掝

掝 U+639D, 掝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-639D ← 掜 [U+639C] CJK Unified Ideographs 掞 → [U+639E]

Translingual

Han character

掝 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手戈口一 (QIRM), four-corner 5305₀, composition ⿰扌或)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 438, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12269
• Dae Jaweon: page 788, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1892, character 8
• Unihan data for U+639D

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
幗	*kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ
慖	*kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ
簂	*kʷɯːɡs
蔮	*kʷɯːɡs
國	*kʷɯːɡ
或	*ɡʷɯːɡ
惑	*ɡʷɯːɡ
蜮	*ɡʷɯːɡ, *ɢʷrɯɡ
閾	*qʰʷrɯɡ
緎	*qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ
淢	*qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ
域	*ɢʷrɯɡ
罭	*ɢʷrɯɡ
棫	*ɡʷrɯɡ
琙	*ɡʷrɯɡ
魊	*ɡʷrɯɡ
馘	*kʷrɯːɡ
聝	*kʷrɯːɡ
膕	*kʷrɯːɡ
摑	*kʷrɯːɡ
漍	*kʷrɯːɡ
嘓	*kʷrɯːɡ
蟈	*kʷrɯːɡ
掝	*qʰʷrɯːɡ
彧	*qʷrɯɡ
稶	*qʷɯɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʰʷrɯːɡ): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 或 (OC *ɡʷɯːɡ).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		掝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huò (huo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: waak⁶
    • Yale: waahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: xweak

Rime
Character	掝
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	麥 (120)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	呼麥切
Baxter	xweak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠwɛk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷᵚæk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɐk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwəɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/xuɛk̚/
Wang Li	/xwæk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xwæk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fak1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷrɯːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	掝
Reading #	1/1
No.	5571
Phonetic component	或
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	剨
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷrɯːɡ/

Definitions

掝

1. (historical dictionaries only) to crack; to split

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		掝

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xù (xu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syù
    • Wade–Giles: hsü⁴
    • Yale: syù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuh
    • Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kwik¹
    • Yale: kwīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɪk̚⁵/

Definitions

掝

1. (historical dictionaries only) the sound of cracking

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		掝
alternative forms		𠱥 fik

Probably to related to 揈 (fing6, fang6) (Ts'ou, 1979).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fik⁶ / fak⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fik⁶ / fak⁶
    • Yale: fihk / fahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fik⁹ / fak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fig⁶ / feg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɪk̚²/, /fɐk̚²/

Definitions

掝

1. (Cantonese) to swing; to wave

See also

• (Cantonese) 揈 (fing⁶, fang⁶, “to sway; to swing”)