割

Translingual

Han character

割 (radical 18 刀+10, 12 strokes, cangjie input 十口中弓 (JRLN), four-corner 3260₀, composition ⿰害刂)

1. cut, divide, partition
2. cede

References

• KangXi: page 142, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2112
• Dae Jaweon: page 323, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 351, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5272

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		割

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gē (ge¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): got³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kot
• Min Nan (POJ): koah

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: gē
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜ
    • Wade-Giles: ko¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ge
    • IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: got³
    • Yale: got
    • Cantonese Pinyin: got⁸
    • IPA ^(key): /kɔːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kot
    • Hakka Romanization System: god`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: god⁵
    • IPA: /kot̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koah
    • Tâi-lô: kuah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koaq
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuaʔ³²/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 割
Mandarin	Beijing	/kɤ⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/ka²¹³/ /ka⁴⁴/ /ka²⁴/ /kɤ²¹³/ /kɤ²⁴/
	Tianjin	/kɤ²¹/
	Jinan	/kə²¹³/ /ka²¹³/
	Qingdao	/ka⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/kɤ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/kɤ²¹/
	Xining	/ku⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/kə¹³/
	Lanzhou	/kə¹³/
	Ürümqi	/kɤ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/kuo²¹³/
	Chengdu	/ko³¹/
	Guiyang	/ko²¹/
	Kunming	/ko³¹/
	Nanjing	/koʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/kɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/kaʔ²/
	Pingyao	/kʌʔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/kaʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/kəʔ⁵/
	Suzhou	/kəʔ⁵/
	Hangzhou	/kɑʔ⁵/
	Wenzhou	/kø²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/kɔʔ²¹/
	Tunxi	/kuːə⁵/
Xiang	Changsha	/ko²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/ko²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/kɵʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/kot̚¹/
	Taoyuan	/kot̚²²/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/kɔt̚³/
	Nanning	/kɔt̚³³/
	Hong Kong	/kɔt̚³/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/kat̚³²/ /kuaʔ³²/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/kɑʔ²³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/kɔ²⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/kuaʔ²/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/kua⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /kɑt̚/▼

Rime
Character	割
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	曷 (63)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古達切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kat̚/
Li Rong	/kɑt̚/
Wang Li	/kɑt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ge

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*Cə-kˤat/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kaːd/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	割
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gē
Middle Chinese	‹ kat ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə-kˤat/
English	cut (v.); harm (v.)
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	割
Reading #	1/1
No.	4851
Phonetic component	害
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	葛
Old Chinese	/*kaːd/

Definitions

割

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Compounds

• 割爱
• 割臂之盟
• 割草机
• 割除
• 割地
• 割掉
• 割肚牵肠
• 割断
• 割鸡焉用牛刀
• 割胶
• 割接法
• 割据
• 割礼
• 割裂
• 割蜜
• 割漆
• 割弃
• 割切
• 割让
• 割舍
• 割尾巴
• 割席
• 割线
• 割治

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Japanese

Kanji

割

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. proportion
2. comparatively
3. divide
4. cut
5. separate
6. split

Readings

• Goon: かち (kachi)
• Kan’on: かつ (katsu)
• Kun: わる (waru), さく (saku), われる (wareru)

Compounds

• 割愛
• 割拠
• 割譲
• 割腹
• 割烹
• 割合
• 割引
• 割り箸 (waribashi)

Derived terms

• 割 (わ)る ‎(waru)

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Korean

Hanja

割 • ‎(hal)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 할 (revised: hal, McCune-Reischauer: hal, Yale: hal)

• Name (hangeul): 벨 (revised: bel, McCune-Reischauer: pel)

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Vietnamese

Han character

割 (cát, cắt, xắt)

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