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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 162 +13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 卜卜心人 (YYPO), four-corner 31303)

  1. suddenly, unexpectedly
  2. at once

References

  • KangXi: page 1266, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39161
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1763, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3887, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+907D

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*qʰraːs, *kʷraːɡ
*qʰral, *qʰrals, *qʰaː
*qʰra
*qʰra
*qʰras
*b·raː
*raː
*raː
*raː
*raː, *ra
*b·raː
*b·raː
*raː
*raː
*raː
*raː
*raː
*raː
*raː
*raː
*raː
*raː
*raː
*raː
*raː
*b·raː
*raː
*raː
*raːʔ
*raːʔ
*raːʔ
*raːʔ
*qʰaː, *qʰʷa, *qʰaː, *qʰʷa
*qʰaː
*qʰʷlaː
*qʰlaːʔ
*qʰlaːʔ
*qʰlaːʔ
*b·ra
*ra
*b·ra
*ra
*ra, *ras
*ra, *ras
*raʔ
*ras
*ras
*ras
*ras
*r̥ʰa
*kʰljaʔ, *kʰljas
*kas, *ɡa
*kas
*kas, *ɡa, *ɡaʔ
*kas, *ɡas
*kʰa, *qʰa
*kʰa
*ɡa
*ɡa, *ɡʷa
*ɡa
*ɡa, *ɡas, *ɡaɡ
*ɡa
*ɡaʔ
*ɡas
*ɡas
*qʰa, *qʰas
*qʰa
*qʰa
*qʰa
*pla
*kʰʷral
*ɡaɡ
*ɡaɡ
*ɡaɡ
*qʰʷraːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡas) : semantic  + phonetic  (OC *kas, *ɡa).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (30)
Final () (22)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡɨʌH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡiɔH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡiɔH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/gɨə̆H/
Li
Rong
/ɡiɔH/
Wang
Li
/ɡĭoH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/gi̯woH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ gjoH ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɡ](r)a(k)-s/
English post horse or carriage

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 5265
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡas/

Definitions

  1. hurriedly
  2. suddenly

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(geo) (hangeul , revised geo, McCune-Reischauer kŏ, Yale ke)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(cự)

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