抉

See also: 刔

抉 U+6289, 抉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6289 ← 抈 [U+6288] CJK Unified Ideographs 把 → [U+628A]

Translingual

Han character

抉 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手木大 (QDK), four-corner 5503₀, composition ⿰扌夬)

Derived characters

• 䆢

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 420, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11873
• Dae Jaweon: page 767, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1844, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6289

Chinese

trad.		抉
simp. #		抉
alternative forms		決／决

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
袂	*mɡʷeds
夬	*kʷraːds
快	*kʰʷraːds
駃	*kʰʷraːds, *kʷeːd
筷	*kʰʷraːds
炔	*kʷeːds
觖	*kʰʷeds, *kʷeːd
缺	*kʰʷed, *kʰʷeːd
蒛	*kʰʷed
吷	*qʰʷed
妜	*qʷed, *qʷeːd
決	*kʷeːd, *qʰʷeːd
訣	*kʷeːd
抉	*kʷeːd, *qʷeːd
玦	*kʷeːd
芵	*kʷeːd
赽	*kʷeːd
鴂	*kʷeːd
鈌	*kʷeːd
决	*kʷeːd
疦	*kʷeːd, *qʰʷeːd
蚗	*kʷeːd
趹	*kʷeːd

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jué (jue²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jué
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyué
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²
    • Yale: jywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyue
    • Palladius: цзюэ (czjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kyut³
    • Yale: kyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: küd³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koat
    • Tâi-lô: kuat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuat̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: kwet, 'wet

Rime
Character	抉	抉
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	屑 (88)	屑 (88)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	古穴切	於決切
Baxter	kwet	'wet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kwet̚/	/ʔwet̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷet̚/	/ʔʷet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɛt̚/	/ʔuɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwɛt̚/	/ʔwɛt̚/
Li Rong	/kuet̚/	/ʔuet̚/
Wang Li	/kiwet̚/	/iwet̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kiwet̚/	/ʔiwet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jue	yue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gyut3	jyut3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷeːd/, /*qʷeːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	抉	抉
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4418	4433
Phonetic component	夬	夬
Rime group	月	月
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	玦	抉
Old Chinese	/*kʷeːd/	/*qʷeːd/

Definitions

抉

1. (literary) to gouge; to dig out; to pick out
2. (literary) to pick out; to select out
3. (literary) to pierce; to puncture; to butcher
4. (literary) to reveal; to expose
5. (Hokkien) to slap; to hit with one's palm
6. (Hokkien) to plaster; to paint; to daub (on a wall, etc.)
7. (Mainland China Hokkien) to apply on one's face, hands, etc. (of powder, oil, etc.)
8. (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) to sweep across to knock over
9. (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) to surpass; to be better than; to overtake

Compounds

• 伍員抉目／伍员抉目
• 剔抉
• 怒猊抉石
• 抉剔
• 抉喙䫌／抉喙𱂮
• 抉擇／抉择 (juézé)
• 抉擿
• 抉瑕掩瑜
• 抉瑕擿釁／抉瑕擿衅
• 抉目
• 掀雷抉電／掀雷抉电
• 搜奇抉怪
• 爬梳剔抉
• 爬羅剔抉／爬罗剔抉
• 鉤隱抉微／钩隐抉微

 

Japanese

Kanji

抉

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. gouge
2. hollow out
3. bore
4. pry

Readings

• On (unclassified): けつ (ketsu)
• Kun: えぐる (eguru, 抉る)

Korean

Hanja

抉 • (gyeol) (hangeul 결, revised gyeol, McCune–Reischauer kyŏl, Yale kyel)

1. choose, select
2. gouge, pluck out

Vietnamese

Han character

抉: Hán Nôm readings: khoét, quyết, quét, quẹt, quạt

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