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覺
覺
Translingual
| Traditional | 覺 |
|---|---|
| Shinjitai | 覚 |
| Simplified | 觉 |
Han character
覺 (radical 147 見+13, 20 strokes, cangjie input 竹月月山山 (HBBUU), four-corner 77216)
References
- KangXi: page 1137, character 23
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34973
- Dae Jaweon: page 1604, character 29
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3675, character 8
- Unihan data for U+89BA
Chinese
| trad. | 覺 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 觉 | |
| alt. forms | ||
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 覺
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| Bamboo and silk script | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (學) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 攪 | *kruːʔ |
| 覺 | *kruːɡs, *kruːɡ |
| 澩 | *ɡruːʔ, *sɡruːɡ, *ɡruːɡ |
| 斆 | *ɡruːɡs |
| 鱟 | *ɡoːɡs, *quːɡ |
| 嶨 | *kʰruːɡ, *ɡruːɡ |
| 礐 | *kʰruːɡ, *ɡ·rɯːɡ, *ɡoːɡ, *ɡuːɡ |
| 觷 | *ŋɡruːɡ, *ɡruːɡ, *quːɡ |
| 學 | *ɡruːɡ |
| 鷽 | *ɡruːɡ, *qruːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kruːɡs, *kruːɡ) : phonetic 學 (OC *ɡruːɡ) + semantic 見 (“see”).
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gok3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kok
- Min Dong (BUC): gáe̤k / gáuk
- Min Nan (POJ): kak
- Wu (Wiktionary): koq (T4); jiaq (T4)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ
- Wade-Giles: chüeh2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyue
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕɥ̯œ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: gok3
- Yale: gok
- Cantonese Pinyin: gok8
- IPA (key): /kɔːk̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kok
- Hakka Romanization System: gog`
- Hagfa Pinyim: gog5
- IPA: /kok̚²/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: gáe̤k / gáuk
- IPA (key): /kɔyʔ²⁴/, /kɔuʔ²⁴/
- Note: gáe̤k - vernacular; gáuk - literary.
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kak
- Tâi-lô: kak
- Phofsit Daibuun: kag
- IPA (Xiamen): /kak̚³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kak̚⁵/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kak̚³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /kak̚³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kak̚³²/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: koq (T4); jiaq (T4)
- IPA (key): /kʊʔ⁵⁵/, /t͡ɕiᴀʔ⁵⁵/
- Note: 4koq - vernacular; 4jiaq - literary.
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 覺 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /t͡ɕiɑu⁵¹/ |
| Harbin | /t͡ɕiau⁵³/ | |
| Tianjin | /t͡ɕiɑu⁵³/ | |
| Jinan | /t͡ɕiɔ²¹/ | |
| Qingdao | /t͡ɕiɔ⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /t͡ɕiau³¹²/ | |
| Xi'an | /t͡ɕiau⁴⁴/ | |
| Xining | /t͡ɕiɔ²¹³/ | |
| Yinchuan | /t͡ɕiɔ¹³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /t͡ɕiɔ¹³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /t͡ɕiɔ²¹³/ | |
| Wuhan | /t͡ɕiau³⁵/ | |
| Chengdu | /kau¹³/ | |
| Guiyang | /t͡ɕiao²¹³/ | |
| Kunming | /t͡ɕiɔ²¹²/ | |
| Nanjing | /t͡ɕiɔo⁴⁴/ | |
| Hefei | /t͡ɕiɔ⁵³/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡ɕiau⁴⁵/ |
| Pingyao | /t͡ɕiɔ³⁵/ | |
| Hohhot | /t͡ɕiɔ⁵⁵/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /kɔ³⁵/ |
| Suzhou | /kæ⁵¹³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /t͡ɕiɔ⁴⁴⁵/ | |
| Wenzhou | /ko²¹³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /kɔ³²⁴/ |
| Tunxi | /kon²⁴/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha |
/t͡ɕiau⁵⁵/ /kau⁵⁵/ |
| Xiangtan | /kaɯ⁵⁵/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /kɑu⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /kau⁵³/ |
| Taoyuan | ||
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /kau³³/ |
| Nanning | /kɛu³³/ | |
| Hong Kong | /kau³³/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /kau²¹/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | ||
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /ka²⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /kak̚²/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /xiɔk̚⁵/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 覺 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 覺 (10) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 古岳切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kˠʌk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kᵚɔk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kɔk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kaɨwk̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/kɔk̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/kɔk̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/kɔk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
jue |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 覺 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
jué |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ kæwk › |
| Old Chinese |
/*kˤruk/ |
| English | be aware |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 覺 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 14075 |
| Phonetic component |
學 |
| Rime group |
覺 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
覺 |
| Old Chinese |
/*kruːɡ/ |
Definitions
覺
- to wake up from sleep
- to become aware; to dawn on; to awaken to
- to feel; to think
- sense; sensation; feeling
- A surname.
Compounds
Derived terms from 覺
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Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ
- Wade-Giles: chiao4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaw
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: gaau3
- Yale: gaau
- Cantonese Pinyin: gaau3
- IPA (key): /kɑːu̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kau
- Hakka Romanization System: gau
- Hagfa Pinyim: gau4
- IPA: /ka̯u⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: kau (T2)
- IPA (key): /kɔ³⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 覺 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 古孝切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kˠauH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kᵚauH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kauH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kaɨwH/ |
| Li Rong |
/kauH/ |
| Wang Li |
/kauH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/kauH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
jiào |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 覺 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
jiào |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ kæwH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*kˤruk-s/ |
| English | awaken |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 覺 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 14070 |
| Phonetic component |
學 |
| Rime group |
奧 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
敎 |
| Old Chinese |
/*kruːɡs/ |
Definitions
覺
Compounds
Derived terms from 覺
Japanese
Kanji
覺
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 覚)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
覺 • (gak, gyo) (hangeul 각, 교, revised gak, gyo, McCune-Reischauer kak, kyo, Yale kak, kyo)
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Vietnamese
Han character
覺 (giác, nhác, rác, dác)
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