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擇
擇
See also: 择
Translingual
| Traditional | 擇 |
|---|---|
| Shinjitai | 択 |
| Simplified | 择 |
Han character
擇 (radical 64 手+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 手田中十 (QWLJ), four-corner 56041, composition ⿰扌睪)
Derived terms
References
- KangXi: page 458, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12796
- Dae Jaweon: page 806, character 22
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1969, character 4
- Unihan data for U+64C7
Chinese
| trad. | 擇 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 择 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (睪) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 斁 | *ʔl'aːɡs, *l'aːɡs, *laːɡ |
| 籜 | *l̥ʰaːɡ |
| 蘀 | *l̥ʰaːɡ |
| 鐸 | *l'aːɡ |
| 凙 | *l'aːɡ |
| 襗 | *l'aːɡ, *rlaːɡ, *laːɡ |
| 擇 | *rlaːɡ |
| 澤 | *rlaːɡ |
| 鸅 | *rlaːɡ |
| 蠌 | *rlaːɡ |
| 檡 | *rlaːɡ, *hljaɡ |
| 釋 | *hljaɡ |
| 繹 | *laːɡ |
| 睪 | *neb, *laːɡ |
| 譯 | *laːɡ |
| 嶧 | *laːɡ |
| 懌 | *laːɡ |
| 驛 | *laːɡ |
| 醳 | *laːɡ |
| 圛 | *laːɡ |
| 墿 | *laːɡ |
| 燡 | *laːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *rlaːɡ) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 睪 (OC *neb, *laːɡ).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄜˊ
- Wade-Giles: tsê2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzer
- IPA (key): /t͡sɤ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: zaak6
- Yale: jaahk
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzaak9
- IPA (key): /t͡sɑːk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tho̍k
- Hakka Romanization System: tog
- Hagfa Pinyim: tog6
- IPA: /tʰok̚⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 擇 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /t͡sɤ³⁵/ |
| Harbin |
/t͡sai²⁴/ /ʈ͡ʂai²⁴/ /t͡sɤ²⁴/ |
|
| Tianjin | /t͡sai⁴⁵/ | |
| Jinan | /ʈ͡ʂei⁴²/ | |
| Qingdao | /ʈ͡ʂe⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /ʈ͡ʂɛ⁴²/ | |
| Xi'an | /t͡sei²⁴/ | |
| Xining | /t͡sɨ²⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /t͡sə¹³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /ʈ͡ʂə⁵³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /t͡sei⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan | /t͡sʰɤ²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu |
/t͡sʰe³¹/ /t͡se³¹/ |
|
| Guiyang | /t͡sʰɛ²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /t͡sʰə³¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /t͡səʔ⁵/ | |
| Hefei | /t͡sɐʔ⁵/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡saʔ⁵⁴/ |
| Pingyao | /t͡sʌʔ⁵³/ | |
| Hohhot | /t͡saʔ⁴³/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /zəʔ¹/ |
| Suzhou | /zəʔ³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /d͡zəʔ²/ | |
| Wenzhou | /d͡za²¹³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡sʰɛ²²/ |
| Tunxi | /t͡sʰa¹¹/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha |
/t͡sʰə²⁴/ /t͡sʰə⁵⁵/ /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/ |
| Xiangtan | /t͡sʰæ²⁴/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡sʰɛʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sʰet̚⁵/ |
| Taoyuan | ||
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sak̚²/ |
| Nanning | /t͡sak̚²²/ | |
| Hong Kong | /t͡sɐk̚²/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /tik̚⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /tɛiʔ⁵/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /t͡sɛ²⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /toʔ⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) |
/t͡sɔk̚⁵/ /kai²¹³/ 訓揀 |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 擇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 澄 (11) |
| Final (韻) | 陌 (113) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 瑒伯切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɖˠæk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɖᵚak̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ȡak̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɖaɨjk̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/ȡɐk̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/ȡɐk̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ȡʱɐk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
zhé |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 擇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15128 |
| Phonetic component |
睪 |
| Rime group |
鐸 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
|
| Old Chinese |
/*rlaːɡ/ |
Definitions
擇
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Japanese
Kanji
擇
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 択)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
擇 • (taek) (hangeul 택, revised taek, McCune-Reischauer t'aek, Yale thayk)
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Vietnamese
Han character
擇 (trạch)
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