活

See also: 话 and 㓉

活 U+6D3B, 活 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D3B ← 洺 [U+6D3A] CJK Unified Ideographs 洼 → [U+6D3C]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

活 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水竹十口 (EHJR), four-corner 3216₄, composition ⿰氵舌)

Derived characters

• 𭉉, 𰑺, 𭡭, 𱮏, 𨨱, 𤁪(𬈾), 闊(阔), 萿, 𡎒, 𡞠, 𭝴

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 622, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17423
• Dae Jaweon: page 1018, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1609, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6D3B

Chinese

simp. and trad.		活
alternative forms		㓉 𣿛 𣴠 𦕾 𣸅 㓉 𣿛 𣴠 𦕾 𣸅 𣽅

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 活
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

	Old Chinese
咶	*qʰroːds, *qʰroːds, *ɡroːd
話	*ɡroːds
刮	*kroːd
鴰	*kroːd, *koːd
趏	*kroːd, *kʰroːd
舌	*ɡroːd, *ɦbljed
姡	*ɡroːd, *ɡoːd
頢	*ɡroːd, *koːd
括	*koːd
活	*koːd, *ɡoːd
适	*koːd, *kʰoːd
栝	*koːd, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
佸	*koːd, *ɡoːd
髺	*koːd
聒	*koːd
銛	*koːd, *slem, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
葀	*koːd
懖	*koːd
筈	*koːd, *kʰoːd
萿	*koːd
蛞	*kʰoːd
闊	*kʰoːd
秳	*ɡoːd

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

The original form is 𣴠: Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *koːd, *ɡoːd) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 𠯑 (OC *ɡroːd). Then, the right component was transformed into the variant 舌.

Etymology 1

Schuessler (2007) proposes possible Austroasiatic etymology; compare Wa-Lawa-Bulang *gɑs "alive (of plants)" & Aslian *gɔs "to live"

Pronunciation

Variety	Location	edit 活
Mandarin	Beijing	/xuo³⁵/
	Harbin	/xuo²⁴/
	Tianjin	/xuo⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/xuə⁴²/
	Qingdao	/xuə⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/xuo⁴²/
	Xi'an	/xuo²⁴/
	Xining	/xu⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/xuə⁵³/ 幹～ /xuə¹³/ 死～
	Lanzhou	/xuə⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/xuɤ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/xuo²¹³/
	Chengdu	/xo³¹/
	Guiyang	/xo²¹/
	Kunming	/xo³¹/
	Nanjing	/xoʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/xuɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/xuaʔ⁵⁴/
	Pingyao	/xuʌʔ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/xuaʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/ɦuəʔ¹/
	Suzhou	/ɦuəʔ³/
	Hangzhou	/ɦuoʔ²/
	Wenzhou	/ɦo²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/xua²²/ /ua²²/
	Tunxi	/uːə¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/xo²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/ho²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/uɵʔ²/
Hakka	Meixian	/fat̚⁵/
	Taoyuan	/fɑt̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/wut̚²/
	Nanning	/wut̚²²/
	Hong Kong	/wut̚²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/huat̚⁵/ /uaʔ⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/uaʔ⁵/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/xua²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/uaʔ⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/ua³³/

Rime
Character	活
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	末 (64)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	戸括切
Baxter	hwat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwat̚/
Li Rong	/ɣuɑt̚/
Wang Li	/ɣuɑt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣuɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wut6

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	活
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huó
Middle Chinese	‹ hwat ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ʷˁat/
English	to live
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	活
Reading #	2/2
No.	7585
Phonetic component	桰
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	活
Old Chinese	/*ɡoːd/

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): huó (huo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ho²

  (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): huó

  (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): ho̊q

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хуә (huə, I)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wut⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): vot⁵

• Gan (Wiktionary): uot⁷
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fa̍t

  (Meixian, Guangdong): fad⁶

• Jin (Wiktionary): huah⁵
• Northern Min (KCR): huă
• Eastern Min (BUC): uăk
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): oa̍h / hoa̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): uah⁸

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): ua⁶ / huag⁴

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁸weq / ⁸woq
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ho⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huó
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huó
    • Wade–Giles: huo²
    • Yale: hwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwo
    • Palladius: хо (xo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (活兒／活儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huór
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huór
    • Wade–Giles: huo²-ʼrh
    • Yale: hwór
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwol
    • Palladius: хор (xor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔɻ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ho²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xo²¹/
  • (Xi'an)
    • Guanzhong Pinyin: huó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuo²⁴/
  • (Nanjing)
    • Nanjing Pinyin: ho̊q
    • Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): hoq⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʔ⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хуә (huə, I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuə²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wut⁶
    • Yale: wuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wut⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːt̚²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: vot⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /vᵘɔt̚³²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: uot⁷
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uɵt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fa̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: fad
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /fat̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /fat̚⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: huah⁵
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /xuaʔ⁵⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: huă
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xua²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: uăk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uaʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍h
    • Tâi-lô: ua̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oah
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uaʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /uaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /uaʔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa̍t
    • Tâi-lô: hua̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoat
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /huat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huat̚²⁴/

