核

See also: 覈

核	U+6838, 核 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6838

← 样
[U+6837]

CJK Unified Ideographs

根 →
[U+6839]

Translingual

Han character

核 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 木卜女人 (DYVO), four-corner 4098₂, composition ⿰木亥)

Derived characters

𫈺

Related characters

覈 (Variant form in mainland China)

References

KangXi: page 524, character 4
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14743
Dae Jaweon: page 912, character 7
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1206, character 4
Unihan data for U+6838

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
該	*kɯː
垓	*kɯː
賅	*kɯː
陔	*kɯː
豥	kɯː, ɡɯː
荄	kɯː, krɯː
郂	*kɯː
姟	*kɯː
絯	kɯː, ɡrɯːʔ
晐	*kɯː
峐	*kɯː
侅	kɯː, kʰɯː, ɡɯːʔ, ɡrɯːʔ
胲	*kɯː
頦	kɯːʔ, ɡɯː
奒	*kʰɯː
輆	*kʰɯːʔ
欬	kʰɯːɡs, qraːds
硋	*ŋɡɯːɡs
閡	*ŋɡɯːɡs
咳	qʰɯː, ɡɯː
孩	*ɡɯː
亥	*ɡɯːʔ
劾	ɡɯːɡs, kʰrɯːɡs, *ɡɯːɡ
痎	*krɯː
烗	*kʰrɯːɡs
骸	*ɡrɯː
駭	*ɡrɯːʔ
刻	*kʰɯːɡ
餩	*qɯːɡ
核	ɡuːd, ɡrɯːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡuːd, *ɡrɯːɡ) : semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 亥 (OC *ɡɯːʔ) – a kind of tree. Modern meanings are borrowed.

Etymology 1

The definitions related to “to examine” come from the “kernel” sense, i.e. “to go to the core” (Schuessler, 2007).

Generally thought to be of Sino-Tibetan origin. It has been compared to Tibetan རག་ཙེ (rag tse), Karbi rak (Gong, 2002; Schuessler, 2007). However, Hill (2012) rejects the connection to the Tibetan word because most words ending with ཙེ (tse) are loanwords from Chinese words ending with the 子 suffix.

Smith (2011) groups this word with the following terms into a word family meaning “root, germ, generative core”:

荄 (OC *kɯː, “grassroot”) and its derivative 根 (OC *kɯːn, “root”),
骸 (OC *ɡrɯː, “(human) bones”) (also noted by Schuessler, 2007),
孩 (OC *ɡɯː, “child”),
亥 (OC *ɡɯːʔ, “sprouting stage”), i.e. "the moon’s first appearance" > "twelfth earthly branch".

Pronunciation 1

simp. and trad.		核
alternative forms		𣝗

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): hé, hú (he², hu²)
(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ, ㄏㄨˊ
(Chengdu, SP): he²
Cantonese (Jyutping): wat⁶, hat⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): fu̍t / ha̍k / het
(Meixian, Guangdong): hag⁶
Jin (Wiktionary): heh⁵ / geh⁵
Min Dong (BUC): hŏk
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): hu̍t / ha̍t / he̍k / hia̍k
(Teochew, Peng'im): hêg⁴ / hug⁸
Wu (Wiktionary): hheq (T5); ngeq (T5); hhueq (T5)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hé
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hé
  - Wade–Giles: ho²
  - Yale: hé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her
  - Palladius: хэ (xɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (核兒／核儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hér
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hér
  - Wade–Giles: hêrh²
  - Yale: hér
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her'l
  - Palladius: хэр (xɛr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤɻ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, colloquial variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hú
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hú
  - Wade–Giles: hu²
  - Yale: hú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwu
  - Palladius: ху (xu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (核兒／核儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: húr
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: húr
  - Wade–Giles: hurh²
  - Yale: húr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwul
  - Palladius: хур (xur)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuɻʷ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: he²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xe
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɛ²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wat⁶, hat⁶
  - Yale: waht, haht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wat⁹, hat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wed⁶, hed⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐt̚²/, /hɐt̚²/

Note:

wat6 - “seed; kernel”;
hat6 - “nucleus; nuclear”.

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fu̍t / ha̍k / het
  - Hakka Romanization System: fud / hag / hed`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fud⁶ / hag⁶ / hed⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /fut̚⁵/, /hak̚⁵/, /het̚²/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: hag⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /hak̚⁵/

Note:

fu̍t - “seed; kernel”;
ha̍k - only in 核卵.

Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: heh⁵ / geh⁵
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /xəʔ⁵⁴/, /kəʔ⁵⁴/

Note: geh5 - used in 核桃.

Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hŏk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /houʔ⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t
  - Tâi-lô: hu̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hut
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hut̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hut̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hut̚¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha̍t
  - Tâi-lô: ha̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hat
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hat̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hat̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hat̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: he̍k
  - Tâi-lô: hi̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hek
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hiɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪk̚¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hia̍k
  - Tâi-lô: hia̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiak
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiak̚²⁴/

Note:

hu̍t - vernacular (“seed”);
ha̍t - vernacular (“swelling in the lymph glands”);
he̍k/hia̍k - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hêg⁴ / hug⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hek / hu̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hek̚²/, /huk̚⁴/

Note: hug8 - “seed”.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: hheq (T5); ngeq (T5); hhueq (T5)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɦəʔ¹²/, /ŋəʔ¹²/, /ɦɯə̯ʔ¹²/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 核
Mandarin	Beijing	/xɤ³⁵/
	Harbin	/xɤ²⁴/
	Tianjin	/xɤ⁴⁵/ ～算 /xu⁴⁵/ 棗～兒
	Jinan	/xə⁴²/
	Qingdao	/xɛ⁴²/ ～心 /xuə⁴²/ ～桃
	Zhengzhou	/xai⁴²/
	Xi'an	/xai²¹/ ～算 /xu²⁴/ 桃～儿
	Xining	/xɛ⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/xa¹³/ ～算 /xɛ¹³/ ～算 /xə¹³/ ～算 /xɯ¹³/ ～桃
	Lanzhou	/xə⁵³/ /xu⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/xɤ⁵¹/ /xu⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/xɤ²¹³/
	Chengdu	/xe³¹/
	Guiyang	/xɛ²¹/
	Kunming	/xə³¹/
	Nanjing	/xəʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/xɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/xəʔ²/ ～算 /kəʔ⁵⁴/ ～桃
	Pingyao	/kʌʔ⁵³/ ～桃 /kʰʌʔ¹³/ 審～
	Hohhot	/xaʔ⁴³/ ～算 /xu³¹/ 棗～子
Wu	Shanghai	/ɦəʔ¹/ /ŋəʔ¹/ /ɦuəʔ¹/
	Suzhou	/ŋəʔ³/
	Hangzhou	/ɦɑʔ²/
	Wenzhou	/jy²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/xɛʔ²¹/ ～對 /xɛ²²/ 山～桃
Hui	Tunxi	/xə¹¹/ /uən²⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/xə²⁴/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/hæ²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/hɛʔ²/
Hakka	Meixian	/hak̚⁵/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/het̚²²/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/hɐt̚²/ ～對 /wɐt̚²/ 桃～
	Nanning	/wɐt̚²²/
	Hong Kong	/hɐt̚²/ ～對 /wɐt̚²/ 桃～
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/hik̚⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/houʔ⁵/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/xo⁴⁴/ 名 /xɛ²⁴/ 動
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/hek̚²/ /huk̚⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/hut̚⁵/

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤ<r>ək/
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡuːd/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	核
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hé
Middle Chinese	‹ hɛk ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ˁ<r>ək/
English	kernel fruit; scrutinize
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	核
Reading #	1/2
No.	4334
Phonetic component	骨
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	搰
Old Chinese	/*ɡuːd/
Notes	𣝗字訓讀

Definitions

核

seed; pit; stone; kernel; core; nut (Classifier: 粒 c)
𦧲返啲核出嚟 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
From:
loe¹ faan¹ di¹ wat⁶ ceot¹ lai⁴ [Jyutping]
spit the seeds/pits back out
(computing) -core
See also: 核心
4核 ― 4-hé ― quad-core
(physics, chemistry, biology) nucleus
(physics) nuclear
(mathematics, algebra, linear algebra) kernel

