倬

倬 U+502C, 倬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-502C ← 倫 [U+502B] CJK Unified Ideographs 倭 → [U+502D]

Translingual

Han character

倬 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人卜日十 (OYAJ), four-corner 2124₆, composition ⿰亻卓)

1. noticeable, large
2. clear, distinct

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 109, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 794
• Dae Jaweon: page 232, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 175, character 3
• Unihan data for U+502C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		倬

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 倬
Small seal script s05722
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

	Old Chinese
悼	*deːwɢs
淖	*rneːwɢs
罩	*rteːwɢs
鵫	*rteːwɢs, *rdeːwɢ
趠	*rtʰeːwɢs, *rtʰeːwɢ
踔	*rtʰeːwɢs, *rtʰeːwɢ
棹	*rdeːwɢs
鋽	*tʰeːwɢs
掉	*deːwʔ, *deːwɢs, *rneːwɢ
逴	*tʰewɢ, *rtʰeːwɢ
焯	*tjewɢ
綽	*tʰjewɢ
婥	*tʰjewɢ
繛	*tʰjewɢ
卓	*rteːwɢ
桌	*rteːwɢ
倬	*rteːwɢ
啅	*rteːwɢ
晫	*rteːwɢ, *rtʰeːwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuō (zhuo¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coek³, zoek³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuo
    • Wade–Giles: cho¹
    • Yale: jwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juo
    • Palladius: чжо (čžo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coek³, zoek³
    • Yale: cheuk, jeuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoek⁸, dzoek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêg³, zêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːk̚³/, /t͡sœːk̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: traewk

Rime
Character	倬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	江 (10)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	竹角切
Baxter	traewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/ȶɔk̚/
Wang Li	/ȶɔk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zok3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rteːwɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	倬
Reading #	1/1
No.	17768
Phonetic component	卓
Rime group	藥
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	斲
Old Chinese	/*rteːwɢ/

Definitions

倬

1. (literary) large; grand

   • 倬彼雲漢、昭回于天。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     倬彼云汉、昭回于天。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zhuō bǐ yúnhàn, zhāohuí yú tiān. [Pinyin]

     Bright was that milky way,
     Shining and revolving in the sky.

2. ^† attractive; charming

References

• “倬”, 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–

Japanese

Kanji

倬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): たく (taku); ちょく (choku)
• Kun: おおきい (ōkii); あきらか (akiraka); たかい (takai)
• Nanori: あきら (akira); たか (taka); ひろし (hiroshi)

Korean

Hanja

倬 (eum 탁 (tak))

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Vietnamese

Han character

倬: Hán Nôm readings: xấc

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