丮

See also: 丸

丮 U+4E2E, 丮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E2E ← 中 [U+4E2D] CJK Unified Ideographs 丯 → [U+4E2F]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

丮 (Kangxi radical 2, 丨+3, 4 strokes, cangjie input 弓手 (NQ), four-corner 1751₀, composition ⿹⺄𰀁)

Derived characters

• 𫢐 𠯎 𫭤 𡖊 𢀜 𫷂 𫷖 𢦚 𬂤 𤜾 𬐙 𬒯 𬓣 𬢠 𬹧 𨑽 𫡖 𫡗 𫡳 𫭳 𬛣 𪜆 𡎐 𡙕 𫤱 𫳶 𬂴 𬐭 𬔧 𦘣 𫊈
• 孰 執 夙 巩 埶 (originally had 丮 as a component)

Descendants

• 丸 (simplification in some characters, such as 孰)

References

• 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

simp. and trad.		丮

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 丮
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Oracle bone script j05354 j05355 j05356 j05357 j05358 j05359 j05360 j05361 j05362 j05363 j05364 j05365 j05366 j05367 Bronze inscriptions b03725 b03726 Small seal script s02137 Transcribed ancient scripts L28604 L28605
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).

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

	Old Chinese
丮	*kraɡ
谻	*kraɡ, *kraɡ

Pictogram (象形) — A person kneeling with their hands stretched out, as if they are holding something.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐ, jí (ji³, ji²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˇ, ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Mainland literary)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chi³
    • Yale: jǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jii
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi²¹⁴/
      
  • (Taiwan literary)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jí
    • Wade–Giles: chi²
    • Yale: jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyi
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: gik¹
    • Yale: gīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kjaek

Rime
Character	丮
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	陌 (115)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	几劇切
Baxter	kjaek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiæk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚiak̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kiak̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kiajk̚/
Li Rong	/kiɐk̚/
Wang Li	/kĭɐk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kiɐk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ji
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gik1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]rak/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kraɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	丮
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jǐ
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	丮
Reading #	1/1
No.	5779
Phonetic component	丮
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	戟
Old Chinese	/*kraɡ/

Definitions

丮

1. to hold

References

• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 61

Japanese

Kanji

丮

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to catch, to get

Readings

• Go-on: きゃく (kyaku)
• Kan-on: けき (keki)
• Kun: もつ (motsu, 丮つ)、とる (toru, 丮る)

Korean

Hanja

丮 (eum 극 (geuk))

1. catch

Vietnamese

Han character

丮: Hán Nôm readings: kịch

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