Synonyms

(seed): (Sichuan) 核核兒／核核儿

Pronunciation 2

simp. and trad.		核
alternative forms		覈

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): hé (he²)
(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ
(Chengdu, SP): he²
Cantonese (Jyutping): hat⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): het
Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): hug⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hé
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hé
  - Wade–Giles: ho²
  - Yale: hé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her
  - Palladius: хэ (xɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: he²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xe
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɛ²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hat⁶
  - Yale: haht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hed⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐt̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: het
  - Hakka Romanization System: hed`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hed⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /het̚²/
Min Nan
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hug⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hu̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huk̚⁴/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 核
Mandarin	Beijing	/xɤ³⁵/
	Harbin	/xɤ²⁴/
	Tianjin	/xɤ⁴⁵/ ～算 /xu⁴⁵/ 棗～兒
	Jinan	/xə⁴²/
	Qingdao	/xɛ⁴²/ ～心 /xuə⁴²/ ～桃
	Zhengzhou	/xai⁴²/
	Xi'an	/xai²¹/ ～算 /xu²⁴/ 桃～儿
	Xining	/xɛ⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/xa¹³/ ～算 /xɛ¹³/ ～算 /xə¹³/ ～算 /xɯ¹³/ ～桃
	Lanzhou	/xə⁵³/ /xu⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/xɤ⁵¹/ /xu⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/xɤ²¹³/
	Chengdu	/xe³¹/
	Guiyang	/xɛ²¹/
	Kunming	/xə³¹/
	Nanjing	/xəʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/xɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/xəʔ²/ ～算 /kəʔ⁵⁴/ ～桃
	Pingyao	/kʌʔ⁵³/ ～桃 /kʰʌʔ¹³/ 審～
	Hohhot	/xaʔ⁴³/ ～算 /xu³¹/ 棗～子
Wu	Shanghai	/ɦəʔ¹/ /ŋəʔ¹/ /ɦuəʔ¹/
	Suzhou	/ŋəʔ³/
	Hangzhou	/ɦɑʔ²/
	Wenzhou	/jy²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/xɛʔ²¹/ ～對 /xɛ²²/ 山～桃
Hui	Tunxi	/xə¹¹/ /uən²⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/xə²⁴/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/hæ²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/hɛʔ²/
Hakka	Meixian	/hak̚⁵/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/het̚²²/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/hɐt̚²/ ～對 /wɐt̚²/ 桃～
	Nanning	/wɐt̚²²/
	Hong Kong	/hɐt̚²/ ～對 /wɐt̚²/ 桃～
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/hik̚⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/houʔ⁵/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/xo⁴⁴/ 名 /xɛ²⁴/ 動
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/hek̚²/ /huk̚⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/hut̚⁵/

Middle Chinese: /ɦˠɛk̚/

Rime
Character	核
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	耕 (119)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	下革切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠɛk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚæk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɐk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/ɣɛk̚/
Wang Li	/ɣæk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣæk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hé
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hak⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤ<r>ək/
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡrɯːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	核
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hé
Middle Chinese	‹ hɛk ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ˁ<r>ək/
English	kernel fruit; scrutinize
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	核
Reading #	2/2
No.	4843
Phonetic component	亥
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	覈
Old Chinese	/*ɡrɯːɡ/

Definitions

核

to examine; to check; to verify
rigorous; detailed; reliable

Usage notes

In mainland China, 覈 is considered a variant form (異體字／异体字) of 核 that is simplified to 核.

Compounds

Derived terms from 核

卵核
原子核 (yuánzǐhé)
反核 (fǎnhé)
地下核爆
基底核 (jīdǐhé)
察核
山核桃 (shānhétao)
果核 (guǒhé)
查核 (cháhé)
核仁 (hérén)
核分裂 (héfēnliè)
核力 (hélì)
核可
核四
核型 (héxíng)
核子 (hézǐ)
核子作用
核子分裂
核子力
核子武器 (hézǐ wǔqì)
核子燃料
核子能
核定 (hédìng)
核心 (héxīn)
核心分子
核心家庭 (héxīn jiātíng)
核批
核果 (héguǒ)
核查 (héchá)
核桃 (hétao)
核武器 (héwǔqì)
核派
核燃料 (héránliào)
核爆 (hébào)
核磁共振 (hécí gòngzhèn)
核示
核算 (hésuàn)
核糖核酸 (hétánghésuān)
核能 (hénéng)
核膜 (hémó)
核苷 (hégān)
核苷酸 (hégānsuān)

核蛋白 (hédànbái)
核融合 (hérónghé)
核覆
核酸 (hésuān)
桃核雕
海核 (Hǎihé)
煤核
痔核
稽核 (jīhé)
精核 (jīnghé)
考核 (kǎohé)
菌核
覆核 (fùhé)
麻核桃
核准 (hézhǔn)
內核／内核 (nèihé)
剋核／克核
地下核試／地下核试
審核／审核 (shěnhé)
杏核兒／杏核儿
核傘／核伞
核備／核备
核化學／核化学 (héhuàxué)
核半徑／核半径
核反應／核反应 (héfǎnyìng)
核反應器／核反应器
核塵／核尘
核子反應／核子反应
核子戰爭／核子战争 (hézǐ zhànzhēng)
核子戰略／核子战略
核子試爆／核子试爆
核子試驗／核子试验
核子醫學／核子医学
核子防護／核子防护
核實／核实 (héshí)
核對／核对 (héduì)
核廢料／核废料 (héfèiliào)
核彈頭／核弹头 (hédàntóu)
核心區／核心区
核汙染／核污染
核減／核减 (héjiǎn)

