U+4BCA, 䯊
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4BCA

[U+4BC9]
CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A
[U+4BCB]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 188, +5, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月月一弓口 (BBMNR), composition )

References edit

Chinese edit

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声): semantic (bone) + phonetic (OC *kʰaːlʔ).

Pronunciation edit


Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (29)
Final () (94)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter kha
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰa/
Li
Rong
/kʰɑ/
Wang
Li
/kʰɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ho1

Definitions edit

  1. pelvis
  2. bone stuck in the throat
  3. kneecap, patella
  4. the five lowest pieces of bone of the spinal column

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings edit

Definitions edit

Kanji in this term
かわら
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
かわら6
[noun] (archaic, rare) a bone, particularly a covering bone such as a skull or kneecap
(This term, , is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)