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ŋuət̚/	/ŋuət̚/	/ŋuət̚/	/ŋuot̚/	/ŋwət̚/	/ŋuət̚/	/ŋuət̚/
Character (刖), Pronunciation 3/3
Initial: 疑 (31) Final: 黠 Division: II			Openness: Closed Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 五刮切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ŋɣuat̚/	/ŋwăt̚/	/ŋuat̚/	/ŋʷɯat̚/	/ŋwaɨt̚/	/ŋwat̚/	/ŋuɐt̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (刖, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
刖								yuè								‹ ngwæt ›								/*[ŋ]ʷˤ<r>at/								amputate a foot
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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
刖					16317					月					月					3					刖					/*ŋroːd/
刖					16320					月					月					3					月					/*ŋod/
刖					16327					月					物					2					兀					/*ŋuːd/

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Japanese

Kanji

刖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: げつ (getsu), ぐち (guchi), ごつ (gotsu), ごち (gochi), かつ (katsu)
• Kun: きる (kiru), あやふい (ayafui)

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Korean

Hanja

刖 (wol) (hangeul 월, revised wol, McCune-Reischauer wŏl)

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