See also:
U+4E2E, 丮
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E2E

[U+4E2D]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4E2F]

Translingual edit

Stroke order
 

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 2, +3, 4 strokes, cangjie input 弓手 (NQ), four-corner 17510, composition 𰀁)

Derived characters edit

Descendants edit

  • (simplification in some characters, such as )

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 79, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 74
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 51, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+4E2E

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
       





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).

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (115)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter kjaek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠiæk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚiak̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiak̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kiajk̚/
Li
Rong
/kiɐk̚/
Wang
Li
/kĭɐk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kiɐk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ji
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gik1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ kjæk ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]rak/
English grasp

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. 5779
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kraɡ/

Definitions edit

  1. to hold

References edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. to catch, to get

Readings edit

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(eum (geuk))

  1. catch

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: kịch

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