劋

劋 U+528B, 劋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-528B ← 劊 [U+528A] CJK Unified Ideographs 劌 → [U+528C]

Translingual

Han character

劋 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口木中弓 (RDLN) or 難口木中弓 (XRDLN), four-corner 6290₀, composition ⿰喿刂)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 144, character 43
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2226
• Dae Jaweon: page 326, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 358, character 7
• Unihan data for U+528B

Chinese

trad.		劋
simp. #		劋

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
藻	*ʔsaːwʔ
澡	*ʔslaːwʔ
璪	*ʔsaːwʔ
繰	*ʔsaːwʔ, *saːw, *sʰaw
躁	*ʔsaːws
趮	*ʔsaːws
操	*sʰaːw, *sʰaːws
幧	*sʰaːw, *sʰaw
懆	*sʰaːwʔ
鄵	*sʰaːws
鐰	*zaːw, *sʰaw
臊	*saːw, *saːws
鱢	*saːw
燥	*saːwʔ, *saːws
噪	*saːws
髞	*saːws
喿	*saːws
譟	*saːws
劋	*ʔsawʔ, *ʔseːwʔ
橾	*soːwʔ, *srow

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎo (jiao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chiao³
    • Yale: jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeau
    • Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsewX

Rime
Character	劋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	子了切
Baxter	tsewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡seuX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡seuX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡seuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɛwX/
Li Rong	/t͡seuX/
Wang Li	/t͡sieuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sieuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ziu2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsawʔ/, /*ʔseːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	劋	劋
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	16590	16591
Phonetic component	喿	喿
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	𠞰	湫
Old Chinese	/*ʔsawʔ/	/*ʔseːwʔ/
Notes	同剿説文作劋

Definitions

劋

1. (transitive) to subdue by sending armed forces; to wage a punitive expedition; to send troops to suppress
2. to wipe out; to exterminate
3. to hack; to chop; to cut; to fell
4. to reduce; to weaken

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chāo (chao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄠ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chao
    • Wade–Giles: chʻao¹
    • Yale: chāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chau
    • Palladius: чао (čao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

劋

1. to attack; to raid; to plunder
2. to take by surprise (by attacking)
3. (transitive, literary) to outflank and attack from behind

Japanese

Kanji

劋

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): っよう (yyō)、そう (sō)
• Kun: かすめとる (kasumetoru, 劋る)、たつ (tatsu, 劋つ)、ほろぼす (horobosu, 劋ぼす)

Korean

Hanja

劋 • (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune–Reischauer cho)

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