U+4E02, 丂
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E02

[U+4E01]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4E03]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 1, +1, 2 strokes, cangjie input 一女尸 (MVS), four-corner 10207, composition )

Derived characters edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 75, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 4, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+4E02

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Spring and Autumn Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming) Kangxi Dictionary (compiled in Qing)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts Ming typeface
           




References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (29)
Final () (89)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter khawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰɑuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰɑuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰɑuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰawX/
Li
Rong
/kʰɑuX/
Wang
Li
/kʰɑuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰɑuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hou2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
kǎo
Middle
Chinese
‹ khawX ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.qʰˁuʔ/ (Shuōwén; no pre-Qín exx.)
English to sob

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. 7402
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰluːʔ/
Notes

Definitions edit

  1. the look of air which is to be released

Etymology 2 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of – see .
(This character is an ancient variant form of ).

Etymology 3 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to examine; to check; to study; to investigate; etc.”).
(This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as a variant form of ).

References edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. obstruction of breath

Readings edit

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(eumhun 공교할 (gonggyohal gyo))

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

Readings edit