鬲

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

鬲 (Kangxi radical 193, 鬲+0, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一口月中 (MRBL), four-corner 1022₇, composition ⿱𠮛⿵冂⿱䒑丨(GHT) or ⿱𠮛⿵𦉪丅(JK))

1. Kangxi radical #193, ⿀.

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/鬲
• 隔, 膈, 搹, 鬲, 槅, 嗝, 虉, 翮, 滆, 蒚, 鎘

Related characters

• 徹 (earlier forms also had a pot, later replaced with 育)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1458, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45672
• Dae Jaweon: page 1991, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4587, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9B32

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		鬲
alternative forms		䰛 㽁

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鬲
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
隔	*kreːɡ
膈	*kreːɡ
搹	*kreːɡ
鬲	*kreːɡ, *ɡ·reːɡ
槅	*kreːɡ
嗝	*kreːɡ
虉	*ŋɡreːɡ, *ŋɡeːɡ
翮	*ɡreːɡ
滆	*ɡreːɡ
蒚	*ɡreːɡ, *ɡ·reːɡ
鎘	*ɡ·reːɡ

Pictogram (象形) .

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lì
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴
    • Yale: lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
    • Palladius: ли (li)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lik⁶
    • Yale: lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: lek

Rime
Character	鬲
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	錫 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	郎擊切
Baxter	lek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/lek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/lek̚/
Wang Li	/liek̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/liek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lik6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*k.rˤek/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·reːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鬲
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lì
Middle Chinese	‹ lek ›
Old Chinese	/*k.rˁek/
English	tripod with hollow legs
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	鬲
Reading #	2/2
No.	3851
Phonetic component	鬲
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	靂
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·reːɡ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鬲

1. li; a type of cauldron with three hollow legs

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gé (ge²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaak³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gé
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gé
    • Wade–Giles: ko²
    • Yale: gé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ger
    • Palladius: гэ (gɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaak³
    • Yale: gaak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gag³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːk̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: keak

Rime
Character	鬲
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	麥 (119)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古核切
Baxter	keak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚæk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kɐk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/kɛk̚/
Wang Li	/kæk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kæk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ge
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gak1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.qˤ<r>ik/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kreːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鬲
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gé
Middle Chinese	‹ kɛk ›
Old Chinese	/*C.qˁ<r>ik/
English	yoke
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	鬲
Reading #	1/2
No.	3843
Phonetic component	鬲
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	隔
Old Chinese	/*kreːɡ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鬲

1. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 隔 (gé).
2. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 膈 (gé).
3. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 槅 (gé).
4. (～縣) Ge County (a county in modern Shandong)
5. a surname

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): è (e⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: è
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: è
    • Wade–Giles: o⁴
    • Yale: è
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eh
    • Palladius: э (e)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鬲

1. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 軛／轭 (è).
2. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 搹 (è).
3. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 厄 (è).

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Japanese

Kanji

鬲

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: きゃく (kyaku), りゃく (ryaku)
• Kan-on: かく (kaku), れき (reki)
• Kun: かなえ (kanae)

Kanji in this term
鬲
れき Hyōgai
on'yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 鬲

Noun

鬲(れき) • (reki) 

1. a cauldron with three hollow legs used in ancient China

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Korean

Hanja

鬲 • (gyeok) (hangeul 격, revised gyeok, McCune–Reischauer kyŏk, Yale kyek) 鬲 • (ryeok) (hangeul 력)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 鬲 (cách)

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