触

See also: 觸

触 U+89E6, 触 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-89E6 ← 觥 [U+89E5] CJK Unified Ideographs 觧 → [U+89E7]

Translingual

Japanese	触
Simplified	触
Traditional	觸

Han character

触 (Kangxi radical 148, 角+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 弓月中一戈 (NBLMI), four-corner 2523₆, composition ⿰角虫)

Related characters

• 觸 (Orthodox traditional form of 触)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1143, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35070
• Dae Jaweon: page 1609, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3924, character 5
• Unihan data for U+89E6

Chinese

Etymology 1

Glyph origin

Unorthodox variant simplified from 觸 (蜀 → 虫) found in the Ming dynasty orthographic dictionary 《字學三正》. Also found in 《宋元以來俗字譜》, a variant forms dictionary compiled in 1930.

Eventually adopted as an official simplified character by the People's Republic of China in the 1956 Chinese Character Simplification Scheme.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 触 – see 觸 (“to touch; to come in contact with; to butt; to ram; to gore; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 觸).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03780-009#33

Etymology 2

trad.		触
simp. #		触

Glyph origin

Found in the historical Kangxi dictionary published during the Qing dynasty and cited from 《古今注》, a narrative work on ancient China written by 崔豹 during the Western Jin period (265–316 AD).

The scholars who compiled the Kangxi dictionary may have confused this character with 𩶥 which is visually similar.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóng (hong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóng
    • Wade–Giles: hung²
    • Yale: húng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horng
    • Palladius: хун (xun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵/

Definitions

触

1. ^‡ white fish with red tail See also: 魧
2. ^‡ type of fish that is male

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C12953

Japanese

Shinjitai	触
Kyūjitai	觸

Kanji

触

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 觸)

1. to touch; to contact

Readings

• Go-on: そく (soku)
• Kan-on: しょく (shoku, Jōyō)
• Kun: ふれる (fureru, 触れる, Jōyō); さわる (sawaru, 触る, Jōyō); ふれ (fure)

Compounds

• 触(しょく)肢(し) (shokushi, “pedipalp”)

Korean

Hanja

触 • (chok) (hangeul 촉, revised chok, McCune–Reischauer ch'ok, Yale chok)

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Vietnamese

Han character

触: Hán Nôm readings: xúc

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References

• Nom Foundation