劋

See also: 𠟯

劋 U+528B, 劋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-528B ← 劊 [U+528A] CJK Unified Ideographs 劌 → [U+528C]

Translingual

Han character

劋 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口木中弓 (RDLN) or 難口木中弓 (XRDLN), four-corner 6290₀, composition ⿰喿刂)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 144, character 43
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2226
• Dae Jaweon: page 326, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 358, character 7
• Unihan data for U+528B

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 劋
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
藻	*ʔsaːwʔ
澡	*ʔslaːwʔ
璪	*ʔsaːwʔ
繰	*ʔsaːwʔ, *saːw, *sʰaw
躁	*ʔsaːws
趮	*ʔsaːws
操	*sʰaːw, *sʰaːws
幧	*sʰaːw, *sʰaw
懆	*sʰaːwʔ
鄵	*sʰaːws
鐰	*zaːw, *sʰaw
臊	*saːw, *saːws
鱢	*saːw
燥	*saːwʔ, *saːws
噪	*saːws
髞	*saːws
喿	*saːws
譟	*saːws
劋	*ʔsawʔ, *ʔseːwʔ
橾	*soːwʔ, *srow

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsawʔ, *ʔseːwʔ): phonetic 喿 (OC *saːws) + semantic 刂 (“knife”).

Etymology 1

trad.		劋
simp. #		劋
alternative forms		𠟯 𠟘 剼／𱐠

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎo (jiao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chiao³
    • Yale: jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeau
    • Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ziu²
    • Yale: jíu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dziu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jiu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsewX

Rime
Character	劋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	子了切
Baxter	tsewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡seuX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡seuX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡seuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɛwX/
Li Rong	/t͡seuX/
Wang Li	/t͡sieuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sieuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ziu2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsawʔ/, /*ʔseːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	劋	劋
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	16590	16591
Phonetic component	喿	喿
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	𠞰	湫
Old Chinese	/*ʔsawʔ/	/*ʔseːwʔ/
Notes	同剿説文作劋

Definitions

劋

1. Original form of 剿 (jiǎo).
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to cut off; to sever

   alt. forms: 剿

Compounds

• 屠劋

Etymology 2

trad.		劋
simp. #		劋
alternative forms		𠟯

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǎo (zao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tsao³
    • Yale: dzǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzao
    • Palladius: цзао (czao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

Definitions

劋

1. (Classical, dialectal) cunning, crafty

   Synonyms: 獪 / 狯 (kuài), 蹶

References

• 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “劋”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00244

Japanese

Kanji

劋

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): っよう (yyō)、そう (sō)
• Kun: かすめとる (kasumetoru, 劋る)、たつ (tatsu, 劋つ)、ほろぼす (horobosu, 劋ぼす)

Korean

Hanja

劋 • (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune–Reischauer cho)

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