亅

亅 U+4E85, 亅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E85 ← 亄 [U+4E84] CJK Unified Ideographs 了 → [U+4E86]

⼅ U+2F05, ⼅ KANGXI RADICAL HOOK ← ⼄ [U+2F04] Kangxi Radicals ⼆ → [U+2F06]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

亅 (Kangxi radical 6, 亅+0, 1 stroke, cangjie input 難弓 (XN))

1. Kangxi radical #6, ⼅.

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/亅
• 刂, 丁, 𠆤, 𠯃, 𥫘, 𡨴, 寜, 小, 水, 氺, 𬺰, 于, 牙, 㸦, 爭, 門, 鬥, 雋

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 85, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 224
• Dae Jaweon: page 173, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 28, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4E85

Chinese

simp. and trad.		亅

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 亅
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Small seal script s09422
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).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jué (jue²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiet / kiet / khiat / kiat
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koa̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jué
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyué
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²
    • Yale: jywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyue
    • Palladius: цзюэ (czjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kyut³
    • Yale: kyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: küd³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiet / kiet
    • Hakka Romanization System: kied` / gied`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiad⁵ / giad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯et̚²/, /ki̯et̚²/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiat / kiat
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiad` / giad`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiad⁵ / giad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯at̚²/, /ki̯at̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koa̍t
    • Tâi-lô: kua̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuat̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuat̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuat̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: gjwot

Rime
Character	亅
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	元 (68)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	其月切
Baxter	gjwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/guat̚/
Li Rong	/ɡiuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/ɡĭwɐt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jué
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gyut6

Definitions

亅

1. ^‡ a backward hook

References

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)

Japanese

Kanji

亅

(Radical)

1. "barb" radical (はねぼう)
2. feathered stick

Readings

• Go-on: がち (gachi)^{←ぐわち (gwati, historical)}
• Kan-on: けつ (ketsu)
• Kun: かぎ (kagi, 亅)

Usage notes

Appears only as a radical.

Korean

Hanja

亅 (eumhun 갈고리 궐 (galgori gwol))

1. hook

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

亅: Hán Nôm readings: quyết

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References

• Nom Foundation