戄

戄 U+6204, 戄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6204 ← 戃 [U+6203] CJK Unified Ideographs 戅 → [U+6205]

Translingual

Han character

戄 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+20, 23 strokes, cangjie input 心月山水 (PBUE), four-corner 9604₇, composition ⿰忄矍)

1. to be in awe of
2. to fear

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 409, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11515
• Dae Jaweon: page 751, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2372, character 20
• Unihan data for U+6204

Chinese

simp. and trad.		戄

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
钁	*kʷaɡ
攫	*kʷaɡ
矍	*kʷaɡ
躩	*kʷaɡ, *kʰʷaɡ, *kʰʷaɡ
玃	*kʷaɡ
貜	*kʷaɡ, *ɡʷaɡ, *ɡʷaɡ
彏	*kʷaɡ, *qʰʷaɡ
戄	*ɡʷaɡ, *ɡʷaɡ, *qʰʷaɡ
籰	*ɢʷaɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jué (jue²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jué
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyué
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²
    • Yale: jywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyue
    • Palladius: цзюэ (czjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fok³
    • Yale: fok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: fog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːk̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: xjwak, gjwak

Rime
Character	戄	戄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	藥 (108)	藥 (108)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	許縛切	具籰切
Baxter	xjwak	gjwak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hʉɐk̚/	/ɡʉɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷiɐk̚/	/ɡʷiɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xiuɑk̚/	/ɡiuɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/huak̚/	/guak̚/
Li Rong	/xiuak̚/	/ɡiuak̚/
Wang Li	/xĭak̚/	/ɡĭak̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xiwak̚/	/giwak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xue	jué
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fok3	gwok6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷaɡ/, /*qʰʷaɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	戄	戄	戄
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	7272	7274	7277
Phonetic component	矍	矍	矍
Rime group	鐸	鐸	鐸
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	戄	戄	䂄
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷaɡ/	/*ɡʷaɡ/	/*qʰʷaɡ/

Definitions

戄

1. scared; terrified; alarmed
2. panic; alarm
3. to look suddenly
4. to look closely at; to examine closely; to scrutinize

Japanese

Kanji

戄

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to be in awe of
2. to fear

Readings

• On (unclassified): きゃく (kyaku)、しょう (shō)
• Kun: おどろく (odoroku, 戄く)

Korean

Hanja

戄 • (hwak) (hangeul 확, revised hwak, McCune–Reischauer hwak)

1. be surprised
2. confusion