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Translingual

Han character

(radical 188 +8, 18 strokes, cangjie input 月月田木 (BBWD), four-corner 76294, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 1449, character 46
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45216
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1976, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4413, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+9AC1

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*ɡ·roːlʔ
*ɡ·roːlʔ
*kloːlʔ
*kloːlʔ
*kloːlʔ
*kloːlʔ, *ɡloːlʔ, *ɡroːlʔ, *kʰluːls
*kloːlʔ, *kloːls
*kloːlʔ
*kloːlʔ
粿 *kloːlʔ
*kʰloːl
*kʰloːl, *ɡroːlʔ
*kʰloːl, *kʰloːls
*kʰloːl, *kʰloːls, *kʰroːlʔ
*kʰloːl, *kʰloːnʔ, *ɡloːnʔ
*kʰloːlʔ
*kʰloːlʔ, *kʰloːls, *kloːns
*kʰloːlʔ, *kʰloːls
*qʰloːlʔ, *ɡloːlʔ, *ɡroːlʔ
*qloːlʔ, *kroːl
*ɡroːlʔ
*ɡluːlʔ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial () (29) (29) (29)
Final () (95) (99) (95)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed Closed
Division () I II I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰuɑ/ /kʰˠuaX/ /kʰuɑH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰuɑ/ /kʰʷᵚaX/ /kʰuɑH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰuɑ/ /kʰuaX/ /kʰuɑH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰwa/ /kʰwaɨX/ /kʰwaH/
Li
Rong
/kʰuɑ/ /kʰuaX/ /kʰuɑH/
Wang
Li
/kʰuɑ/ /kʰwaX/ /kʰuɑH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰuɑ/ /kʰwaX/ /kʰuɑH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kuō kuǎ kuò
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 4779 4786 4793
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 3 3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰloːl/ /*kʰloːls/ /*kʰroːlʔ/

Definitions

  1. thigh bone, hipbone
  2. kneecap

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(gwa, hwa) (hangeul , , revised gwa, hwa, McCune-Reischauer kwa, hwa, Yale kwa, hwa)

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