Note:

• oa̍h - vernacular (“to live; lively; agile; alive; so; awful”);
• hoa̍t - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: uah⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ua̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uaʔ⁴/
  • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: ua⁶ / huag⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ua³³/, /huak̚⁵/
Note:
• ua6 - vernacular;
• huag4 - literary.
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁸weq
    • MiniDict: weh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵hhueq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦuəʔ¹²/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ɦuəʔ²³/
  • (Northern: Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁸woq
    • MiniDict: woh^入
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /ɦuoʔ²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ho⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xo²⁴/

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• Dialectal data

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• Middle Chinese: hwat

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ʷˤat/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡoːd/

Definitions

活

1. to live; to exist

   • 不食則不能活。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     不食则不能活。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Han Feizi, circa 2^nd century BCE, translated based on W. K. Liao's version

     Bù shí zé bù néng huó. [Pinyin]

     Unless he eat, he cannot live.

2. life; existence
3. to make live; to provide food for
4. having life; live
5. lively; vivid
6. flexible; movable; moving; nimble; agile
7. flexible; adaptable; fluid
8. job; work

   幹活兒／干活儿  ―  gàn huór  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   1. act of performance

      絕活兒／绝活儿  ―  juéhuór  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

      這個網紅沒活兒了。 [MSC, trad.]
      这个网红没活儿了。 [MSC, simp.]

      Zhèi ge wǎnghóng méi huór le. [Pinyin]

      (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   2. (informal) act of sexual intercourse

      器大活兒好／器大活儿好  ―  qì dà huór hǎo  ―  the "tool" (penis) is big, [his] sex is good

   3. product; produce
9. simply; exactly
10. alive; living; in a living state

    活捉  ―  huózhuō  ―  to capture alive

    活埋  ―  huómái  ―  to bury alive

11. to save (a person's life)

    • 作百佛寺，不如活一人。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

      From: 《佛說罵意經》 (“The Sūtra Wherein the Buddha Speaks of Thoughts about Scolding”); 2nd century CE translation by An Shigao

      Zuò bǎi fósì, bùrú huó yīrén. [Pinyin]

      Building one hundred Buddhist temples cannot compare to saving just one human life.

12. (Mainland China Hokkien, emphasis in exclamations) so; how; what
13. (Mainland China Hokkien, in rhetorical questions) awful; unable to handle (used after either 會／会 or 𣍐／𫧃 to mean the same thing)

Synonyms

• (having life):

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		有生
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	活
	Taiwan	活
	Singapore	活
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	活
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	活
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	活
	Wuhan	活
	Guilin	活
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	活
	Hefei	活
Cantonese	Guangzhou	生
	Hong Kong	生
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	生
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	生
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	生
	Yangjiang	生
	Singapore (Guangfu)	生
Gan	Nanchang	活
Hakka	Meixian	生
	Hong Kong	生
	Senai (Huiyang)	生
Jin	Taiyuan	活
Northern Min	Jian'ou	生
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	活
Southern Min	Xiamen	活
	Singapore (Hokkien)	活
	Chaozhou	活
	Bangkok (Teochew)	活
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	活
	Singapore (Teochew)	活
Wu	Shanghai	活
	Suzhou	活
	Wenzhou	活, 健
Xiang	Changsha	活
	Shuangfeng	活

Dialectal synonyms of 活 (“having life; live”) [map]

• (flexible): 靈活／灵活 (línghuó), 彈性／弹性 (tánxìng)
• (job):

edit

• 執事／执事 (zhíshì) (literary)
• 工作 (gōngzuò)
• 差事 (chāishi)
• 差使 (chāishi)
• 穡頭／穑头 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 職務／职务 (zhíwù)
• 頭路／头路 (Hakka, Hokkien)

 

• (product):

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• 出品 (chūpǐn)
• 出產／出产 (chūchǎn)
• 產出／产出 (chǎnchū)
• 產品／产品 (chǎnpǐn)
• 產物／产物 (chǎnwù)

 

