髁

髁 U+9AC1, 髁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9AC1 ← 髀 [U+9AC0] CJK Unified Ideographs 髂 → [U+9AC2]

Translingual

Han character

髁 (Kangxi radical 188, 骨+8, 18 strokes, cangjie input 月月田木 (BBWD), four-corner 7629₄, composition ⿰骨果)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1449, character 46
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45216
• Dae Jaweon: page 1976, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4413, character 10
• Unihan data for U+9AC1

Chinese

trad.		髁
simp. #		髁

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
裸	*ɡ·roːlʔ
躶	*ɡ·roːlʔ
果	*kloːlʔ
菓	*kloːlʔ
猓	*kloːlʔ
輠	*kloːlʔ, *ɡloːlʔ, *ɡroːlʔ, *kʰluːls
裹	*kloːlʔ, *kloːls
蜾	*kloːlʔ
惈	*kloːlʔ
粿	*kloːlʔ
窠	*kʰloːl
稞	*kʰloːl, *ɡroːlʔ
課	*kʰloːl, *kʰloːls
髁	*kʰloːl, *kʰloːls, *kʰroːlʔ
棵	*kʰloːl, *kʰloːnʔ, *ɡloːnʔ
顆	*kʰloːlʔ
堁	*kʰloːlʔ, *kʰloːls, *kloːns
敤	*kʰloːlʔ, *kʰloːls
夥	*qʰloːlʔ, *ɡloːlʔ, *ɡroːlʔ
婐	*qloːlʔ, *kroːl
踝	*ɡroːlʔ
祼	*ɡluːlʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kē (ke¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹khu; ⁵khue

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kē
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ke
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo¹
    • Yale: kē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ke
    • Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fo¹
    • Yale: fō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹khu; ⁵khue
    • MiniDict: khu^平; khue^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹khu; ²khue
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰu⁵³/, /kʰue³⁴/

---

• Middle Chinese: khwa, khwaeX, khwaH

Rime
Character	髁	髁	髁
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	溪 (29)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	麻 (99)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	II	I
Fanqie	苦禾切	苦瓦切	苦卧切
Baxter	khwa	khwaeX	khwaH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuɑ/	/kʰˠuaX/	/kʰuɑH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuɑ/	/kʰʷᵚaX/	/kʰuɑH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuɑ/	/kʰuaX/	/kʰuɑH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwa/	/kʰwaɨX/	/kʰwaH/
Li Rong	/kʰuɑ/	/kʰuaX/	/kʰuɑH/
Wang Li	/kʰuɑ/	/kʰwaX/	/kʰuɑH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰuɑ/	/kʰwaX/	/kʰuɑH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuō	kuǎ	kuò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fo1	faa2	fo3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰloːl/, /*kʰloːls/, /*kʰroːlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	髁	髁	髁
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	4779	4786	4793
Phonetic component	果	果	果
Rime group	歌	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	3	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	科		髁
Old Chinese	/*kʰloːl/	/*kʰloːls/	/*kʰroːlʔ/

Definitions

髁

1. thigh bone, hipbone
2. kneecap
3. (anatomy) condyle

Compounds

• 上髁 (shàngkē)

Japanese

Kanji

髁

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. thighbone; patella

Readings

• On (unclassified): かい (kai)、け (ke)、か (ka)
• Kun: もも (momo)

Korean

Hanja

髁 • (gwa, hwa) (hangeul 과, 화)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.