瘸

瘸	U+7638, 瘸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7638

Translingual

Han character

瘸 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+11, 16 strokes, cangjie input 大大口月 (KKRB), four-corner 0012₇, composition ⿸疒𦙲 or ⿸痂肉)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 779, character 32
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22464
Dae Jaweon: page 1189, character 17
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2695, character 2
Unihan data for U+7638

Chinese

simp. and trad.		瘸
2nd round simp.		疦
alternative forms		𠌳

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
妿	kaːl, qaːl
賀	*ɡaːls
迦	ka, kal, *kraːl
茄	ɡa, ɡal, *kraːl
伽	ɡa, ɡal
枷	ɡa, ɡal, *kraːl
嘉	*kraːl
加	*kraːl
笳	*kraːl
痂	*kraːl
袈	*kraːl
跏	*kraːl
珈	*kraːl
鴐	*kraːl
架	*kraːls
駕	*kraːls
瘸	*ɡʷal

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡʷal): semantic 疒 (“sickness”) + phonetic 加 (OC *kraːl) + semantic 肉 (“flesh”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qué (que²)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ke⁴ / koe⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): khiò

(Meixian, Guangdong): kio²
Eastern Min (BUC): kuò
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khê / khêr / khôe / kiô

(Teochew, Peng'im): kuê⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qué
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyué
  - Wade–Giles: chʻüeh²
  - Yale: chywé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyue
  - Palladius: цюэ (cjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ke⁴ / koe⁴
  - Yale: kèh / kèuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ke⁴ / koe⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ké⁴ / kê⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɛː²¹/, /kʰœː²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiò
  - Hakka Romanization System: kio^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kio²
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯o¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: kio²
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰio¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: kuò
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuo⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khê
  - Tâi-lô: khê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qee
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kʰe²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khêr
  - Tâi-lô: khêr
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Lukang): /kʰə²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khôe
  - Tâi-lô: khuê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoee
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰue²³/
  - IPA (Yilan): /kʰue²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰue¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiô
  - Tâi-lô: kiô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiooi
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /kio²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kio¹³/

Note:

khê/khêr/khôe - vernacular;
kiô - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: kuê⁵
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khuê
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰue⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: gjwa

Rime
Character	瘸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	戈 (97)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	巨靴切
Baxter	gjwa
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨuɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡʷiɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiuɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gua/
Li Rong	/ɡiuɑ/
Wang Li	/ɡĭuɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯wɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qué
Expected Cantonese Reflex	koe⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷal/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瘸
Reading #	1/1
No.	5885
Phonetic component	加
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	瘸
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷal/

Definitions

瘸

lame; crippled
瘸著走／瘸着走 ― quézhe zǒu ― to walk with a limp

Synonyms

跛 (bǒ)

Trivia

This is one of the few characters with a -üe final in Mandarin that did not have an entering tone in Middle Chinese.

Compounds

一瘸一拐 (yīquéyīguǎi)
一瘸一簸
瘸子 (quézi)
瘸手 (khôe-chhiú) (Min Nan)
瘸腳 / 瘸脚 (quéjiǎo)
瘸腿 (quétuǐ)
瘸跤

Japanese

Kanji

瘸

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): か (ka)

Vietnamese

Han character

瘸: Hán Nôm readings: qua, cài

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