厥

厥 U+53A5, 厥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53A5 ← 厤 [U+53A4] CJK Unified Ideographs 厦 → [U+53A6]

Translingual

Han character

厥 (Kangxi radical 27, 厂+10, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一廿山人 (MTUO), four-corner 7128₂, composition ⿸厂欮)

Derived characters

• 劂, 撅, 噘, 橛, 橜, 蹶, 蹷, 獗, 蕨, 鱖 (鳜), 鐝 (镢), 蟨, 蟩, 瘚, 鷢

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 162, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2992
• Dae Jaweon: page 370, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 76, character 13
• Unihan data for U+53A5

Chinese

simp. and trad.		厥
2nd round simp.		夬
alternative forms		𣅲

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 厥
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
鱖	*krods, *kod
蹶	*krods, *krod, *kod
厥	*kod, *kud
欮	*kod
蕨	*kod
劂	*kod
瘚	*kod
蟨	*kod
蟩	*kod
橜	*kod, *ɡod
撅	*kod, *ɡod
闕	*kʰod
橛	*ɡod
鷢	*ɡod
蹷	*ɡod
憠	*ɡod

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kod, *kud): semantic 厂 + phonetic 欮 (OC *kod).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jué (jue²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khie̍t
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khoat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jué
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyué
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²
    • Yale: jywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyue
    • Palladius: цзюэ (czjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kyut³
    • Yale: kyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: küd³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khie̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: kied
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯et̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoat
    • Tâi-lô: khuat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰuat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuat̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: kjwot

Rime
Character	厥
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	月 (68)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居月切
Baxter	kjwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuat̚/
Li Rong	/kiuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/kĭwɐt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gyut3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kod/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	厥
Reading #	1/2
No.	7229
Phonetic component	欮
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	厥
Old Chinese	/*kod/

Definitions

厥

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to faint; to lose consciousness
2. a surname

Compounds

• 凋厥
• 刁厥
• 刁天厥地
• 厥弛
• 寒厥
• 昏厥 (hūnjué)
• 暈厥 / 晕厥 (yūnjué)
• 痰厥
• 驚厥 / 惊厥 (jīngjué)

Etymology 2

Bodman (1980) relates it to Tibetan ཁྱོད (khyod, “you”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jué (jue²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khoat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jué
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyué
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²
    • Yale: jywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyue
    • Palladius: цзюэ (czjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kyut³
    • Yale: kyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: küd³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoat
    • Tâi-lô: khuat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰuat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuat̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: kjwot

Rime
Character	厥
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	月 (68)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居月切
Baxter	kjwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuat̚/
Li Rong	/kiuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/kĭwɐt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gyut3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kot/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kod/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	厥
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jué
Middle Chinese	‹ kjwot ›
Old Chinese	/*kot/
English	(3p possessive pronoun)
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	厥
Reading #	1/2
No.	7229
Phonetic component	欮
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	厥
Old Chinese	/*kod/

Definitions

厥

1. (Classical) his; her; its; their

   • 誕彌厥月，先生如達。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     诞弥厥月，先生如达。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Dàn mí jué yuè, xiānshēng rú dá. [Pinyin]

     When she had fulfilled her months,
     Her first-born son [came forth] like a lamb.

Compounds

• 允執厥中 / 允执厥中
• 克盡厥職 / 克尽厥职
• 厥初
• 厥功甚偉 / 厥功甚伟 (juégōngshènwěi)
• 厥功至偉 / 厥功至伟 (juégōngzhìwěi)
• 厥後 / 厥后 (juéhòu)
• 厥疾勿瘳
• 厥角
• 大放厥詞 / 大放厥词 (dàfàngjuécí)
• 大放厥辭 / 大放厥辞
• 大肆厥辭 / 大肆厥辞
• 繩厥祖武 / 绳厥祖武
• 詒厥 / 诒厥
• 詒厥之謀 / 诒厥之谋
• 詒厥孫謀 / 诒厥孙谋
• 貽厥 / 贻厥
• 貽厥孫謀 / 贻厥孙谋

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jué (jue²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jué
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyué
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²
    • Yale: jywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyue
    • Palladius: цзюэ (czjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kyut³
    • Yale: kyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: küd³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: kjut

Rime
Character	厥
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	物 (60)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	九勿切
Baxter	kjut
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨut̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kiut̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kut̚/
Li Rong	/kiuət̚/
Wang Li	/kĭuət̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯uət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ju
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwat1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kud/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	厥
Reading #	2/2
No.	7247
Phonetic component	欮
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*kud/

Definitions

厥

1. Only used in 突厥 (Tūjué).

Etymology 4

Contraction of 佢阿 (kì â).

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kiâ / yâ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gia¹

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• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: gia^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gia¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯a²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiâ / yâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: gia^ˊ / (r)ia^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gia¹ / ya¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯a²⁴/, /(j)i̯a²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gia¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kia⁴⁴/

Definitions

厥

1. (Hakka) his; her

   厥爸 [Sixian Hakka]  ―  kiâ pâ [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]  ―  his/her father

Coordinate terms

• 吾 (ngâ)
• 若 (ngiâ)

Japanese

Kanji

厥

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けつ (ketsu)、くつ (kutsu)
• Kun: その (sono)、それ (sore)

Korean

Hanja

厥 (eumhun 그 궐 (geu gwol))

1. hanja form^? of 궐 (“he, she, it, they”)
2. barbarian tribe or country, eg., 突厥 (돌궐, originally, 돌굴), compare 蕃國 (번국), 藩國 (번국)

厥 (eumhun 나라이름 굴 (naraireum gul))

1. hanja form^? of 굴 (used in place names)

Vietnamese

Han character

厥: Hán Nôm readings: cột, quyết

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References

• Nom Foundation