核潛艇／核潜艇 (héqiántǐng)
核物理學／核物理学 (héwùlǐxué)
核發／核发
核糖體／核糖体 (hétángtǐ)
核能廢料／核能废料
核能潛艇／核能潜艇
核能發電／核能发电
核能電廠／核能电厂
核裝置／核装置
核計／核计 (héjì)
核辦／核办
核銷／核销
核閱／核阅
核電／核电 (hédiàn)
核電廠／核电厂 (hédiànchǎng)
核黃疸／核黄疸
核黃素／核黄素 (héhuángsù)
棗核臉／枣核脸
殽核／淆核
無核／无核
熱核反應／热核反应
簡核／简核
細胞核／细胞核 (xìbāohé)
結核／结核 (jiéhé)
結核病／结核病 (jiéhébìng)
結核菌／结核菌
統核／统核
經濟核算／经济核算 (jīngjì hésuàn)
綜核／综核
綜核名實／综核名实
肺結核／肺结核 (fèijiéhé)
腎結核／肾结核
腸結核／肠结核
複核／复核 (fùhé)
賣李鑽核／卖李钻核
鑒核／鉴核 (jiànhé)
鑒核備查／鉴核备查
陰核／阴核 (yīnhé)
雙核都市／双核都市
非核武區／非核武区
骨結核／骨结核

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		核

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gāi (gai¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄍㄞ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gāi
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄞ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gai
  - Wade–Giles: kai¹
  - Yale: gāi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gai
  - Palladius: гай (gaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaɪ̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

核

a kind of tree
Alternative form of 荄 (gāi).

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		核

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kài (kai⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄎㄞˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kài
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kài
  - Wade–Giles: kʻai⁴
  - Yale: kài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kay
  - Palladius: кай (kaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵¹/

Definitions

核

eaves of a house

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01911
“核”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

核

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

Go-on: ぎゃく (gyaku)
Kan-on: かく (kaku, Jōyō)
Kun: さね (sane, 核)

Compounds

核心(かくしん) (kakushin)
核開発(かくかいはつ) (kakukaihatsu): nuclear development
核拡散(かくかくさん) (kakukakusan): nuclear proliferation
核家族(かくかぞく) (kakukazoku): nuclear family
核攻撃(かくこうげき) (kakukōgeki): nuclear attack
核(かく)実(じっ)験(けん) (kakujikken): nuclear test
核戦争(かくせんそう) (kakusensō)
核燃料(かくねんりょう) (kakunenryō)
核分裂(かくぶんれつ) (kakubunretsu)
核(かく)兵(へい)器(き) (kakuheiki): nuclear weapon
核(かく　)エネルギー (kaku enerugī): nuclear energy
核(かく　)シェルター (kaku sherutā): nuclear bomb shelter
外核(がいかく) (gaikaku): (geology) outer core (of Earth)
中核(ちゅうかく) (chūkaku)
内核(ないかく) (naikaku): (geology) inner core (of Earth)
反核(はんかく) (hankaku): anti-nuclear
非核(ひかく) (hikaku): non-nuclear
原(げん)子(し)核(かく) (genshikaku): (physics) atomic nucleus
細(さい)胞(ぼう)核(かく) (saibōkaku): (biology) cell nucleus
尾(び)状(じょう)核(かく) (bijōkaku): (neuroanatomy) caudate nucleus
扁(へん)桃(とう)核(かく) (hentōkaku): (neuroanatomy) amygdala

Pronunciation

Kanji in this term
核
かく Grade: S
on’yomi

On’yomi: Kan’on

(Tokyo) かく [káꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
(Tokyo) かく [kàkúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1]
IPA^(key): [ka̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

核(かく) • (kaku)

atomic nucleus
(algebra) kernel
(astronomy) core, nucleus
cell nucleus

Synonyms

(atomic nucleus): 原(げん)子(し)核(かく) (genshikaku)
(cell nucleus): 細(さい)胞(ぼう)核(かく) (saibōkaku)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

核 • (haek, hol) (hangeul 핵, 홀, revised haek, hol, McCune–Reischauer haek, hol, Yale hayk, hol)

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Vietnamese

Han character

核: Hán Nôm readings: hạch

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References

Nom Foundation

[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN