覺

See also: 覚 and 觉

Translingual

shinjitai	覚
simplified	觉
traditional	覺

Han character

覺 (radical 147 見+13, 20 strokes, cangjie input 竹月月山山 (HBBUU), four-corner 7721₆)

1. to wake up from sleep
2. conscious

References

• KangXi: page 1137, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34973
• Dae Jaweon: page 1604, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3675, character 8
• Unihan data for U+89BA

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Chinese

		-
trad.		覺
simp.		觉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jué, jiào (jue², jiao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ, ㄐㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gok³, gaau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jué
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Wade-Giles: chüeh²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyue
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕɥ̯œ³⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ
    • Wade-Giles: chiao⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaw
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gok³, gaau³
    • Yale: gok, gaau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gok⁸, gaau³
    • IPA ^(key): /kɔːk̚³/, /kɑːu̯³³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (覺, reconstructed)
Character (覺), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 見 (28) Final: 肴 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 古孝切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kɣauH/	/kauH/	/kauH/	/kɯauH/	/kaɨwH/	/kauH/	/kauH/
Character (覺), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 見 (28) Final: 覺 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 古岳切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kɣʌk̚/	/kɔk̚/	/kɔk̚/	/kɯɔk̚/	/kaɨwk̚/	/kɔk̚/	/kɔk̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (覺, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
覺								jiào								‹ kæwH ›								/*kˤruk-s/								awaken
覺								jué								‹ kæwk ›								/*kˤruk/								be aware
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
覺					14070					學					奧					1					敎					/*kruːɡs/
覺					14075					學					覺					1					覺					/*kruːɡ/

Definitions

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Compounds

• 仁青常覺
• 仁青芒覺

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Japanese

Kanji

覺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 覚)

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Readings

• On: かく (kaku), こう (kō)
• Kun: おぼえる (oboeru), さます (samasu), さとる (satoru)

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Korean

Hanja

覺 (gak, gyo) (hangeul 각, 교, revised gak, gyo, McCune-Reischauer kak, kyo, Yale kak, kyo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

覺 (giác, nhác, rác, dác)

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