架

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

架 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大口木 (KRD), four-corner 4690₄, composition ⿱加木)

See also

• 枷
• 㗎

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 517, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14586
• Dae Jaweon: page 905, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1190, character 7
• Unihan data for U+67B6

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Chinese

trad.		架
simp. #		架

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
妿	*kaːl, *qaːl
賀	*ɡaːls
迦	*ka, *kal, *kraːl
茄	*ɡa, *ɡal, *kraːl
伽	*ɡa, *ɡal
枷	*ɡa, *ɡal, *kraːl
嘉	*kraːl
加	*kraːl
笳	*kraːl
痂	*kraːl
袈	*kraːl
跏	*kraːl
珈	*kraːl
鴐	*kraːl
架	*kraːls
駕	*kraːls
瘸	*ɡʷal

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kraːls) : phonetic 加 (OC *kraːl) + semantic 木 (“tree, wood”) – a wooden prop.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jià (jia⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa³ / gaa^3-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ka
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kè / kèe / kà

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gê³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jià
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jià
    • Wade–Giles: chia⁴
    • Yale: jyà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiah
    • Palladius: цзя (czja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaa³ / gaa^3-2
    • Yale: ga / gá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa³ / gaa^3-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga³ / ga^3-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː³³/, /kaː³³⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ka
    • Hakka Romanization System: ga
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ga⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ka⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kè
    • Tâi-lô: kè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kex
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ke⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /ke²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ke¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèe
    • Tâi-lô: kèe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kà
    • Tâi-lô: kà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kax
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ka⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /ka²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ka¹¹/

Note:

• Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taiwan:
  • kè - vernacular;
  • kà - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: gê³
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kè
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ke²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: kaeH

Rime
Character	架
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古訝切
Baxter	kaeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠaH/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚaH/
Shao Rongfen	/kaH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨH/
Li Rong	/kaH/
Wang Li	/kaH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kaH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jià
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaa3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kraːls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	架
Reading #	1/1
No.	5883
Phonetic component	加
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	駕
Old Chinese	/*kraːls/
Notes	與閣同源。見詩鄭箋，禮記作枷

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 架

1. rack, stand, prop
2. to prop up
3. Classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios, etc. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
4. (Cantonese) Classifier for vehicles. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier

   一架車／一架车 [Cantonese]  ―  jat¹ gaa³ ce¹ [Jyutping]  ―  a car

   一架單車／一架单车 [Cantonese]  ―  jat¹ gaa³ daan¹ ce¹ [Jyutping]  ―  a bike

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khè / khòe

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khè
    • Tâi-lô: khè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰe²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰe¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòe
    • Tâi-lô: khuè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoex
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰue²¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 架

1. (Southern Min) to place; to put; to rest on

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

架

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. construct
2. build
3. raise
4. install
5. undergird
6. support

Readings

• Go-on: け (ke)
• Kan-on: か (ka, Jōyō)
• Kun: かける (kakeru, 架ける, Jōyō); たな (tana, 架); かかる (kakaru, 架かる, Jōyō)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
架
か Grade: S
kan’on

Noun

架(か) • (ka) 

1. a rack; a mount; a stand

Counter

架(か) • (-ka) 

1. flat framed items

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
架
たるき Grade: S
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 架 – see the following entry.

【垂木たるき】 [noun] (construction) rafter Alternative spellings たる木, 棰, 椽, 榱

(This term, 架, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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Korean

Hanja

架 • (ga) (hangeul 가, revised ga, McCune–Reischauer ka, Yale ka)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 架 (giá, dứa, gá, rớ)

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