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磕

磕

Translingual

Han character

磕 (radical 112 石+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一口土戈廿 (MRGIT), four-corner 14617)

  1. knock against something hard, crack something between the teeth, kowtow
  2. protruding

References

  • KangXi: page 835, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24407
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1252, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2446, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+78D5

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 磕

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (盍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蓋 *kaːbs, *kaːb, *ɡaːb
盖 *kaːbs
溘 *kʰaːbs, *kʰoːb, *kʰaːb
搕 *qoːb
嗑 *kaːb, *ɡaːb
榼 *kʰaːb
磕 *kʰaːb, *kʰaːd
瞌 *kʰaːb
盍 *ɡaːb
闔 *ɡaːb
篕 *ɡaːb
熆 *ɡaːb
鰪 *qaːb
廅 *qaːb
圔 *qroːb
饁 *ɢrab

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 磕 磕 磕
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial (聲) 溪 (29) 溪 (29) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 泰 (25) 曷 (63) 盍 (144)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) I I I
Fanqie 苦蓋切 苦曷切 苦盍切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kʰɑiH/ /kʰɑt̚/ /kʰɑp̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʰɑiH/ /kʰɑt̚/ /kʰɑp̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kʰɑiH/ /kʰɑt̚/ /kʰɑp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kʰajH/ /kʰat̚/ /kʰap̚/
Li
Rong		 /kʰɑiH/ /kʰɑt̚/ /kʰɑp̚/
Wang
Li		 /kʰɑiH/ /kʰɑt̚/ /kʰɑp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kʰɑiH/ /kʰɑt̚/ /kʰɑp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 kài ke ke
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 磕 磕
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 5077 5090
Phonetic
component		 盍 盍
Rime
group		 盍 月
Rime
subdivision		 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 榼 渴
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰaːb/ /*kʰaːd/

Definitions

磕

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Japanese

Kanji

磕

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. hit
  2. collide
  3. knock into

Readings

Korean

Hanja

磕 • ‎(gae) (hangeul 개, revised gae, McCune-Reischauer kae, Yale kay)

  1. bump
  2. drumbeat

Vietnamese

Han character

磕 (khái, khạp)

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