顆

See also: 颗

Translingual

Han character

顆 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+8, 17 strokes, cangjie input 田木一月金 (WDMBC), four-corner 6198₆, composition ⿰果頁)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1406, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43551
• Dae Jaweon: page 1923, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4378, character 3
• Unihan data for U+9846

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Chinese

trad.		顆
simp.		颗

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
裸	*ɡ·roːlʔ
躶	*ɡ·roːlʔ
果	*kloːlʔ
菓	*kloːlʔ
猓	*kloːlʔ
輠	*kloːlʔ, *ɡloːlʔ, *ɡroːlʔ, *kʰluːls
裹	*kloːlʔ, *kloːls
蜾	*kloːlʔ
惈	*kloːlʔ
粿	*kloːlʔ
窠	*kʰloːl
稞	*kʰloːl, *ɡroːlʔ
課	*kʰloːl, *kʰloːls
髁	*kʰloːl, *kʰloːls, *kʰroːlʔ
棵	*kʰloːl, *kʰloːnʔ, *ɡloːnʔ
顆	*kʰloːlʔ
堁	*kʰloːlʔ, *kʰloːls, *kloːns
敤	*kʰloːlʔ, *kʰloːls
夥	*qʰloːlʔ, *ɡloːlʔ, *ɡroːlʔ
婐	*qloːlʔ, *kroːl
踝	*ɡroːlʔ
祼	*ɡluːlʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kē (ke¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kho / kho͘ / kher

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kē
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ke
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo¹
    • Yale: kē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ke
    • Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fo²
    • Yale: fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kho
    • Tâi-lô: kho
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoy
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰo⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰo³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kho͘
    • Tâi-lô: khoo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qof
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kher
    • Tâi-lô: kher
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰə³³/

Note: kho/kho͘/kher - vernacular (俗).

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• Middle Chinese: khwaX

Rime
Character	顆
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦果切
Baxter	khwaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuɑX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuɑX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuɑX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwaX/
Li Rong	/kʰuɑX/
Wang Li	/kʰuɑX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰuɑX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuǒ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fo2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰloːlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	顆
Reading #	1/1
No.	4781
Phonetic component	果
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	顆
Old Chinese	/*kʰloːlʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 顆

1. Classifier for small round objects. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier

   一顆珠子／一颗珠子  ―  yī kē zhūzi  ―  a single bead

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

顆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. grain (e.g. rice)

Readings

• On (unclassified): か (ka)
• Kun: つぶ (tsubu, 顆)

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Korean

Hanja

顆 (eum 과 (gwa))

1. grain, kernel

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Vietnamese

Han character

顆: Hán Nôm readings: khỏa/khoả, lõa/loã

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