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		何等, 何其, 一何, 何哉, 何等也, 何則
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		多麼, 何等, 何其
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	多麼, 多
	Taiwan	多麼, 多
	Malaysia	多
	Singapore	多麼, 多
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	多麼, 多
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	多
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	好, 多
	Wuhan	幾, 幾樣, 好
	Guilin	好
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	多
	Hefei	好
Cantonese	Guangzhou	幾, 幾咁
	Hong Kong	幾, 幾咁
	Yangjiang	幾
Gan	Nanchang	幾
Hakka	Meixian	幾
Jin	Taiyuan	多麼, 多來
Northern Min	Jian'ou	幾多
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	若夥, 若
Southern Min	Xiamen	偌, 偌爾仔, 活, 活欲
	Quanzhou	偌, 活, 活欲
	Zhangzhou	偌, 偌爾仔, 偌仔爾, 活, 活欲
	Taipei	偌爾, 偌仔爾
	Kaohsiung	偌爾, 偌仔爾
	Penang (Hokkien)	偌
	Singapore (Hokkien)	偌
	Manila (Hokkien)	偌
	Chaozhou	若
	Singapore (Teochew)	若
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	幾
Wu	Shanghai	多少, 幾化
	Suzhou	幾化
	Wenzhou	幾倈, 幾恁
Xiang	Changsha	幾, 幾多, 好
	Shuangfeng	幾, 好

Dialectal synonyms of 多麼 (“how; what; so; such”) [map]

• (aweful): 得了 (deliǎo)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to live”): 死 (sǐ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (活):

• → Japanese: 活(かつ) (katsu)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	活
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	末 (64)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古活切
Baxter	kwat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwat̚/
Li Rong	/kuɑt̚/
Wang Li	/kuɑt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gut3

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	活
Reading #	1/2
No.	7568
Phonetic component	桰
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	括
Old Chinese	/*koːd/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guō, kuò (guo¹, kuo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛ, ㄎㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guō
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guo
    • Wade–Giles: kuo¹
    • Yale: gwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guo
    • Palladius: го (go)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuò
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuo⁴
    • Yale: kwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuoh
    • Palladius: ко (ko)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kut³
    • Yale: kut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kut⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: kud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuːt̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: kwat

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*koːd/

Definitions

活

1. ^† Only used in 活活 (guōguō).

