或

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See also: 咸, 戓, and 玉

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
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Etymology[edit]

或 或 或 或
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 戈 + 口 + 一, "territory".

Borrowed for abstract meanings. The derivative 國 and 域 refer to the original word.

Note that 咸 is not derived from 或, and that the characters 口一 are stacked in the opposite order in these characters. Both are ultimately from 戈 (“halberd, spear”).

Han character[edit]

或 (radical 62 戈+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 戈口一 (IRM), four-corner 53100, composition ⿹戈⿱口一)

  1. or, either, else
  2. perhaps, maybe
  3. someone, somebody, some people

Usage notes[edit]

While 或 is both a traditional and simplified character (it was not simplified), it is simplified as a component of the character 國 → 国.

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 412, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11563
  • Dae Jaweon: page 754, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1402, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+6216

Chinese[edit]

-
simp. and trad.
 或

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Middle Chinese pronunciation (或, reconstructed)
Character (或), Pronunciation 1/1

Initial: 匣 (33)
Final: 德
Division: I

Openness: Closed
Tone: Checked (Ø)

 Fanqie: 胡國切
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 Bernard
Karlgren		 Li
Rong		 Pan
Wuyun		 Edwin
Pulleyblank		 Wang
Li		 Shao
Rongfen
/ɦwək̚/ /ɣwək̚/ /ɣuək̚/ /ɦʷək̚/ /ɦwək̚/ /ɣuək̚/ /ɣuək̚/
Old Chinese pronunciation (或, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character Modern Beijing
(Pinyin)		 Middle Chinese Old Chinese English
或 huò ‹ hwok › /*[ɢ]ʷˤək/ some; or

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
或 5548 或 職 0 或 /*ɡʷɯːɡ/

Definitions[edit]

或

  1. or, either ... or
    或多或少  ―  huòduōhuòshào  ―  more or less, some amount
    中國或日本生產的電腦 / 中国或日本生产的电脑  ―  Zhōngguó huò Rìběn shēngchǎn de diànnǎo  ―  a computer manufactured in China or Japan
    可以說兩種或兩種以上的語言 / 可以说两种或两种以上的语言  ―  kěyǐ shuō liǎng zhǒng huò liǎng zhǒng yǐshàng de yǔyán  ―  able to speak two or more languages
  2. perhaps, maybe
    代表團已出發，明天上午或可到達。 [MSC, trad.]
    代表团已出发，明天上午或可到达。 [MSC, simp.]
    Dàibiǎotuán yǐ chūfā, míngtiān shàngwǔ huò kě dàodá. [Pinyin]
    The delegation has set out, and will probably arrive tomorrow morning.
  3. occasionally, sometimes
  4. † someone, some people, something

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Old Chinese pronunciation (或, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character Modern Beijing
(Pinyin)		 Middle Chinese Old Chinese English
或 yù ‹ hwik › /*[ɢ]ʷrək/ territory

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.

Definitions[edit]

或

  1. † Alternative form of 域 ("range, territory").
  2. † Alternative form of 國／国 ("country").

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

See also:
或

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

或 (hok) (hangeul 혹, revised hok, McCune-Reischauer hok, Yale hok)

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

或 (hoặc, hoắc)

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