撠

撠 U+64A0, 撠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64A0 ← 撟 [U+649F] CJK Unified Ideographs 撡 → [U+64A1]

Translingual

Han character

撠 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手十十戈 (QJJI), four-corner 5305₀, composition ⿰扌戟)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 455, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12720
• Dae Jaweon: page 804, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1954, character 4
• Unihan data for U+64A0

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
戟	*kraɡ
撠	*kraɡ

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		撠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐ (ji³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gik¹

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

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• Middle Chinese: kjaek

Rime
Character	撠
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

  (Zhengzhang): /*kraɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	撠
Reading #	1/1
No.	5808
Phonetic component	戟
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	戟
Old Chinese	/*kraɡ/
Notes	見史記

Definitions

撠

1. (obsolete) to catch, to grasp
2. (obsolete) to touch

Compounds

• 搏撠
• 撠掖

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		撠
alternative forms		棘 𠽤 kick Hong Kong Cantonese 𢲈

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kik¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kik¹
    • Yale: kīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: kig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɪk̚⁵/

Definitions

撠 (Cantonese)

1. (ergative) to stumble; to trip over

   小心撠嚫／小心撠𰈍 [Cantonese]  ―  siu² sam¹ kik¹ can¹ [Jyutping]  ―  be careful of tripping over

   你伸隻腳出嚟想撠死人咩！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你伸只脚出嚟想撠死人咩！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ san¹ zek³ goek³ ceot¹ lei⁴ soeng² kik¹ sei² jan⁴ me¹! [Jyutping]

   Are you trying to trip someone by sticking your leg out!

2. to be stuck; to be trapped
3. (figuratively) to encounter difficulties; to get stuck
4. stuttery

   佢講嘢好撠。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢讲嘢好撠。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ gong² je⁵ hou² kik¹. [Jyutping]

   His speech is full of stutters and pauses.

5. troublesome; with difficulties or obstacles

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 揢 (kak1, “to obstruct”)

Compounds

• 惡撠 / 恶撠
• 撠嚫 / 撠𰈍
• 撠手
• 撠手撠腳 / 撠手撠脚
• 撠腳 / 撠脚

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		撠
alternative forms		揭

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): giah / kiah

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giah
    • Tâi-lô: giah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giaq
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɡiaʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiah
    • Tâi-lô: kiah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiaq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiaʔ³²/

Definitions

撠

1. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to pick out; to pluck out
2. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to expose; to uncover; to reveal; to unmask

Synonyms

• (to pick out): 挑 (tiāo), 撥／拨 (bō)
• (to expose):

edit

• 宣洩 / 宣泄 (xuānxiè)
• 戳破 (chuōpò)
• 戳穿 (chuōchuān)
• 抖 (dǒu)
• 抖落 (dǒuluò)
• 拓破 (Hokkien)
• 拆破 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 捅
• 揭
• 揭發 / 揭发 (jiēfā)
• 揭穿 (jiēchuān)
• 揭露 (jiēlù)
• 㨴 (kin²) (Cantonese)
• 撞破 (zhuàngpò)
• 泄露 (xièlù)
• 洩漏 / 泄漏 (xièlòu)
• 洩露 / 泄露 (xièlù)
• 流露 (liúlù)
• 浮泛 (fúfàn)
• 漏 (lòu)
• 漏洩 / 漏泄 (lòuxiè)
• 破 (pò) (literary, or in compounds)
• 篤爆 / 笃爆 (duk¹ baau³) (Cantonese)
• 篤穿 / 笃穿 (duk¹ cyun¹) (Cantonese)
• 說破 / 说破 (shuōpò)
• 說穿 / 说穿 (shuōchuān)
• 講破 / 讲破 (Hokkien)
• 講穿 / 讲穿 (gan³ qyenn¹) (Xiang, Cantonese)
• 走 (zǒu)
• 走漏 (zǒulòu)
• 踢爆 (tek³ baau³) (Cantonese)
• 透露 (tòulù)
• 道破 (dàopò)
• 點破 / 点破 (diǎnpò)
• 點聊 / 点聊 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)

Compounds

• 撠刺
• 撠䉔 / 撠𱸐
• 鞋撠 (ôe-kiah)