岢

岢 U+5CA2, 岢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5CA2 ← 岡 [U+5CA1] CJK Unified Ideographs 岣 → [U+5CA3]

Translingual

Han character

岢 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 山一弓口 (UMNR), four-corner 2262₁, composition ⿱山可)

Derived characters

• 碋

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 309, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7968
• Dae Jaweon: page 608, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 765, character 20
• Unihan data for U+5CA2

Chinese

simp. and trad.		岢
alternative forms		㞹

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
砢	*ɡ·raːlʔ
柯	*kaːl
菏	*kaːl, *ɡaːl
牁	*kaːl
滒	*kaːl
哥	*kaːl
歌	*kaːl
謌	*kaːl
鴚	*kaːl
哿	*kaːlʔ
舸	*kaːlʔ
笴	*kaːlʔ, *kaːnʔ
軻	*kʰaːl, *kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls
珂	*kʰaːl
可	*kʰaːlʔ
岢	*kʰaːlʔ
坷	*kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls
蚵	*kʰaːls, *ɡaːl
呵	*qʰaːl, *qʰaːls
訶	*qʰaːl
抲	*qʰaːl
荷	*qʰaːls, *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ
何	*ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ
河	*ɡaːl
苛	*ɡaːl
魺	*ɡaːl
袔	*ɡaːls
阿	*qaːl
妸	*qaːl, *qaːlʔ
疴	*qaːl, *kʰraːls
鈳	*qaːl
娿	*qaːl, *qaːlʔ
痾	*qaːl
跒	*kʰraːlʔ
閜	*qʰraːlʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰaːlʔ): semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 可 (OC *kʰaːlʔ)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kě (ke³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kě
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kě
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo³
    • Yale: kě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kee
    • Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ho²
    • Yale: hó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khaX

Rime
Character	岢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	枯我切
Baxter	khaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɑX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɑX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɑX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰaX/
Li Rong	/kʰɑX/
Wang Li	/kʰɑX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰɑX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kě
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ho2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	岢
Reading #	1/1
No.	7447
Phonetic component	可
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	可
Old Chinese	/*kʰaːlʔ/

Definitions

岢

1. (Classical) high; tall

   • 其後則有長岡芒阜，屬以首山，通谷岌岢，石瀨寒泉 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     其后则有长冈芒阜，属以首山，通谷岌岢，石濑寒泉 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Yiwen Leiju, 624 CE

     qíhòu zé yǒu Chánggāng mángfù, shǔ Yǐshǒu shān, tōnggǔ jí kě, shílài hánquán [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. Used in place names.

Compounds

• 岢峩 (kě'é)
• 岢峨 (kě'é)
• 岢峻 (kějùn)
• 岢嵐 / 岢岚 (Kělán)

Japanese

Kanji

岢

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): か (ka)