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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 157 +6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口一卜金大 (RMYCK), four-corner 60148, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 1224, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37498
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1696, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3706, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+8DE4

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*keːws, *kreːwʔ
*pʰreːws
*kreːw
*kreːw
*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
*kreːw
*kreːw
*kreːw
*kreːw, *ŋɡreːwʔ, *qreːw
*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *kreːws
*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
*kreːw, *qʰreːws, *ɡreːws
*kreːwʔ
*kreːwʔ
*kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw
*kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw
*kreːws, *ɡreːws
*kreːws
*kʰreːw
*kʰreːw
*kʰraːw
*ŋɡreːwʔ
*ɡreːw
*ɡreːw
*ɡreːws
*ɡreːws
*ɡreːws
*keːwʔ
*keːwʔ
*keːwʔ
*qeːws
*pqreːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʰreːw) : semantic  + phonetic  (OC *kreːw).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (29)
Final () (90)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰˠau/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰᵚau/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰau/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰaɨw/
Li
Rong
/kʰau/
Wang
Li
/kʰau/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰau/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qiāo
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 6317
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰreːw/
Notes

Definitions

  1. tumble; fall
       shuāijiāo   to trip and fall

Compounds

  • 撂跤
  • 絆跤绊跤
  • 跌跤

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
alt. forms

Borrowed from a substrate Tai-Kadai language; compare Proto-Tai *p.qaːᴬ (leg) > Thai ขา (kǎa, leg).

Pronunciation


Definitions

(Min)

  1. leg; foot; lower limb
  2. leg (of an object); support
  3. part below
  4. bottom part
  5. Classifier for pieces (of suitcases, finger rings).
  6. Classifier for people in card games.
Synonyms
  • (leg): (tuǐ)
  • (foot): (jiǎo)

Compounds


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(gyo) (hangeul , McCune-Reischauer kyo, Yale kyo)

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