磔

磔 U+78D4, 磔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-78D4 ← 磓 [U+78D3] CJK Unified Ideographs 磕 → [U+78D5]

Translingual

Han character

磔 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一口弓手木 (MRNQD), four-corner 1569₄, composition ⿰石桀)

1. downward stroke slanting right

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 835, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24406
• Dae Jaweon: page 1252, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2448, character 10
• Unihan data for U+78D4

Chinese

trad.		磔
simp. #		磔
alternative forms		厇

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 磔
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
柘	*tjaɡs
妬	*taːɡs
蠹	*taːɡs
沰	*taːɡ, *tʰaːɡ
拓	*tʰaːɡ, *tjaɡ
橐	*tʰaːɡ
袥	*tʰaːɡ
驝	*tʰaːɡ, *raːɡ
斫	*tjaɡ
磭	*ŋrɯnʔ, *ŋ̊ʰjaɡ, *ŋaɡ
磔	*rtaːɡ
跖	*tjaɡ
石	*djaɡ
碩	*djaɡ
祏	*djaɡ
鉐	*djaɡ
鼫	*djaɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhé (zhe²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaak⁶ / zaak³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kia̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhé
    • Wade–Giles: chê²
    • Yale: jé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jer
    • Palladius: чжэ (čžɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zaak⁶ / zaak³
    • Yale: jaahk / jaak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaak⁹ / dzaak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zag⁶ / zag³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːk̚²/, /t͡saːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: kia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛt̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛt̚²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: traek

Rime
Character	磔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	陌 (113)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	陟格切
Baxter	traek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠæk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈᵚak̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶak̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈaɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/ȶɐk̚/
Wang Li	/ȶɐk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶɐk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhe
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zak1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rtaːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	磔
Reading #	1/1
No.	11467
Phonetic component	石
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	磔
Old Chinese	/*rtaːɡ/

Definitions

磔

1. (literary) to dismember the body as a punishment by tearing off the limbs with several wagons

   • 女以諫者為必用邪？吳子胥不磔姑蘇東門外乎！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     女以谏者为必用邪？吴子胥不磔姑苏东门外乎！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE

     Rǔ yǐ jiàn zhě wéi bì yòng xié? Wú Zǐxū bù zhé Gūsū dōngmén wài hū! [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (literary) to rip open an animal as a sacrifice offered to gods
3. (literary, Chinese calligraphy) Synonym of 捺 (nà)

Compounds

• 一磔手
• 格磔
• 波磔 (bōzhé)
• 波磔點畫 / 波磔点画
• 磔刑
• 磔磔
• 轘磔 / 𮝹磔
• 鉤輈格磔 / 钩辀格磔

 

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B03003

Japanese

Kanji

磔

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ちゃく (chaku)
• Kan-on: たく (taku)
• Kun: さく (saku, 磔く)、はりつけ (haritsuke, 磔)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
磔
はりつけ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はりつけ [hàrítsúké] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠ɾʲit͡sɨ̥ke̞]

Noun

磔(はりつけ) • (haritsuke) 

1. crucifixion
   • 1940, Osamu Dazai, Hashire Melos [Run, Melos!]‎^[1]:

     「私(わたし)だ、刑(けい)吏(り)！　殺(ころ)されるのは、私(わたし)だ。メロスだ。彼(かれ)を人(ひと)質(じち)にした私(わたし)は、ここにいる！」と、かすれた声(こえ)で精(せい)一(いっ)ぱいに叫(さけ)びながら、ついに磔(はりつけ)台(だい)に昇(のぼ)り、釣(つ)り上(あ)げられてゆく友(とも)の両(りょう)足(あし)に、齧(かじ)りついた。

     “Watashi da, keiri! Korosareru no wa, watashi da. Merosu da. Kare o hitojichi ni shita watashi wa, koko ni iru!” to, kasureta koe de seīppai ni sakebinagara, tsui ni haritsukedai ni nobori, tsuriagerareteyuku tomo no ryōashi ni, kajiritsuita.

     "It's me, executioner! The one who shall be killed is me. Melos. The me who held him hostage is here!" Shouting in a hoarse voice with all his strength, he grabbed the legs of his friend who was already hoisted onto the cross.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
磔
たく Hyōgai
on'yomi

Middle Chinese 磔 (ʈˠæk̚)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たく [táꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠kɯ̟]

Noun

磔(たく) • (taku) 

1. the eighth of the Eight Principles of Yong

Hypernyms

• 永(えい)字(じ)八(はっ)法(ぽう) (eiji happō, “the Eight Principles of Yong”)

Coordinate terms

• 側(そく) (soku, “the first of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 勒(ろく) (roku, “the second of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 努(ど) (do, “the third of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 趯(てき) (teki, “the fourth of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 策(さく) (saku, “the fifth of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 掠(りゃく) (ryaku, “the sixth of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 啄(たく) (taku, “the seventh of the Eight Principles of Yong”)

Korean

Hanja

磔 • (chaek) (hangeul 책, revised chaek, McCune–Reischauer ch'aek, Yale chayk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

磔 (trách, kẹt, cạch)