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剋 - Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 18, +7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 十山中弓 (JULN) or X十山中弓 (XJULN), four-corner 42210, composition)

剋 - Chinese

Glyph origin

Old Chinese
*kʰɯːɡ
*kʰɯːɡ
*kʰɯːɡ

Pronunciation 1

trad. /*
simp. *
alternative forms
  • Mandarin
    • (Pinyin): (ke4)
    • (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): hak1, haak1
  • Min Nan
    • (Hokkien, POJ): khek / khiak
    • (Teochew, Peng'im): kiog4
  • Wu (Wiktionary): 4kheq
  • Middle Chinese: /kʰək̚/
  • Old Chinese
    • (Zhengzhang): /*kʰɯːɡ/

Definitions

  1. to defeat; to vanquish; to overcome; to prevail; to surmount; to subdue; to overthrow
  2. to restrain; to cut down
  3. to be able to

Compounds

  • 扣剋扣克
  • 掊剋掊克
  • 沖剋冲克
  • 相剋相克 (xiāngkè)
  • 相生相剋相生相克
  • 衝剋冲克
  • 裒剋裒克

Pronunciation 2

simp. and trad.
alternative forms K
  • Mandarin

Definitions

  1. (colloquial) to scold; to censure
  2. (colloquial) to beat

Compounds

剋 - Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

剋 - Korean

Hanja

(geuk) (hangeul , revised geuk, McCuneReischauer kŭk)

剋 - Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Việt readings: khắc : Nôm readings: khắc

  1. chữ Hán form of khắc (beat, hit (in casual language)).
  2. chữ Hán form of khắc (scold, rebuke (in casual language)).
  3. Nôm form of khắc (opposite).
Meaning and Definition of 剋
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