測

See also: 测

測 U+6E2C, 測 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E2C ← 渫 [U+6E2B] CJK Unified Ideographs 渭 → [U+6E2D]

Translingual

Han character

Stroke order

測 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水月金弓 (EBCN), four-corner 3210₀, composition ⿰氵則)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 635, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17780
• Dae Jaweon: page 1041, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1674, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6E2C

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Chinese

trad.		測
simp.		测

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
廁	*sʰrɯɡs, *sʰrɯɡ
則	*ʔsɯːɡ
賊	*zɯːɡ
鰂	*zɯːɡ
鱡	*zɯːɡ
蠈	*zɯːɡ
側	*ʔsrɯɡ
萴	*ʔsrɯɡ, *zrɯɡ
測	*sʰrɯɡ
惻	*sʰrɯɡ
崱	*zrɯɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰrɯɡ) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 則 (OC *ʔsɯːɡ).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 測

1. to measure; to gauge
2. (literary or in compounds) to predict; to anticipate; to expect
3. (literary or in compounds) to surmise; to speculate; to conjecture; to suppose
4. ^† deep

Synonyms

• (to measure): 測量／测量 (cèliáng)
• (to predict):

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• 前瞻 (qiánzhān)
• 展望 (zhǎnwàng)
• 意想 (yìxiǎng)
• 意料 (yìliào)
• 捉摸 (zhuōmō)
• 揣測／揣测 (chuǎicè)
• 料定 (liàodìng)
• 料想 (liàoxiǎng)
• 料算 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 猜 (cāi)
• 端倪 (duānní) (literary)
• 諒心／谅心 (lian⁵ sin) (Xiang)
• 諒想／谅想 (liōng-siǒng) (Northern Min)
• 逆料 (nìliào)
• 預判／预判 (yùpàn)
• 預卜／预卜 (yùbǔ)
• 預報／预报 (yùbào)
• 預感／预感 (yùgǎn)
• 預想／预想 (yùxiǎng)
• 預料／预料 (yùliào)
• 預斷／预断 (yùduàn)
• 預測／预测 (yùcè)
• 預示／预示 (yùshì)
• 預見／预见 (yùjiàn)
• 預言／预言 (yùyán)

 

• (to surmise):

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• 估計／估计 (gūjì)
• 估量
• 假定 (jiǎdìng)
• 假想 (jiǎxiǎng)
• 假設／假设 (jiǎshè)
• 商量 (shāngliàng) (Classical Chinese)
• 嫌 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
• 忖度 (cǔnduó) (literary)
• 思裁 (sīcái) (literary)
• 想象 (xiǎngxiàng)
• 懸／悬 (xuán) (literary, or in compounds)
• 懸想／悬想 (xuánxiǎng)
• 懷疑／怀疑 (huáiyí)
• 打估 (Southern Pinghua)
• 推想 (tuīxiǎng)
• 推測／推测 (tuīcè)
• 掠算 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 揣度 (formal)
• 擬／拟 (nǐ)
• 母量 (mu³ liong) (Gan)
• 派胚 (Hokkien)
• 測估／测估 (cègū)
• 測度／测度 (cèduó)
• 測算／测算 (cèsuàn)
• 猜 (cāi)
• 猜度 (cāiduó)
• 猜想 (cāixiǎng)
• 猜摸 (cāimo)
• 猜料 (cāiliào)
• 猜測／猜测 (cāicè)
• 猜詳／猜详 (cāixiáng)
• 算 (suàn)
• 算計／算计 (suànjì)
• 約摸／约摸 (yuēmo)
• 臭疑 (Hokkien)
• 臭青疑 (Hokkien)
• 虛擬／虚拟 (xūnǐ)
• 要約／要约 (iau³ ieh⁴) (Jin)
• 設／设 (shè)
• 設想／设想 (shèxiǎng)
• 跋胚 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 辦胚／办胚 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 阿合 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 青疑 (Hokkien)
• 預計／预计 (yùjì)

 

Compounds

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Japanese

Kanji

測

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. To measure (water deepness)
2. To weigh

Readings

• Go-on: しき (shiki)
• Kan-on: そく (soku, Jōyō)
• Kun: はかる (hakaru, 測る, Jōyō)

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Korean

Hanja

測 • (cheuk) (hangeul 측, revised cheuk, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŭk, Yale chuk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

測: Hán Nôm readings: trắc

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