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Translingual

Han character

(radical 75 +13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 木竹尸大 (DHSK), four-corner 48940, composition)

  1. to dispatch, order, call to arms
  2. urgency

References

  • KangXi: page 556, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15639
  • Dae Jaweon: page 945, character 27
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1302, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+6A84

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kʰreːw, *kʰreːwɢs
*qlew, *kleːw
*kleːw
*kleːw, *kleːwɢs
*kleːwʔ, *kleːwʔ
*kleːwʔ
*kleːwʔ
*kleːwʔ, *kljewɢ, *ɡreːɡ
*kleːwɢs, *ɢlewɢ, *kleːwɢ
*kleːwɢs
*kleːwɢs, *kleːwɢ
*kleːwɢs
*kleːwɢs, *kleːwɢ, *ɡleːwɢ
*kleːwɢs, *kleːwɢ, *ɡleːwɢ
*kʰleːw
*kʰleːwɢs
*ɡleːd, *ɡreːɡ
*kʰreːwɢ, *kʰleːwɢ
*ɡleːwɢ
*ɡleːwɢ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (33)
Final () (127)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦek̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦek̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣɛk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦɛjk̚/
Li
Rong
/ɣek̚/
Wang
Li
/ɣiek̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣiek̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 6411
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡleːwɢ/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

  • On: けき (keki)
  • Kun: げきする (檄する, geki), ふれぶみ (furebumi)

Compounds

  • 檄文 (gekibun): written appeal, declaration
  • 檄を飛ばす (geki o tobasu): issue a manifesto

Noun

(hiragana げき, romaji geki)

  1. written appeal, circular, manifesto

Korean

Hanja

(gyeok) (hangeul , revised gyeok, McCune-Reischauer kyŏk, Yale kyek)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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