覈

See also: 核

覈	U+8988, 覈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8988

← 覇
[U+8987]

CJK Unified Ideographs

覉 →
[U+8989]

Translingual

Alternative forms

In modern Chinese scripts, the top component is written 覀.
In Japanese kanji and Korean hanja, the top component is written 襾, which is the historical form found in the Kangxi dictionary.

Han character

覈 (Kangxi radical 146, 襾+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 一田竹尸大 (MWHSK), four-corner 1024₈, composition ⿱覀敫(GHT) or ⿱襾敫(JK))

Derived characters

𥽶, 𦇸

Related characters

核 (Orthodox form in mainland China)

References

KangXi: page 1129, character 11
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34791
Dae Jaweon: page 1599, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2808, character 12
Unihan data for U+8988

Chinese

trad.		覈
simp.		核^*
alternative forms		𩅢

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
礉	kʰreːw, kʰreːwɢs
邀	qlew, kleːw
憿	*kleːw
徼	kleːw, kleːwɢs
儌	kleːwʔ, kleːwʔ
璬	*kleːwʔ
皦	*kleːwʔ
繳	kleːwʔ, kljewɢ, *ɡreːɡ
敫	kleːwɢs, ɢlewɢ, *kleːwɢ
譥	*kleːwɢs
激	kleːwɢs, kleːwɢ
噭	*kleːwɢs
獥	kleːwɢs, kleːwɢ, *ɡleːwɢ
鸄	kleːwɢs, kleːwɢ, *ɡleːwɢ
墽	*kʰleːw
竅	*kʰleːwɢs
覈	ɡleːd, ɡreːɡ
燩	kʰreːwɢ, kʰleːwɢ
檄	*ɡleːwɢ
薂	*ɡleːwɢ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hé (he²)
(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hat⁶

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/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hat⁶
  - Yale: haht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hed⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐt̚²/

Middle Chinese: /ɦet̚/, /ɦˠɛk̚/

Rime
Character	覈	覈
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	先 (87)	耕 (119)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	II
Fanqie	胡結切	下革切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦet̚/	/ɦˠɛk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦet̚/	/ɦᵚæk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɛt̚/	/ɣɐk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛt̚/	/ɦəɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/ɣet̚/	/ɣɛk̚/
Wang Li	/ɣiet̚/	/ɣæk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣiet̚/	/ɣæk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xié	hé
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jit⁶	hak⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤr[ə]k/
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡleːd/, /*ɡreːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	覈
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hé
Middle Chinese	‹ hɛk ›
Old Chinese	/[ɡ]ˁr[ə]k/ (or [ɡ]ˁrewk?)
English	kernel
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	覈	覈
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6400	6404
Phonetic component	敫	敫
Rime group	月	錫
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	纈	覈
Old Chinese	/*ɡleːd/	/*ɡreːɡ/

Definitions

覈

(alt. form 核) to examine; to check; to verify
(alt. form 核) rigorous; detailed; reliable
(archaic) vivid
(alt. form 麧／𱋇) leftover husk after pounding grains

Compounds

峭覈
校覈
研覈
稽覈
精覈
糠覈

考覈
覈查
覈物
辨覈
肴覈

審覈／审覈
檢覈／检覈
練覈／练覈
覈實／覈实
覈對／覈对

Usage notes

This character is considered a variant form (異體字／异体字) of 核 (hé) in mainland China but not Taiwan.

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B04587
“覈”, 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

覈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

to investigate; to examine

Readings

On (unclassified): かく (kaku), ぎゃく (gyaku)

Kun: しらべる (shiraberu), きびしい (kibishii), さね (sane)

Korean

Hanja

覈 • (haek) (hangeul 핵, revised haek, McCune–Reischauer haek, Yale hayk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

覈: Hán Nôm readings: hạch

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References

Nom Foundation