觳

觳 U+89F3, 觳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-89F3 ← 觲 [U+89F2] CJK Unified Ideographs 觴 → [U+89F4]

Translingual

Han character

觳 (Kangxi radical 148, 角+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 土月竹弓水 (GBHNE), four-corner 4724₇, composition ⿹𣪊角)

1. an ancient measuring tool

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1144, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35144
• Dae Jaweon: page 1611, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 8 (in addendum), page 28, character 5
• Unihan data for U+89F3

Chinese

trad.		觳
simp. #		觳

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
彀	*koːɡs
鷇	*kʰoːɡs
瞉	*kʰoːɡs
豰	*pɢroːɡ, *qʰoːɡ
瑴	*kroːɡ, *koːɡ
愨	*kʰroːɡ
殼	*kʰroːɡ
觳	*kʰroːɡ, *ɡoːɡ
嗀	*qʰroːɡ, *qʰoːɡ
穀	*kloːɡ
糓	*kloːɡ
轂	*kloːɡ
榖	*kloːɡ
瀔	*koːɡ
縠	*ɡloːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hú (hu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): huk⁶ / kok³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hú
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hú
    • Wade–Giles: hu²
    • Yale: hú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwu
    • Palladius: ху (xu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: huk⁶ / kok³
    • Yale: huhk / kok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: huk⁹ / kok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: hug⁶ / kog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊk̚²/, /kʰɔːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khok
    • Tâi-lô: khok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qog
    • IPA (Philippines): /kʰɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰɔk̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: huwk, khaewk

Rime
Character	觳	觳
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	屋 (3)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	胡谷切	苦角切
Baxter	huwk	khaewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuk̚/	/kʰˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuk̚/	/kʰᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuk̚/	/kʰɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəwk̚/	/kʰaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/ɣuk̚/	/kʰɔk̚/
Wang Li	/ɣuk̚/	/kʰɔk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣuk̚/	/kʰɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hú	que
Expected Cantonese Reflex	huk6	hok3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰroːɡ/, /*ɡoːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	觳	觳
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7420	7430
Phonetic component	殻	殻
Rime group	屋	屋
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	㱿	縠
Old Chinese	/*kʰroːɡ/	/*ɡoːɡ/

Definitions

觳

1. (Hokkien) small container cup for rice or liquid

   Synonyms: 杯 (bēi), 觳仔

2. (Hokkien) small box

   Synonyms: 盒 (hé), 盒子 (hézi)

3. (Hokkien) Classifier for volume of a measuring cup.

   Synonym: 杯 (bēi)

Compounds

• 儉觳／俭觳
• 紙觳仔／纸觳仔
• 觳仔
• 觳觫 (húsù)
• 觳觫伏罪

 

References

• “觳”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

觳

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. an ancient measure

Readings

• Go-on: ごく (goku)
• Kan-on: こく (koku)

Compounds

Compounds

• 觳觫(こくそく) (kokusoku): fearing for one's life

Korean

Hanja

觳 (eum 곡 (gok))

1. horn chalice
2. horse
3. arrowhead
4. compare, measure
5. exhaust