碩

See also: 硕

碩 U+78A9, 碩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-78A9 ← 碨 [U+78A8] CJK Unified Ideographs 碪 → [U+78AA]

Translingual

Han character

碩 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一口一月金 (MRMBC), four-corner 1168₆, composition ⿰石頁)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 833, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24338
• Dae Jaweon: page 1250, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2442, character 7
• Unihan data for U+78A9

Chinese

trad.		碩
simp.		硕

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
柘	*tjaɡs
妬	*taːɡs
蠹	*taːɡs
沰	*taːɡ, *tʰaːɡ
拓	*tʰaːɡ, *tjaɡ
橐	*tʰaːɡ
袥	*tʰaːɡ
驝	*tʰaːɡ, *raːɡ
斫	*tjaɡ
磭	*ŋrɯnʔ, *ŋ̊ʰjaɡ, *ŋaɡ
磔	*rtaːɡ
跖	*tjaɡ
石	*djaɡ
碩	*djaɡ
祏	*djaɡ
鉐	*djaɡ
鼫	*djaɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *djaɡ) : phonetic 石 (OC *djaɡ) + semantic 頁.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuò, shí (shuo⁴, shi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛˋ, ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sek⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sa̍k
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): se̍k / sia̍k / si̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sêg⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuò
    • Wade–Giles: shuo⁴
    • Yale: shwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuoh
    • Palladius: шо (šo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shí
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíh
    • Wade–Giles: shih²
    • Yale: shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyr
    • Palladius: ши (ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sek⁶
    • Yale: sehk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ség⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛːk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sa̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: sag
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sag⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /sak̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍k
    • Tâi-lô: si̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sek
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪk̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: sia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍t
    • Tâi-lô: si̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sit
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sit̚²⁴/

Note:

• sia̍k/se̍k - literary;
• si̍t - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: sêg⁴
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sek
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sek̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyek

Rime
Character	碩
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	清 (123)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	常隻切
Baxter	dzyek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑiajk̚/
Li Rong	/ʑiɛk̚/
Wang Li	/ʑĭɛk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sik6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]Ak/

  (Zhengzhang): /*djaɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	碩
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shuò
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyek ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]Ak/
English	great, stately
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	碩
Reading #	1/1
No.	11471
Phonetic component	石
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	石
Old Chinese	/*djaɡ/

Definitions

碩

1. large; big
2. great; eminent
3. beautiful; fine
4. firm; stable
5. Short for 碩士／硕士 (shuòshì, “master's degree”).
6. a surname

Compounds

• 健碩／健硕 (jiànshuò)
• 壯碩／壮硕
• 宏儒碩學／宏儒硕学
• 宏碩／宏硕
• 巨碩／巨硕
• 德碩年高／德硕年高
• 碩交／硕交
• 碩人／硕人 (shuòrén)
• 碩儒／硕儒
• 碩士／硕士 (shuòshì)
• 碩大／硕大 (shuòdà)
• 碩大無朋／硕大无朋 (shuòdàwúpéng)
• 碩學通儒／硕学通儒
• 碩彥／硕彦
• 碩彥名儒／硕彦名儒
• 碩望／硕望
• 碩果／硕果 (shuòguǒ)
• 碩果僅存／硕果仅存 (shuòguǒjǐncún)
• 碩言／硕言
• 碩量／硕量
• 碩鼠／硕鼠
• 耆儒碩德／耆儒硕德
• 耆儒碩望／耆儒硕望
• 耆儒碩老／耆儒硕老
• 耆年碩德／耆年硕德
• 耆碩／耆硕
• 肥碩／肥硕 (féishí)
• 豐碩／丰硕 (fēngshuò)
• 高才碩學／高才硕学

 

Japanese

Kanji

碩

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. large
2. great
3. eminent

Readings

• Go-on: じゃく (jaku)
• Kan-on: せき (seki)
• Kun: おおきい (ōkī, 碩きい)

Korean

Hanja

碩 • (seok) (hangeul 석, revised seok, McCune–Reischauer sŏk, Yale sek)

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Vietnamese

Han character

碩 (thạc, thượt)