Compounds

• 七死八活 (qīsǐbāhuó)
• 上活 (shànghuó)
• 不快活
• 不死不活 (bùsǐ bùhuó)
• 不知死活 (bùzhīsǐhuó)
• 不管死活
• 不顧死活／不顾死活
• 乞活
• 休閒活動／休闲活动
• 你死我活 (nǐsǐwǒhuó)
• 借茶活捉
• 偷活
• 做活
• 做生活
• 偷生苟活
• 全活
• 出活
• 力氣活／力气活
• 半死不活 (bànsǐbùhuó)
• 半死半活 (bànsǐ bànhuó)
• 吃生活
• 四清六活
• 圓活／圆活
• 地質活動／地质活动
• 夜活
• 天真活潑／天真活泼
• 存活 (cúnhuó)
• 存活率 (cúnhuólǜ)
• 守活寡 (shǒuhuóguǎ)
• 家活
• 尋死覓活／寻死觅活 (xúnsǐmìhuó)
• 工業活動／工业活动
• 巴家做活
• 幹家做活／干家做活
• 幹活／干活 (gànhuó)
• 康樂活動／康乐活动
• 強死強活／强死强活
• 復活／复活 (fùhuó)
• 復活節／复活节 (Fùhuójié)
• 心活
• 心活面軟／心活面软
• 忙活
• 快活 (kuàihuo)
• 快活三
• 快活林
• 性生活 (xìngshēnghuó)
• 成活 (chénghuó)
• 戶外活動／户外活动
• 扛活 (kánghuó)
• 扛長活／扛长活
• 拿手絕活／拿手绝活
• 搞活 (gǎohuó)
• 攛趕子活／撺赶子活
• 攬活兒／揽活儿
• 放死放活
• 救活 (jiùhuó)
• 敗部復活／败部复活
• 文娛活動／文娱活动
• 新生活
• 木活字
• 歹生活
• 死中求活
• 死去活來／死去活来 (sǐqùhuólái)
• 死告活央
• 死拉活拽
• 死模活漾
• 死活 (sǐhuó)
• 死纏活纏／死缠活缠
• 死聲活氣／死声活气
• 死說活說／死说活说
• 死追活追
• 水上活動／水上活动
• 水活性
• 永活 (yǒnghuó)
• 沒死活／没死活
• 泥活字
• 活人妻
• 活佛 (huófó)
• 活似真的
• 活便
• 活信
• 活像 (huóxiàng)
• 活儲／活储
• 活兒／活儿 (huór)
• 活分
• 活剝生吞／活剥生吞
• 活劇／活剧 (huójù)
• 活力 (huólì)
• 活動／活动 (huódòng)
• 活動中心／活动中心
• 活動分子／活动分子 (huódòng fènzǐ)
• 活動卡通／活动卡通
• 活動房屋／活动房屋
• 活動目標／活动目标
• 活動看板／活动看板
• 活化 (huóhuà)
• 活化石 (huóhuàshí)
• 活化能 (huóhuànéng)
• 活化部位
• 活受罪 (huóshòuzuì)
• 活口
• 活口米
• 活句
• 活命 (huómìng)
• 活喇喇
• 活地獄／活地狱 (huódìyù)
• 活埋 (huómái)
• 活埋人
• 活報劇／活报剧 (huóbàojù)
• 活塞 (huósāi)
• 活太歲／活太岁
• 活契
• 活套
• 活套頭／活套头
• 活字 (huózì)
• 活存 (huócún)
• 活字典 (huózìdiǎn)
• 活字本
• 活字版
• 活學活用／活学活用
• 活守寡
• 活寡
• 活寶／活宝 (huóbǎo)
• 活寶貝／活宝贝
• 活局子
• 活廠經營／活厂经营
• 活性 (huóxìng)
• 活性疫苗
• 活性碳
• 活性菌
• 活扣兒／活扣儿
• 活捉 (huózhuō)
• 活捉王魁
• 活撮
• 活支
• 活支剌
• 活教材 (huójiàocái)
• 活斷層／活断层
• 活會／活会
• 活期 (huóqī)
• 活期存款 (huóqī cúnkuǎn)
• 活期放款
• 活棋
• 活機／活机
• 活欲 (oa̍h-beh) (Min Nan)
• 活死人
• 活氣／活气 (huóqì)
• 活水 (huóshuǐ)
• 活水源流
• 活泛
• 活法 (huófǎ)
• 活活
• 活活潑潑／活活泼泼
• 活淘氣／活淘气
• 活潑／活泼 (huópō)
• 活火
• 活火山 (huóhuǒshān)
• 活現／活现 (huóxiàn)
• 活瓣
• 活生生 (huóshēngshēng)
• 活用 (huóyòng)
• 活神仙
• 活神活現／活神活现
• 活結／活结 (huójié)
• 活絡／活络
• 活脫／活脱
• 活腳／活脚
• 活色生香
• 活著／活着
• 活菩薩／活菩萨 (huópúsà)
• 活落圈
• 活血 (huóxuè)
• 活血化瘀
• 活襯／活衬
• 活見鬼／活见鬼
• 活觀音／活观音
• 活計／活计 (huójì)
• 活話／活话
• 活該／活该 (huógāi)
• 活變／活变
• 活路
• 活蹦亂跳／活蹦乱跳 (huóbèngluàntiào)
• 活躍／活跃 (huóyuè)
• 活達／活达
• 活錢／活钱 (huóqián)
• 活門／活门
• 活門兒／活门儿
• 活閃婆／活闪婆
• 活閻王／活阎王
• 活靈活現／活灵活现 (huólínghuóxiàn)
• 活靶子 (huóbǎzi)
• 活頁／活页 (huóyè)
• 活頁夾／活页夹
• 活頁紙／活页纸
• 活頁裝訂／活页装订
• 活頭兒／活头儿
• 活饑荒／活饥荒
• 活龍坪／活龙坪 (Huólóngpíng)
• 活龍活現／活龙活现 (huólónghuóxiàn)
• 濟公活佛／济公活佛
• 燒活／烧活
• 營活／营活
• 物質生活／物质生活 (wùzhì shēnghuó)
• 特賣活動／特卖活动
• 獨門絕活／独门绝活
• 生吞活剝／生吞活剥 (shēngtūnhuóbō)
• 生擒活拿
• 生擒活捉 (shēngqín huózhuō)
• 生活 (shēnghuó)
• 生活品質／生活品质
• 生活圈 (shēnghuóquān)
• 生活型態／生活型态 (shēnghuó xíngtài)
• 生活態度／生活态度
• 生活教育
• 生活方式 (shēnghuó fāngshì)
• 生活條件／生活条件 (shēnghuó tiáojiàn)
• 生活水準／生活水准 (shēnghuó shuǐzhǔn)
• 生活照 (shēnghuózhào)
• 生活空間／生活空间
• 生活習慣／生活习惯
• 生活費／生活费 (shēnghuófèi)
• 生活資訊／生活资讯
• 生活輔導／生活辅导
• 生活領域／生活领域
• 生龍活虎／生龙活虎 (shēnglónghuóhǔ)
• 社會活動／社会活动
• 神氣活現／神气活现
• 粗活 (cūhuó)
• 精神生活 (jīngshén shēnghuó)
• 細活／细活 (xìhuó)
• 絕活／绝活 (juéhuó)
• 經濟活動／经济活动
• 網上活動／网上活动
• 繡活／绣活
• 羌活 (qiānghuó)
• 耍活寶／耍活宝
• 耳軟心活／耳软心活
• 肺活量 (fèihuóliàng)
• 自強活動／自强活动
• 舒筋活血
• 花活 (huāhuó)
• 苟活 (gǒuhuó)
• 苦活兒／苦活儿
• 草間求活／草间求活
• 莊稼活兒／庄稼活儿
• 藏活
• 藝文活動／艺文活动
• 要死要活
• 覓死尋活／觅死寻活
• 討生活／讨生活 (tǎoshēnghuó)
• 課外活動／课外活动
• 賣文為活／卖文为活
• 趕活兒／赶活儿 (gǎnhuór)
• 軟活／软活
• 輕活／轻活 (qīnghuó)
• 辭活／辞活
• 農活／农活 (nónghuó)
• 過活／过活 (guòhuó)
• 遛活
• 重活 (zhònghuó)
• 銅活／铜活 (tónghuó)
• 鐵活／铁活
• 雙活／双活
• 零活 (línghuó)
• 靈活／灵活 (línghuó)
• 風流快活／风流快活
• 養家活口／养家活口 (yǎngjiāhuókǒu)
• 養活／养活 (yǎnghuo)
• 鮮活／鲜活 (xiānhuó)

