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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 86 +5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火尸尸 (FSS), four-corner 91817)

  1. torch

References

  • KangXi: page 668, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18949
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1077, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2191, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+70AC

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kaʔ
*ɡa
*ɡa
*ɡa
*ɡa
*ɡa
*ɡaʔ
*ɡaʔ
*ɡaʔ
*ɡaʔ
*ɡaʔ
*ɡaʔ, *ɡas
*ɡaʔ
*ɡaʔ
*ɡaʔ
*ɡaʔ
*ɡaʔ
*kʷaʔ
*kʷaʔ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (30)
Final () (22)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡɨʌX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡiɔX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡiɔX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/gɨə̆X/
Li
Rong
/ɡiɔX/
Wang
Li
/ɡĭoX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/gi̯woX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 7051
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡaʔ/
Notes

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 一炬
  • 付之一炬 (fùzhīyījù)
  • 付諸一炬付诸一炬
  • 火炬 (huǒjù)
  • 炬火
  • 目光如炬
  • 蠟炬蜡炬
  • 麻炬

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(geo) (hangeul , revised geo, McCune-Reischauer kŏ, Yale ke)

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