Translingual[edit]
Han character[edit]
廓 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 戈卜木中 (IYDL), four-corner 00227, composition ⿸广郭)
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 350, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9461
- Dae Jaweon: page 661, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 895, character 13
- Unihan data for U+5ED3
Chinese[edit]
Glyph origin[edit]
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Old Chinese
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郭
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*kʷaːɡ
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埻
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*tjunʔ, *kʷaːɡ, *kʷreːɡ
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崞
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*kʷaːɡ
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椁
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*kʷaːɡ
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槨
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*kʷaːɡ
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噋
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*tʰuːn, *kʰʷaːɡ
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廓
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*kʰʷaːɡ
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鞹
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*kʰʷaːɡ
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漷
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*kʰʷaːɡ, *qʰʷraːɡ
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霩
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*qʰʷaːɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʰʷaːɡ): semantic 广 (“broad; wide; extensive”) + phonetic 郭 (OC *kʷaːɡ).
Pronunciation[edit]
Note:
- khok - literary;
- koh - vernacular.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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廓
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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kuò
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Middle Chinese
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‹ khwak ›
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Old Chinese
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/*kʷʰˁak/
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English
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widen
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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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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廓
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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4758
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Phonetic component
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郭
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Rime group
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鐸
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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廓
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Old Chinese
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/*kʰʷaːɡ/
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Definitions[edit]
廓
- broad; wide; open; empty
- (literary) to expand; to widen
- 46th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "enlargement" (𝌳)
Compounds[edit]
References[edit]
Japanese[edit]
廓
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings[edit]
Compounds[edit]
Etymology[edit]
廓 • (kuruwa)
- Alternative spelling of 曲輪
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Chinese 廓 (MC kʰwɑk̚).
Wikisource
廓 (eumhun 둘레 곽 (dulle gwak))
- Hanja form? of 곽 (“girdle, circumference, outside, enclosure, wall”).
- Synonym: 郭 (곽 (gwak))
Compounds[edit]
Compounds
- 유곽 (遊廓, yugwak, “brothel; whorehouse”)
- 윤곽 (輪廓, yun'gwak, “outline; overview”)
- 외곽 (外郭/外廓, oegwak, “outskirt”)
- 흉곽 (胸廓, hyunggwak, “thorax”)
- 내곽 (內郭/內廓, naegwak, “interior”)
- 성곽 (城郭/城廓, seonggwak, “castle walls”)
Etymology 2[edit]
廓 (eumhun 클 확 (keul hwak))
- Hanja form? of 확 (“wide; broad; large”).
- Synonym: 廣 (광 (gwang))
- Hanja form? of 확 (“to widen; broaden; enlarge”).
- Synonym: 擴 (확 (hwak))
Compounds[edit]
References[edit]
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [2]
Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
廓: Hán Nôm readings: quách
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