# 訣

| 訣 | U+8A23, &#35363; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A23 |
| ← 訢 [U+8A22] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 訤 → [U+8A24] |

## Translingual
### Han character

訣 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜口木大 (YRDK), four-corner 0563$_0$, composition ⿰訁夬)

#### Derived characters

* 𥊜

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1150, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35272
* Dae Jaweon: page 1617, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3951, character 5
* Unihan data for U+8A23

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 袂 | *mɡʷeds |
| 夬 | *kʷraːds |
| 快 | *kʰʷraːds |
| 駃 | *kʰʷraːds, *kʷeːd |
| 筷 | *kʰʷraːds |
| 炔 | *kʷeːds |
| 觖 | *kʰʷeds, *kʷeːd |
| 缺 | *kʰʷed, *kʰʷeːd |
| 蒛 | *kʰʷed |
| 吷 | *qʰʷed |
| 妜 | *qʷed, *qʷeːd |
| 決 | *kʷeːd, *qʰʷeːd |
| 訣 | *kʷeːd |
| 抉 | *kʷeːd, *qʷeːd |
| 玦 | *kʷeːd |
| 芵 | *kʷeːd |
| 赽 | *kʷeːd |
| 鴂 | *kʷeːd |
| 鈌 | *kʷeːd |
| 决 | *kʷeːd |
| 疦 | *kʷeːd, *qʰʷeːd |
| 蚗 | *kʷeːd |
| 趹 | *kʷeːd |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jué (jue$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiet / kiat
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koat
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jué
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyué
*** Wade–Giles: chüeh$^2$
*** Yale: jywé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyue
*** Palladius: цзюэ (czjue)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kyut$^3$
*** Yale: kyut
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kyt$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: küd$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰyːt̚³/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiet
*** Hakka Romanization System: gied$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: giad$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯et̚²/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiat
*** Hakka Romanization System: giad$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: giad$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯at̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koat
*** Tâi-lô: kuat
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koad
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kuat̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kuat̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuat̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kuat̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuat̚³²/
* Middle Chinese: kwet
Rime :
| Character | 訣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 屑 (88) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 古穴切 |
| Baxter | kwet |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kwet̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʷet̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kuɛt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kwɛt̚/ |
| Li Rong | /kuet̚/ |
| Wang Li | /kiwet̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kiwet̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jue |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gyut$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʷˤet/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʷeːd/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 訣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jué |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kwet › |
| Old Chinese | /*[k]ʷˁet/ |
| English | farewell words |
| 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 | 訣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4417 |
| Phonetic component | 夬 |
| Rime group | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 玦 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʷeːd/ |

### Definitions

訣
* knack; secret; trick of the trade
* mnemonic chant; rhyme for remembering something; rhymed formula
* to take leave of; to bid farewell
* (obsolete) to bid farewell to a dead person

#### Compounds

* 丹訣／丹诀
* 五字訣／五字诀
* 口訣／口诀 (kǒujué)
* 妙訣／妙诀
* 拖字訣／拖字诀 (tuōzìjué)
* 捏訣／捏诀
* 掐訣／掐诀
* 歌訣／歌诀
* 永訣／永诀 (yǒngjué)
* 江湖一點訣，講破毋值錢／江湖一点诀，讲破毋值钱 (Hokkien)
* 祕訣／秘诀 (mìjué)
* 脈訣／脉诀
* 要訣／要诀 (yàojué)
* 訣仙／诀仙 (Hokkien)
* 訣別／诀别 (juébié)
* 訣竅／诀窍 (juéqiào)
* 訣說／诀说 (Hokkien)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* separation
* part
* secret

#### Readings

* Go-on: けち (kechi)
* Kan-on: けつ (ketsu)
* On: けい (kei)
* Kun: わかれる (wakareru, 訣れる)
* Nanori: とし (toshi)

## Korean
### Hanja

訣 • (gyeol) (hangeul 결, revised gyeol, McCune–Reischauer kyŏl, Yale kyel)
* take leave of
* bid farewell

#### Compounds

* 口訣 (구결, gugyeol)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

訣: Hán Việt readings: quyết
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### References

* ↑ Trần (2004).