剋

See also: 克

Translingual

Han character

剋 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 十山中弓 (JULN) or 難十山中弓 (XJULN), four-corner 4221₀, composition ⿺克刂)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 140, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2009
• Dae Jaweon: page 318, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 339, character 3
• Unihan data for U+524B

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
克	*kʰɯːɡ
剋	*kʰɯːɡ
勊	*kʰɯːɡ

Pronunciation 1

trad.		剋/克*
simp.		克*
alternative forms		尅 勀 勊

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 剋

1. to defeat; to vanquish; to overcome; to prevail; to surmount; to subdue; to overthrow

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2. to restrain; to cut down
3. to be able to

Pronunciation 2

simp. and trad.		剋
alternative forms		尅 K

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kēi (kei¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄟ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kei
    • Wade–Giles: kʻei¹
    • Yale: kēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kei
    • Palladius: кэй (kɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰeɪ̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 剋

1. (colloquial) to scold; to censure
2. (colloquial) to beat

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Japanese

Kanji

剋

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こく (koku)
• Kun: かつ (katsu, 剋つ)

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Korean

Hanja

剋 • (geuk) (hangeul 극, revised geuk, McCune–Reischauer kŭk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

剋: Hán Nôm readings: khắc

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