䯊

䯊

䯊 U+4BCA, 䯊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4BCA ← 䯉 [U+4BC9] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 䯋 → [U+4BCB]

Translingual

Han character

䯊 (Kangxi radical 188, 骨+5, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月月一弓口 (BBMNR), composition ⿰骨可)

References

• KangXi: page 1448, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4409, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4BCA

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Chinese

trad.		䯊
simp. #		䯊

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 骨 (“bone”) + phonetic 可 (OC *kʰaːlʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qià, kē (qia⁴, ke¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄚˋ, ㄎㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kaa³, o¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qià
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cià
    • Wade–Giles: chʻia⁴
    • Yale: chyà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiah
    • Palladius: ця (cja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰjä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kē
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ke
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo¹
    • Yale: kē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ke
    • Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kaa³, o¹
    • Yale: ka, ō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kaa³, o¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ka³, o¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaː³³/, /ɔː⁵⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰɑ/

Rime
Character	䯊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦何切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰa/
Li Rong	/kʰɑ/
Wang Li	/kʰɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kē
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ho1

Definitions

䯊

1. pelvis
2. bone stuck in the throat
3. kneecap, patella
4. the five lowest pieces of bone of the spinal column

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Japanese

Kanji

䯊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: こ (ko)
• Kun: かわら (kawara)

Definitions

Kanji in this term
䯊
かわら Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 䯊 – see the following entry.

【骨かわら】6 [noun] (archaic, rare) a bone, particularly a covering bone such as a skull or kneecap

(This term, 䯊, is an alternative (rare) spelling of the above term.)