濁

濁 U+6FC1, 濁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6FC1 ← 激 [U+6FC0] CJK Unified Ideographs 濂 → [U+6FC2]

See also: 浊

Translingual

Han character

濁 (radical 85 水+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 水田中戈 (EWLI), four-corner 3612₇, composition ⿰氵蜀)

References

• KangXi: page 654, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18440
• Dae Jaweon: page 1064, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1758, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6FC1

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Chinese

trad.		濁
simp.		浊

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 濁
Bronze inscriptions	Bamboo and silk script	Large seal script	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (蜀) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
襡	*toːʔ, *toːɡs, *doːʔ, *doːɡ, *djoɡ
噣	*toːɡs, *tuɡs, *rtoːɡ, *tjoɡ
斣	*toːɡs
歜	*sdoːmʔ, *tʰjoɡ
斀	*rtoːɡ
孎	*rtoːɡ, *toɡ
濁	*rdoːɡ
鐲	*rdoːɡ, *zroːɡ, *djoɡ
鸀	*rdoːɡ, *tjoɡ
擉	*sʰroːɡ
獨	*doːɡ
髑	*doːɡ
韣	*doːɡ, *tjoɡ, *djoɡ
斸	*toɡ
钃	*toɡ
欘	*toɡ
躅	*doɡ
蠋	*doɡ, *tjoɡ
燭	*tjoɡ
囑	*tjoɡ
矚	*tjoɡ
屬	*tjoɡ, *djoɡ
属	*tjoɡ, *djoɡ
蠾	*tjoɡ, *djoɡ
觸	*tʰjoɡ
臅	*tʰjoɡ
觕	*sʰlaː, *zlaːʔ, *tʰjoɡ
蜀	*djoɡ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuó (zhuo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): ta̍k / cho̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛˊ
    • Wade-Giles: chuo²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwo
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zuk⁶
    • Yale: juhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ta̍k
    • Tâi-lô: ta̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tak̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tak̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cho̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tso̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔk̚¹²¹/

Note:

• ta̍k - vernacular;
• cho̍k - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: /ɖˠʌk̚/▼

Rime
Character	濁
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	直角切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/ȡɔk̚/
Wang Li	/ȡɔk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuó

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[N-tˤ]rok/

  (Zhengzhang): /*rdoːɡ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	濁
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhuó
Middle Chinese	‹ dræwk ›
Old Chinese	/*[N-tˤ]rok/
English	muddy
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.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	濁
Reading #	1/1
No.	11813
Phonetic component	蜀
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	濁
Old Chinese	/*rdoːɡ/

Definitions

濁

1. muddy; turbid; dirty; filthy
2. chaotic; disorderly
3. (of voice) deep and thick
4. (phonetics, of consonants) voiced

Compounds

• 乳濁液／乳浊液 (rǔzhuóyè)
• 五濁惡世／五浊恶世
• 凡胎濁骨／凡胎浊骨
• 十清九濁／十清九浊
• 惡濁／恶浊
• 懸濁液／悬浊液 (xuánzhuóyè)
• 揚清抑濁／扬清抑浊
• 揚清激濁／扬清激浊
• 汙濁／污浊
• 淟濁／淟浊
• 混濁／混浊 (hùnzhuó)
• 清塵濁水／清尘浊水
• 清渭濁涇／清渭浊泾
• 清濁／清浊 (qīngzhuó)

• 清濁同流／清浊同流
• 清聖濁賢／清圣浊贤
• 渾濁／浑浊
• 溷濁／溷浊
• 激濁揚清／激浊扬清
• 濁世／浊世
• 濁母／浊母
• 濁氣／浊气
• 濁水／浊水
• 濁水溪／浊水溪
• 濁流／浊流 (zhuóliú)
• 濁涇清渭／浊泾清渭
• 濁物／浊物
• 濁聲／浊声

• 濁聲母／浊声母
• 濁質凡姿／浊质凡姿
• 濁酒／浊酒 (zhuójiǔ)
• 濁酒粗食／浊酒粗食 (zhuójiǔ cūshí)
• 濁醪／浊醪
• 濁音／浊音 (zhuóyīn)
• 濁骨凡胎／浊骨凡胎
• 白濁／白浊
• 稠濁／稠浊
• 紛濁／纷浊
• 舉世混濁／举世混浊
• 行濁言清／行浊言清
• 言清行濁／言清行浊
• 貪濁有狀／贪浊有状

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 濁 – see 醪 (“(Min Nan) dirty”). (This character, 濁, is a variant form of 醪.)

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Japanese

Kanji

濁

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: だく (daku, Jōyō)
• Kan’on: たく (taku)
• Kan’yōon: じょく (joku)
• Kun: にごす (nigosu, 濁す, Jōyō); にごり (nigori, 濁り); にごる (nigoru, 濁る, Jōyō)

Compounds

• 濁音 (だくおん) (dakuon)
• 濁点 (だくてん) (dakuten)

• 半濁点 (はんだくてん) (handakuten)
• 連濁 (れんだく) (rendaku): rendaku, sequential voicing

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Korean

Hanja

濁 • (tak)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 탁 (revised: tak, McCune-Reischauer: t'ak, Yale: thak)
  • Name (hangeul): 흐릴 (revised: heuril, McCune-Reischauer: hŭril, Yale: hulil)

1. muddy, cloudy

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Vietnamese

Han character

濁 (trọc, đục, rục, sộc, chọc, trạc)

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