克

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克 U+514B, 克
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-514B
← 兊
[U+514A]		 CJK Unified Ideographs 兌 →
[U+514C]
See also: 剋

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

克 (radical 10 儿+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 十口竹山 (JRHU), four-corner 40216, composition ⿱古儿 or ⿱十兄 or ⿳十口儿)

Related characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 124, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1355
  • Dae Jaweon: page 263, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 269, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+514B

Chinese[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 克
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script
克-oracle.svg 克-bronze.svg 克-bigseal.svg 克-seal.svg
Oracle bone script
ACC-j16985.svg

j16985
ACC-j16986.svg

j16986
ACC-j16987.svg

j16987
ACC-j16988.svg

j16988
ACC-j16989.svg

j16989
ACC-j16990.svg

j16990
ACC-j16991.svg

j16991
ACC-j16992.svg

j16992
ACC-j16993.svg

j16993
ACC-j16994.svg

j16994
ACC-j16995.svg

j16995
ACC-j16996.svg

j16996
ACC-j16997.svg

j16997
ACC-j16998.svg

j16998
ACC-j16999.svg

j16999
ACC-j17000.svg

j17000
ACC-j17001.svg

j17001
ACC-j17002.svg

j17002
ACC-j17003.svg

j17003
ACC-j17004.svg

j17004
ACC-j17005.svg

j17005
ACC-j17006.svg

j17006
ACC-j17007.svg

j17007
ACC-j17008.svg

j17008
ACC-j17009.svg

j17009
ACC-j17010.svg

j17010
ACC-j17011.svg

j17011
ACC-j17012.svg

j17012
ACC-j17013.svg

j17013
ACC-j17014.svg

j17014
ACC-j17015.svg

j17015
ACC-j17016.svg

j17016
ACC-j17017.svg

j17017
ACC-j17018.svg

j17018
Bronze inscriptions
ACC-b10909.svg

b10909
ACC-b10910.svg

b10910
ACC-b10911.svg

b10911
ACC-b10912.svg

b10912
ACC-b10913.svg

b10913
ACC-b10914.svg

b10914
ACC-b10915.svg

b10915
ACC-b10916.svg

b10916
ACC-b10917.svg

b10917
ACC-b10918.svg

b10918
ACC-b10919.svg

b10919
ACC-b10920.svg

b10920
ACC-b10921.svg

b10921
ACC-b10922.svg

b10922
ACC-b10923.svg

b10923
ACC-b10924.svg

b10924
ACC-b10925.svg

b10925
ACC-b10926.svg

b10926
ACC-b10927.svg

b10927
ACC-b10928.svg

b10928
ACC-b10929.svg

b10929
ACC-b10930.svg

b10930
ACC-b10931.svg

b10931
ACC-b10932.svg

b10932
ACC-b10933.svg

b10933
ACC-b10934.svg

b10934
ACC-b10935.svg

b10935
ACC-b10936.svg

b10936
ACC-b10937.svg

b10937
ACC-b10938.svg

b10938
Large seal script
ACC-L38195.svg

L38195
ACC-L38196.svg

L38196
ACC-L38197.svg

L38197
ACC-L38198.svg

L38198
ACC-L38199.svg

L38199
ACC-L27880.svg

L27880
ACC-L27881.svg

L27881
ACC-L27882.svg

L27882
ACC-L27883.svg

L27883
ACC-L27884.svg

L27884
ACC-L27885.svg

L27885
ACC-L27886.svg

L27886
ACC-L27887.svg

L27887
ACC-L27888.svg

L27888
ACC-L27889.svg

L27889
ACC-L27890.svg

L27890
ACC-L27891.svg

L27891
ACC-L27892.svg

L27892
ACC-L27893.svg

L27893
ACC-L27894.svg

L27894
ACC-L27895.svg

L27895
ACC-L27896.svg

L27896
ACC-L27897.svg

L27897
ACC-L27898.svg

L27898
ACC-L27899.svg

L27899
Small seal script
ACC-s04991.svg

s04991
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 (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (克) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
克 *kʰɯːɡ
剋 *kʰɯːɡ
勊 *kʰɯːɡ

Unclear – similar origin to 兄, with additional stroke at top, now a 十 (“cross”).

Also Simplified from 剋.

Etymology 1[edit]

simp. and trad.
 克

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • khiak/khek - literary;
  • khat - vernacular.
Rime
Character 克
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 德 (131)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 苦得切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kʰək̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʰək̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kʰək̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kʰək̚/
Li
Rong		 /kʰək̚/
Wang
Li		 /kʰək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kʰək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 ke
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 克
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 kè
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ khok ›
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰˤək/
English carry; able; dominate

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 克
Reading # 1/1
No. 7480
Phonetic
component		 克
Rime
group		 職
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 刻
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰɯːɡ/
Notes 甲金文象人首頂物回手叉腰示勝任，轉註爲勊

Definitions[edit]

克

  1. gram
See also[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 克

Etymology 2[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of 克 – see 剋.
(This character, 克, is the simplified and variant traditional form of 剋.)
Notes:

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

克

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. gram, gramme
  2. to overcome, to subdue, to overthrow
  3. to restrain
  4. to be able to

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

克 • (geuk) (hangeul 극, revised geuk, McCune-Reischauer kŭk)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

克 (khắc)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
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