抉

See also: 刔

Translingual

Han character

抉 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手木大 (QDK), four-corner 5503₀, composition ⿰扌夬)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 420, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11873
• Dae Jaweon: page 767, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1844, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6289

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Chinese

trad.		抉
simp. #		抉

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
袂	*mɡʷeds
夬	*kʷraːds
快	*kʰʷraːds
駃	*kʰʷraːds, *kʷeːd
筷	*kʰʷraːds
炔	*kʷeːds
觖	*kʰʷeds, *kʷeːd
缺	*kʰʷed, *kʰʷeːd
蒛	*kʰʷed
吷	*qʰʷed
妜	*qʷed, *qʷeːd
決	*kʷeːd, *qʰʷeːd
訣	*kʷeːd
抉	*kʷeːd, *qʷeːd
玦	*kʷeːd
芵	*kʷeːd
赽	*kʷeːd
鴂	*kʷeːd
鈌	*kʷeːd
决	*kʷeːd
疦	*kʷeːd, *qʰʷeːd
蚗	*kʷeːd
趹	*kʷeːd

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jué (jue²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ

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

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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: koat
    • Tâi-lô: kuat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuat̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: kwet, 'wet

Rime
Character	抉	抉
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	屑 (88)	屑 (88)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	古穴切	於決切
Baxter	kwet	'wet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kwet̚/	/ʔwet̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷet̚/	/ʔʷet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɛt̚/	/ʔuɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwɛt̚/	/ʔwɛt̚/
Li Rong	/kuet̚/	/ʔuet̚/
Wang Li	/kiwet̚/	/iwet̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kiwet̚/	/ʔiwet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jue	yue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gyut3	jyut3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷeːd/, /*qʷeːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	抉	抉
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4418	4433
Phonetic component	夬	夬
Rime group	月	月
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	玦	抉
Old Chinese	/*kʷeːd/	/*qʷeːd/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 抉

1. to choose; to select
2. to gouge; to pluck out
3. to pierce; to puncture
4. to reveal

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Japanese

Kanji

抉

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. gouge
2. hollow out
3. bore
4. pry

Readings

• On (unclassified): けつ (ketsu)
• Kun: えぐる (eguru, 抉る)

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Korean

Hanja

抉 • (gyeol) (hangeul 결, revised gyeol, McCune–Reischauer kyŏl, Yale kyel)

1. choose, select
2. gouge, pluck out

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 抉 (khoét, quyết, quét, quẹt, quạt)

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