丮

See also: 丸

丮	U+4E2E, 丮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E2E

← 中
[U+4E2D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

丯 →
[U+4E2F]

Translingual

Han character

丮 (radical 2, 丨+3, 4 strokes, cangjie input 弓手 (NQ), four-corner 1751₀, composition ⿹⺄⿻二丨)

Derived characters

孰執夙

Descendants

丸 (simplification in some characters, such as 孰)

References

KangXi: page 79, character 6
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 74
Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 51, character 7
Unihan data for U+4E2E

Chinese

simp. and trad.		丮

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 丮

Shang

Western Zhou

Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)

Liushutong (compiled in Ming)

Oracle bone script

Bronze inscriptions

Small seal script

Transcribed ancient scripts

**Oracle bone script**
j05354	j05355	j05356	j05357	j05358	j05359	j05360	j05361
j05362	j05363	j05364	j05365	j05366	j05367

**Bronze inscriptions**
b03725	b03726

**Small seal script**
s02137

**Transcribed ancient scripts**
L28604	L28605

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (丮) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
丮	*kraɡ
谻	kraɡ, kraɡ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jǐ, jí (ji³, ji²)
(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˇ, ㄐㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gik¹

Mandarin
- (Mainland literary)⁺
  - Pinyin: jǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˇ
  - Wade–Giles: chih³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jii
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi²¹⁴/
- (Taiwan literary)⁺
  - Pinyin: jí
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ
  - Wade–Giles: chih²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyi
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gik¹
  - Yale: gīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: gig¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kɪk̚⁵/

Middle Chinese: /kˠiæk̚/▼

Rime
Character	丮
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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiæk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚiak̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kiak̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kiajk̚/
Li Rong	/kiɐk̚/
Wang Li	/kĭɐk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kiɐk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ji

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]rak/
(Zhengzhang): /*kraɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	丮
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ kjæk ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]rak/
English	grasp
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	丮
Reading #	1/1
No.	5779
Phonetic component	丮
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	戟
Old Chinese	/*kraɡ/

Definitions

丮

to hold

References

(Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 61

Japanese

Kanji

丮

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

to catch, to get

Readings

Go-on: きゃく (kyaku)
Kan-on: けき (keki)
Kun: もつ (motsu, 丮つ); とる (toru, 丮る)

Korean

Hanja

丮 (eum 극 (geuk))

catch

Vietnamese

Han character

丮: Hán Nôm readings: kịch

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