剋

See also: 克

剋 U+524B, 剋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-524B ← 削 [U+524A] CJK Unified Ideographs 剌 → [U+524C]

Translingual

Han character

剋 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 十山中弓 (JULN) or 難十山中弓 (XJULN), four-corner 4221₀, composition ⿺克刂)

Derived characters

• 𡞢

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 140, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2009
• Dae Jaweon: page 318, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 339, character 3
• Unihan data for U+524B

Chinese

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
克	*kʰɯːɡ
剋	*kʰɯːɡ
勊	*kʰɯːɡ

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

Pronunciation 1

trad.		剋/克*
simp.		克*
alternative forms		尅 勀 勊

Rime
Character	剋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	德 (131)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦得切
Baxter	khok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰək̚/
Li Rong	/kʰək̚/
Wang Li	/kʰək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ke
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hak1

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	剋
Reading #	1/1
No.	7481
Phonetic component	克
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	刻
Old Chinese	/*kʰɯːɡ/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kè (ke⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ / haak¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khek / khiak

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kiog⁴

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷kheq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kè
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kè
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴
    • Yale: kè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keh
    • Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hak¹ / haak¹
    • Yale: hāk / hāak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ / haak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ / hag¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵/, /haːk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khek
    • Tâi-lô: khik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qeg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiak
    • Tâi-lô: khiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiak̚⁵/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kiog⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khiok
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiok̚²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷kheq
    • MiniDict: kheh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴kheq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰəʔ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khok

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰɯːɡ/

Definitions

剋

1. to counteract; to work against; to conflict (especially of one's fate with someone else)

   相剋／相克  ―  xiāngkè  ―  to contradict one another

   佢一出世就剋死咗佢阿媽。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢一出世就克死咗佢阿妈。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ jat¹ ceot¹ sai³ zau⁶ haak¹ sei² zo² keoi⁵ aa³ maa¹. [Jyutping]

   He was destined to have his fate conflict with his mother to the point of her death as soon as he was born.

   某剋翁。／某克翁。 [Hokkien]  ―  Bó͘ khek ang. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  The wife is bringing bad luck to his husband due to a conflict in fate

2. (literary) to overcome; to subdue; to capture; to defeat; to vanquish; to prevail; to surmount; to overthrow
3. (literary) to restrain; to cut down
4. (literary) to be able to
5. (literary) severe; harsh
6. (literary) to injure; to harm
7. (literary) to digest
8. (literary) to set a time limit

Synonyms

• (to overcome): 戰勝／战胜 (zhànshèng), 克 (kè)

Compounds

• 刑剋 / 刑克
• 剋剝 / 克剥
• 剋化 / 克化
• 剋嗇 / 克啬
• 剋夫 / 克夫 (kèfū)
• 剋意 / 克意 (kèyì)
• 剋扣 / 克扣 (kèkòu)
• 剋日 / 克日 (kèrì)
• 剋星 / 克星 (kèxīng)
• 剋期 / 克期 (kèqī)
• 剋核 / 克核
• 剋落 / 克落
• 天剋地衝 / 天克地冲
• 慳吝苦剋 / 悭吝苦克
• 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.		剋
alternative forms		尅 K

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kēi (kei¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄟ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kei
    • Wade–Giles: kʻei¹
    • Yale: kēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kei
    • Palladius: кэй (kɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰeɪ̯⁵⁵/

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 刻 (MC khok) (cf. Sun, 2018, p. 518).

Definitions

剋

1. (colloquial) to scold; to censure
2. (colloquial) to beat
3. (dialectal) to dig (with the hand)

Compounds

• 挨剋 (áikēi)

 

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 剋

剋

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こく (koku)
• Kun: かつ (katsu, 剋つ)

Korean

Hanja

剋 • (geuk) (hangeul 극, revised geuk, McCune–Reischauer kŭk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

剋: Hán Việt readings: khắc^[1][2][3][4]
剋: Nôm readings: khắc^[1][5]

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”).

References

1. Trần (2004).
2. Trần (1999).
3. Nguyễn (1974).
4. Thiều Chửu (1942).
5. Hồ (1976).