 

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 活

活

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

1. alive
2. lively
3. (of a machine or device) on; active; in operation

Readings

• Go-on: がち (gachi)^{←ぐわち (gwati, historical)}
• Kan-on: かつ (katsu, Jōyō)^{←くわつ (kwatu, historical)}
• Kun: いきる (ikiru, 活きる)、いかす (ikasu, 活かす)、いける (ikeru, 活ける)、よみがえる (yomigaeru, 活える)

Compounds

• 活(かっ)火(か) (kakka)
• 活(いけ)花(ばな) (ikebana)
• 活(かっ)気(き) (kakki)
• 活(かっ)況(きょう) (kakkyō)
• 活(かっ)計(けい) (kakkei)
• 活(かっ)殺(さつ)自(じ)在(ざい) (kassatsujizai)
• 活(かつ)字(じ) (katsuji)
• 活(かつ)人(じん)剣(けん) (katsujinken)
• 活(かっ)水(すい) (kassui)
• 活(かっ)塞(そく) (kassoku, “piston”)
• 活(かつ)動(どう) (katsudō)
• 活(かっ)発(ぱつ) (kappatsu)
• 活(かっ)版(ぱん) (kappan)
• 活(かつ)仏(ぶつ) (katsubutsu)
• 活(かつ)物(ぶつ) (katsubutsu)
• 活(かつ)用(よう) (katsuyō)
• 活(かつ)力(りょく) (katsuryoku)
• 活(かつ)路(ろ) (katsuro)
• 活(かっ)火(か)山(ざん) (kakkazan)
• 生(せい)活(かつ) (seikatsu)
• 復(ふっ)活(かつ) (fukkatsu)
• 復(ふっ)活(かつ)祭(さい) (fukkatsusai)

 

Etymology

Kanji in this term
活
かつ Grade: 2
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 活 (MC hwat, “to live”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かつ [káꜜtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠t͡sɨ]

Noun

活(かつ) • (katsu) ^{←くわつ (kwatu)?}

1. life

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 活 (MC hwat).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	ᅘᅪᇙ〮 (Yale: hhwálq)
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
	Gloss (hun)	Reading
Sinjeung Yuhap, 1576	사ᄅᆞᆯ (Yale: salol)	활 (Yale: hwal)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɸwa̠ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [활]

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

活

Wikisource 活 (eumhun 살 활 (sal hwal))

1. hanja form^? of 활 (“activity”) [affix]

Compounds

Compounds

• 생활 (生活, saenghwal)
• 활기 (活氣, hwalgi)
• 활동 (活動, hwaldong)
• 활력 (活力, hwallyeok)
• 활발 (活潑, hwalbal)
• 활성 (活性, hwalseong)
• 활약 (活躍, hwaryak)
• 활인 (活人, hwarin)
• 활자 (活字, hwalja)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

活: Hán Nôm readings: hoạt, oặt, oạc

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