劾

劾 U+52BE, 劾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52BE ← 劽 [U+52BD] CJK Unified Ideographs 势 → [U+52BF]

Translingual

Han character

劾 (radical 19, 力+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜人大尸 (YOKS), four-corner 0482₇, composition ⿰亥力)

1. examine into
2. impeach, charge

References

• KangXi: page 147, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2342
• Dae Jaweon: page 331, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 370, character 2
• Unihan data for U+52BE

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		劾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hé (he²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: hé
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ
    • Wade–Giles: ho2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hé
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hat⁶
    • Yale: haht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰˠɛi^H/, /ɦʌi^H/, /ɦək̚/

Rime
Character	劾	劾	劾
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	皆 (33)	咍 (41)	德 (131)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	I	I
Fanqie	苦戒切	胡槩切	胡得切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠɛiH/	/ɦʌiH/	/ɦək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰᵚæiH/	/ɦəiH/	/ɦək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɐiH/	/ɣɒiH/	/ɣək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəɨjH/	/ɦəjH/	/ɦək̚/
Li Rong	/kʰɛiH/	/ɣᴀiH/	/ɣək̚/
Wang Li	/kʰɐiH/	/ɣɒiH/	/ɣək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰăiH/	/ɣɑ̆iH/	/ɣək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiè	hài	hé
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kaai3	hoi6	hak6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤək-s/, /*[ɡ]ˤək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡɯːɡs/, /*kʰrɯːɡs/, /*ɡɯːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	劾	劾
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hé	hé
Middle Chinese	‹ hojH ›	‹ hok ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ˁək-s/	/*[ɡ]ˁək/
English	investigate	investigate, try (a criminal)
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	劾	劾	劾
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	4829	4834	4841
Phonetic component	亥	亥	亥
Rime group	志	志	職
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	瀣	烗	劾
Old Chinese	/*ɡɯːɡs/	/*kʰrɯːɡs/	/*ɡɯːɡ/

Definitions

劾

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Compounds

• 劾奏
• 劾繫／劾系
• 參劾／参劾

• 彈劾／弹劾 (tánhé)
• 彈劾權／弹劾权
• 彈劾無私／弹劾无私

• 投劾
• 深文巧劾
• 舉劾／举劾

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Japanese

Kanji

劾

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: がい (gai, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: かい (kai)
• Kun: さばく (sabaku); しらべる (shiraberu, 劾べる); きわめる (kiwameru); つとめる (tsutomeru)

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 劾 (MC ɦək̚).

Hanja

Wikisource

劾 (eumhun 꾸짖을 핵 (kkujijeul haek))

1. Hanja form^? of 핵 (“scold; inquire”).

Compounds

• 탄핵 (彈劾, tanhaek, “impeachment”)

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]

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Vietnamese

Han character

劾: Hán Nôm readings: hặc

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Compounds

• đàn hặc (彈劾, “to impeach”)