彠

See also: 彟

彠 U+5F60, 彠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F60 ← 彟 [U+5F5F] CJK Unified Ideographs 彡 → [U+5F61]

Translingual

Han character

彠 (Kangxi radical 58, 彐+23, 26 strokes, cangjie input 尸戈廿人水 (SITOE), composition ⿰尋蒦)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 362, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9960
• Dae Jaweon: page 681, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 963, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5F60

Chinese

trad.		彠
simp.		彟
alternative forms		蒦 矱

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
檴	*ɢʷraːɡs, *ɢʷaːɡ
鱯	*ɢʷraːɡs, *ɢʷraːɡ
護	*ɢʷraːɡs
頀	*ɢʷraːɡs
濩	*ɢʷraːɡs, *ɢʷaːɡ, *qʷraːɡ
韄	*ɢʷraːɡs
鳠	*ɢʷraːɡs
擭	*ɢʷaːɡs, *ɢʷaːɡ, *qʷraːɡ
瓁	*ŋɢʷaːɡ
劐	*qʰʷaːɡ
穫	*ɢʷaːɡ
鑊	*ɢʷaːɡ
矆	*qʰʷaɡ
鸌	*qʷaːɡ
雘	*qʷaːɡ
蠖	*qʷaːɡ
臒	*qʷaːɡ, *qʷaɡ
嬳	*qʷaːɡ, *qʷaɡ
彠	*qʷaɡ, *qʷraːɡ, *ɢʷraːɡ
嚄	*ɢʷraːɡ
獲	*ɢʷraːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʷaɡ, *qʷraːɡ, *ɢʷraːɡ): semantic 尋 (“unit of length”) + phonetic 蒦.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuē, huò, wò (yue¹, huo⁴, wo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝ, ㄏㄨㄛˋ, ㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wok⁶ / wok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuē
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yue
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh¹
    • Yale: ywē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iue
    • Palladius: юэ (jue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huò
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huò
    • Wade–Giles: huo⁴
    • Yale: hwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoh
    • Palladius: хо (xo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wò
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wò
    • Wade–Giles: wo⁴
    • Yale: wò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woh
    • Palladius: во (vo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wok⁶ / wok³
    • Yale: wohk / wok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wok⁹ / wok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: wog⁶ / wog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːk̚²/, /wɔːk̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jwak, 'jwaek, hweak

Rime
Character	彠	彠	彠
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	藥 (108)	陌 (116)	麥 (120)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III	II
Fanqie	憂縛切	一虢切	胡麥切
Baxter	'jwak	'jwaek	hweak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʉɐk̚/	/ʔˠwiæk̚/	/ɦˠwɛk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷiɐk̚/	/ʔʷᵚiak̚/	/ɦʷᵚæk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuɑk̚/	/ʔiuak̚/	/ɣuɐk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuak̚/	/ʔwiajk̚/	/ɦwəɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/ʔiuak̚/	/ʔiuɐk̚/	/ɣuɛk̚/
Wang Li	/ĭak̚/	/ĭwɐk̚/	/ɣwæk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔiwak̚/	/ʔiwɐk̚/	/ɣwæk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yue	yu	huó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wok3	wik1	wak6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʷaɡ/, /*qʷraːɡ/, /*ɢʷraːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	彠	彠	彠
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	5596	5601	5604
Phonetic component	蒦	蒦	蒦
Rime group	鐸	鐸	鐸
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	嬳	擭	獲
Old Chinese	/*qʷaɡ/	/*qʷraːɡ/	/*ɢʷraːɡ/

Definitions

彠

1. (archaic) measure; standard; criterion; rule; law

   alt. forms: 矱 (yuē)

2. (archaic) to measure; to weigh

Compounds

• 彠矩 / 彟矩
• 榘彠 / 榘彟
• 矩彠 / 矩彟
• 規彠 / 规彟

References

• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (粵拼資料庫)

Japanese

Kanji

彠

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): かく (kaku)、わく (waku)、きゃく (kyaku)、やく (yaku)
• Kun: はかる (hakaru)