軻

See also: 轲

軻 U+8EFB, 軻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8EFB ← 軺 [U+8EFA] CJK Unified Ideographs 軼 → [U+8EFC]

Translingual

Han character

軻 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 十十一弓口 (JJMNR), four-corner 5102₀, composition ⿰車可)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1242, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38274
• Dae Jaweon: page 1718, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3520, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8EFB

Chinese

trad.		軻
simp.		轲

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
砢	*ɡ·raːlʔ
柯	*kaːl
菏	*kaːl, *ɡaːl
牁	*kaːl
滒	*kaːl
哥	*kaːl
歌	*kaːl
謌	*kaːl
鴚	*kaːl
哿	*kaːlʔ
舸	*kaːlʔ
笴	*kaːlʔ, *kaːnʔ
軻	*kʰaːl, *kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls
珂	*kʰaːl
可	*kʰaːlʔ
岢	*kʰaːlʔ
坷	*kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls
蚵	*kʰaːls, *ɡaːl
呵	*qʰaːl, *qʰaːls
訶	*qʰaːl
抲	*qʰaːl
荷	*qʰaːls, *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ
何	*ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ
河	*ɡaːl
苛	*ɡaːl
魺	*ɡaːl
袔	*ɡaːls
阿	*qaːl
妸	*qaːl, *qaːlʔ
疴	*qaːl, *kʰraːls
鈳	*qaːl
娿	*qaːl, *qaːlʔ
痾	*qaːl
跒	*kʰraːlʔ
閜	*qʰraːlʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kē (ke¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): o¹, ho²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kho

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ko¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kē
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ke
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo¹
    • Yale: kē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ke
    • Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: o¹, ho²
    • Yale: ō, hó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: o¹, ho²
    • Guangdong Romanization: o¹, ho²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔː⁵⁵/, /hɔː³⁵/

Note: ho2 - alternative pronunciation in 轗軻／𫐘轲.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kho
    • Tâi-lô: kho
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰo⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ko¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kho
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰo³³/

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• Middle Chinese: kha, khaX, khaH

Rime
Character	軻	軻	軻
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	溪 (29)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	歌 (94)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	苦何切	枯我切	口箇切
Baxter	kha	khaX	khaH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɑ/	/kʰɑX/	/kʰɑH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɑ/	/kʰɑX/	/kʰɑH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɑ/	/kʰɑX/	/kʰɑH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰa/	/kʰaX/	/kʰaH/
Li Rong	/kʰɑ/	/kʰɑX/	/kʰɑH/
Wang Li	/kʰɑ/	/kʰɑX/	/kʰɑH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰɑ/	/kʰɑX/	/kʰɑH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kē	kě	kè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ho1	ho2	ho3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːl/, /*kʰaːlʔ/, /*kʰaːls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	軻	軻	軻
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	7444	7448	7451
Phonetic component	可	可	可
Rime group	歌	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	珂	可	坷
Old Chinese	/*kʰaːl/	/*kʰaːlʔ/	/*kʰaːls/

Definitions

軻

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Compounds

• 埳軻／埳轲 (kǎnkě)
• 孟軻／孟轲
• 荊軻／荆轲
• 軻峨／轲峨
• 轗軻／𫐘轲 (kǎnkě)

 

References

• “軻”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

軻

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: か (ka)
• Kan-on: か (ka)

Korean

Hanja

軻 • (ga) (hangeul 가, revised ga, McCune–Reischauer ka, Yale ka)

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