劐

Translingual

Han character

劐 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+14, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿水中弓 (TELN), composition ⿰蒦刂)

1. destroy

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 145, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2237
• Dae Jaweon: page 326, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 357, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5290

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Chinese

trad.		劐
simp. #		劐

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
檴	*ɢʷraːɡs, *ɢʷaːɡ
鱯	*ɢʷraːɡs, *ɢʷraːɡ
護	*ɢʷraːɡs
頀	*ɢʷraːɡs
濩	*ɢʷraːɡs, *ɢʷaːɡ, *qʷraːɡ
韄	*ɢʷraːɡs
鳠	*ɢʷraːɡs
擭	*ɢʷaːɡs, *ɢʷaːɡ, *qʷraːɡ
瓁	*ŋɢʷaːɡ
劐	*qʰʷaːɡ
穫	*ɢʷaːɡ
鑊	*ɢʷaːɡ
矆	*qʰʷaɡ
鸌	*qʷaːɡ
雘	*qʷaːɡ
蠖	*qʷaːɡ
臒	*qʷaːɡ, *qʷaɡ
嬳	*qʷaːɡ, *qʷaɡ
彠	*qʷaɡ, *qʷraːɡ, *ɢʷraːɡ
嚄	*ɢʷraːɡ
獲	*ɢʷraːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huō (huo¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fok³ / hap⁶ / wok³ / wok⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huō
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huo
    • Wade–Giles: huo¹
    • Yale: hwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huo
    • Palladius: хо (xo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fok³ / hap⁶ / wok³ / wok⁶
    • Yale: fok / hahp / wok / wohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fok⁸ / hap⁹ / wok⁸ / wok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fog³ / heb⁶ / wog³ / wog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːk̚³/, /hɐp̚²/, /wɔːk̚³/, /wɔːk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: xwak

Rime
Character	劐
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	鐸 (104)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	虚郭切
Baxter	xwak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hwɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwak̚/
Li Rong	/xuɑk̚/
Wang Li	/xuɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/xwɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fok3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷaːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	劐
Reading #	1/1
No.	5583
Phonetic component	蒦
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	霍
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷaːɡ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 劐

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Japanese

Kanji

劐

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. destroy

Readings

• Go-on: かく (kaku)^{←くわく (kwaku, historical)}
• Kan-on: かく (kaku)^{←くわく (kwaku, historical)}
• Kun: さく (saku, 劐く)

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Korean

Hanja

劐 • (hwak) (hangeul 확)

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