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U+8C6D, 豭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C6D

[U+8C6C]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8C6E]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 152, +9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一人口尸水 (MORSE), four-corner 17247, composition )

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1198, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36435
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1660, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3618, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+8C6D

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *kraː) : semantic + phonetic (OC *kraːʔ).

Derivative: (“home”).

Etymology[edit]

Wang (1982) relates this word to (OC *klaːʔ, “(black) ram”), (OC *kaːʔ, “male bovine”) and (OC *kraː, “stag”); thus, this word is likely a general word for “male animal”. However, Schuessler (2007) considers (OC *kaːʔ) to be a post-classical loanword from Austroasiatic, and (OC *klaːʔ) a cognate to (OC *kad, “wether”). See these entries for more.

The common word for “pig” in most modern varieties of Chinese, (OC *ta), is likely a derivative. See there for more.

Pronunciation[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (98)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter kae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠa/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen
/ka/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kaɨ/
Li
Rong
/ka/
Wang
Li
/ka/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ka/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiā
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gaa1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jiā
Middle
Chinese
‹ kae ›
Old
Chinese
/*kˁra/
English boar

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 5951
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kraː/

Definitions[edit]

  1. boar; male pig
  2. (in general) pig

Synonyms[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. boar
  2. male pig

Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

(ga) (hangeul , revised ga, McCune–Reischauer ka)

  1. a (male) hog
  2. a boar