砉

砉 U+7809, 砉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7809 ← 砈 [U+7808] CJK Unified Ideographs 砊 → [U+780A]

Translingual

Han character

砉 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 手十一口 (QJMR), four-corner 5060₁, composition ⿱丰石)

1. noise of separation of skin from bone

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 828, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24056
• Dae Jaweon: page 1242, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2418, character 13
• Unihan data for U+7809

Chinese

trad.		砉
simp. #		砉
alternative forms		𥒐 硅 𥓩

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
剨	*qʰʷreːɡ
湱	*qʰʷreːɡ, *qʰʷraːɡ
砉	*qʰʷraːɡ, *qʰʷeːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xū, huā, huò (xu¹, hua¹, huo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ, ㄏㄨㄚ, ㄏㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waak⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hok / hoah

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syu
    • Wade–Giles: hsü¹
    • Yale: syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiu
    • Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huā
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hua
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹
    • Yale: hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hua
    • Palladius: хуа (xua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huò
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huò
    • Wade–Giles: huo⁴
    • Yale: hwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoh
    • Palladius: хо (xo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waak⁶
    • Yale: waahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hok
    • Tâi-lô: hok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hog
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoah
    • Tâi-lô: huah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoaq
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /huaʔ³²/

Note: hoah - colloquial (“to whet a knife”).

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• Middle Chinese: xwaek, xwek

Rime
Character	砉	砉
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	陌 (114)	錫 (128)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	II	IV
Fanqie	虎伯切	呼狊切
Baxter	xwaek	xwek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠwæk̚/	/hwek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷᵚak̚/	/hʷek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xuak̚/	/xuɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwaɨjk̚/	/hwɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/xuɐk̚/	/xuek̚/
Wang Li	/xwɐk̚/	/xiwek̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/xwɐk̚/	/xiwek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huo	xu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fak1	hik1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷraːɡ/, /*qʰʷeːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	砉	砉
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13950	13952
Phonetic component	砉	砉
Rime group	鐸	錫
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	謋	𥍟
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷraːɡ/	/*qʰʷeːɡ/

Definitions

砉

1. sound of a thing flying quickly by
2. whoosh
3. cracking sound
4. (Xiamen Hokkien) to whet a knife repeatedly on cloth, leather, stone, etc.

Compounds

• 砉然

 

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B02950

Japanese

Kanji

砉

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. whoosh
2. sound of flaying

Readings

• Go-on: かく (kaku)
• Kan-on: きゃく (kyaku)
• Kan’yō-on: けき (keki)

Compounds

• 砉然(けきぜん) (kekizen): sounding like the flaying of skin