U+67EF, 柯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-67EF

[U+67EE]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+67F0]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 75, +5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 木一弓口 (DMNR), four-corner 41920, composition )

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 520, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14658
  • Dae Jaweon: page 908, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1178, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+67EF

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.
alternative forms ancient

Glyph origin edit

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

Etymology edit

Same word as (OC *kaːl, “mooring post for a boat”) and related to (OC *kʰaːl, *kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls, “a pair of wheels upon an axle tree”); perhaps related to (OC *kaːns, “stem, support”) but distinct from 竿 (OC *kaːn, “pole”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation edit


Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Note:
  • koa - vernacular (surname);
  • kho - literary.
Note:
  • gua1 - vernacular (surname);
  • ko1 - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (94)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter ka
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ka/
Li
Rong
/kɑ/
Wang
Li
/kɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
go1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ ka ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]ˁar/
English axe-handle

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. 7433
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kaːl/

Definitions edit

  1. (literary) axe handle
  2. (literary) stalk; branch
  3. a surname
      ―  Wénzhé  ―  Ko Wen-je, incumbent mayor of Taipei
  4. Short for 柯爾克孜柯尔克孜 (kē'ěrkèzī, “Kyrgyz (the people, language, etc.)”).
  5. Lithocarpus; stone oak

Descendants edit

  • English: Ke, Ko, Or, Quah, Qua, Kuah, Kua, Kwa
  • Tagalog: Cua (via Hokkien)

Compounds edit

References edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings edit

  • Go-on: (ka)
  • Kan-on: (ka)
  • Kun: (e, )

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(ga) (hangeul , revised ga, McCune–Reischauer ka, Yale ka)

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: kha

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References edit