瘸

瘸 U+7638, 瘸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7638 ← 瘷 [U+7637] CJK Unified Ideographs 瘹 → [U+7639]

Translingual

Han character

瘸 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+11, 16 strokes, cangjie input 大大口月 (KKRB), four-corner 0012₇, composition ⿸疒𦙲 or ⿸痂肉)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 779, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22464
• Dae Jaweon: page 1189, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2695, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7638

Chinese

simp. and trad.		瘸
2nd round simp.		疦
alternative forms		𠌳 ‡

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 *ɡʷal) : semantic 疒 (“sickness”) + phonetic 加 (OC *kraːl) + semantic 肉 (“flesh”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qué (que²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ke⁴, koe⁴

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khiò

  (Meixian, Guangdong): kio²

• Eastern Min (BUC): kuò
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khê / khêr / khôe / kiô

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kuê⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qué
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyué
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüeh²
    • Yale: chywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyue
    • Palladius: цюэ (cjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ke⁴, koe⁴
    • Yale: kèh, kèuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ke⁴, koe⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ké⁴, kê⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɛː²¹/, /kʰœː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiò
    • Hakka Romanization System: kioˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kio²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯o¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kio²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰio¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kuò
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuo⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khê
    • Tâi-lô: khê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qee
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kʰe²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khêr
    • Tâi-lô: khêr
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Lukang): /kʰə²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khôe
    • Tâi-lô: khuê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoee
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰue²³/
    • IPA (Yilan): /kʰue²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰue¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiô
    • Tâi-lô: kiô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiooi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /kio²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kio¹³/

Note:

• khê/khêr/khôe - vernacular;
• kiô - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: kuê⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khuê
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰue⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: gjwa

Rime
Character	瘸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	戈 (97)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	巨靴切
Baxter	gjwa
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨuɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡʷiɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiuɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gua/
Li Rong	/ɡiuɑ/
Wang Li	/ɡĭuɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯wɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qué
Expected Cantonese Reflex	koe4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷal/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瘸
Reading #	1/1
No.	5885
Phonetic component	加
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	瘸
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷal/

Definitions

瘸

1. lame; crippled

   瘸著走／瘸着走  ―  quézhe zǒu  ―  to walk with a limp

Synonyms

• 跛 (bǒ)

Trivia

This is one of the few characters with a -üe final in Mandarin that did not have an entering tone in Middle Chinese.

Compounds

• 一瘸一拐 (yīquéyīguǎi)
• 一瘸一簸
• 瘸子 (quézi)
• 瘸手 (khôe-chhiú) (Min Nan)
• 瘸腳／瘸脚 (quéjiǎo)
• 瘸腿 (quétuǐ)
• 瘸跤

 

Japanese

Kanji

瘸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): か (ka)

Vietnamese

Han character

瘸: Hán Nôm readings: qua, cài

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