膕

See also: 腘

膕 U+8195, 膕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8195 ← 膔 [U+8194] CJK Unified Ideographs 膖 → [U+8196]

Translingual

Han character

膕 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月田戈一 (BWIM), four-corner 7620₀, composition ⿰月國)

1. hollow

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 992, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29816
• Dae Jaweon: page 1444, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2107, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8195

Chinese

trad.		膕
simp.		腘*

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (或) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
幗	*kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ
慖	*kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ
簂	*kʷɯːɡs
蔮	*kʷɯːɡs
國	*kʷɯːɡ
或	*ɡʷɯːɡ
惑	*ɡʷɯːɡ
蜮	*ɡʷɯːɡ, *ɢʷrɯɡ
閾	*qʰʷrɯɡ
緎	*qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ
淢	*qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ
域	*ɢʷrɯɡ
罭	*ɢʷrɯɡ
棫	*ɡʷrɯɡ
琙	*ɡʷrɯɡ
魊	*ɡʷrɯɡ
馘	*kʷrɯːɡ
聝	*kʷrɯːɡ
膕	*kʷrɯːɡ
摑	*kʷrɯːɡ
漍	*kʷrɯːɡ
嘓	*kʷrɯːɡ
蟈	*kʷrɯːɡ
掝	*qʰʷrɯːɡ
彧	*qʷrɯɡ
稶	*qʷɯɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guó (guo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guó
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guó
    • Wade–Giles: kuo²
    • Yale: gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwo
    • Palladius: го (go)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwok³
    • Yale: gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːk̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: kweak

Rime
Character	膕
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	耕 (120)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古獲切
Baxter	kweak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠwɛk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚæk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɐk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwəɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/kuɛk̚/
Wang Li	/kwæk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwæk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwak1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷrɯːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	膕
Reading #	1/1
No.	5565
Phonetic component	或
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	蟈
Old Chinese	/*kʷrɯːɡ/

Definitions

膕

1. knee pit; popliteal fossa

Compounds

• 膕窩／腘窝 (guówō)

 

Japanese

Kanji

膕

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. knee pit

Readings

• Go-on: こく (koku)
• Kan-on: かく (kaku)^{←くわく (kwaku, historical)}
• Kun: ひかがみ (hikagami, 膕)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
膕
ひかがみ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
引屈

Contracted from 引き屈み (hikikagami)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひかがみ [hìkágámí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [çi̥ka̠ɡa̠mʲi]

Noun

膕(ひかがみ) • (hikagami) 

1. a knee pit

   Synonyms: 膝窩 (shikka), 膝膕 (shikkaku)

   Coordinate term: 膝頭 (hizagashira)

Korean

Hanja

膕 • (goek) (hangeul 괵, revised goek)

1. the inside corner or hollow of the knee, elbow, bow, etc.