塙

塙 U+5859, 塙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5859 ← 塘 [U+5858] CJK Unified Ideographs 塚 → [U+585A]

Translingual

Han character

塙 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+10, 13 strokes, Cangjie input 土卜口月 (GYRB), four-corner 4012₇, composition ⿰土高)

1. truly

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 236, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5341
• Dae Jaweon: page 473, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 473, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5859

Chinese

simp. and trad.		塙
alternative forms		墧／𰉩 㱋

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
高	*kaːw
膏	*kaːw, *kaːws
篙	*kaːw
稿	*kaːwʔ
稾	*kaːwʔ, *kʰaːws
槁	*kaːwʔ, *kʰaːwʔ
縞	*kaːwʔ, *kaːws
暠	*kaːwʔ
槀	*kaːwʔ
藁	*kaːwʔ
燺	*kʰaːwʔ
薧	*kʰaːwʔ, *kʰaːws, *qʰaːw
犒	*kʰaːws
蒿	*qʰaːw
藃	*qʰaːws, *qʰraːw, *qʰraw
豪	*ɡaːw
毫	*ɡaːw
壕	*ɡaːw
濠	*ɡaːw
鎬	*ɡaːwʔ
滈	*ɡaːwʔ, *qʰraːwɢ
鄗	*ɡaːwʔ, *kʰraːw, *qʰaːwɢ
鰝	*ɡaːwʔ, *qʰaːwɢ
薃	*ɡaːwʔ
搞	*kruːʔ
敲	*kʰraːw, *kʰraːws
髇	*qʰraːw
嗃	*qʰraːw, *qʰraːws, *qʰaːwɢ
巐	*kʰl'awʔ
歊	*qʰraw, *qʰoːwɢ
謞	*qʰaːwɢ, *qʰraːwɢ
熇	*qʰaːwɢ, *qʰoːwɢ, *qʰoːɡ
碻	*kʰraːwɢ
塙	*kʰraːwɢ
毃	*kʰraːwɢ
翯	*qʰraːwɢ, *ɡraːwɢ, *ɡoːwɢ
瀥	*qʰraːwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): què (que⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: què
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuè
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüeh⁴
    • Yale: chywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiueh
    • Palladius: цюэ (cjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kok³
    • Yale: kok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: kog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɔːk̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: khaewk

Rime
Character	塙
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	苦角切
Baxter	khaewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/kʰɔk̚/
Wang Li	/kʰɔk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	que
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hok3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰraːwɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	塙
Reading #	1/1
No.	3773
Phonetic component	高
Rime group	藥
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	㱿
Old Chinese	/*kʰraːwɢ/

Definitions

塙

1. (obsolete, of soil) barren and infertile
2. alternative form of 確 / 确 (què, “truly”)

Japanese

Kanji

塙

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: かく (kaku)
• Kan-on: かく (kaku)
• On: こう (kō)
• Kun: かたい (katai, 塙い)、はなわ (hanawa)

Proper noun

塙(はなわ) • (Hanawa) 

1. a place name
2. a surname

References

• “^▲塙”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

塙 (eum 고 (go))

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