# 抉

| 抉 | U+6289, &#25225; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6289 |
| ← 抈 [U+6288] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 把 → [U+628A] |

## Translingual
### Han character

抉 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手木大 (QDK), four-corner 5503$_0$, composition ⿰扌夬)

#### Derived characters

* 䆢

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 420, character 20
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11873
* Dae Jaweon: page 767, character 21
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1844, character 6
* Unihan data for U+6289

## 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$^3$
* 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/
* 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, 'wet
Rime :
| Character | 抉 | 抉 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 屑 (88) | 屑 (88) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | IV | IV |
| Fanqie | 古穴切 | 於決切 |
| Baxter | kwet | 'wet |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kwet̚/ | /ʔwet̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʷet̚/ | /ʔʷet̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kuɛt̚/ | /ʔuɛt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kwɛt̚/ | /ʔwɛt̚/ |
| Li Rong | /kuet̚/ | /ʔuet̚/ |
| Wang Li | /kiwet̚/ | /iwet̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kiwet̚/ | /ʔiwet̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jue | yue |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gyut$^3$ | jyut$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʷeːd/, /*qʷeːd/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 抉 | 抉 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 4418 | 4433 |
| Phonetic component | 夬 | 夬 |
| Rime group | 月 | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 玦 | 抉 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʷeːd/ | /*qʷeːd/ |

### Definitions

抉
* (literary) to gouge; to dig out; to pick out
* (literary) to pick out; to select out
* (literary) to pierce; to puncture; to butcher
* (literary) to reveal; to expose
* (Hokkien) to slap; to hit with one's palm
* (Hokkien) to plaster; to paint; to daub (on a wall, etc.)
* (Mainland China Hokkien) to apply on one's face, hands, etc. (of powder, oil, etc.)
* (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) to sweep across to knock over
* (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) to surpass; to be better than; to overtake

#### Compounds

* 伍員抉目／伍员抉目
* 剔抉
* 怒猊抉石
* 抉剔
* 抉喙䫌／抉喙𱂮
* 抉擇／抉择 (juézé)
* 抉擿
* 抉瑕掩瑜
* 抉瑕擿釁／抉瑕擿衅
* 抉目
* 掀雷抉電／掀雷抉电
* 搜奇抉怪
* 爬梳剔抉
* 爬羅剔抉／爬罗剔抉
* 鉤隱抉微／钩隐抉微

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* gouge
* hollow out
* bore
* pry

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): けつ (ketsu)
* Kun: えぐる (eguru, 抉る)

## Korean
### Hanja

抉 • (gyeol) (hangeul 결, revised gyeol, McCune–Reischauer kyŏl, Yale kyel)
* choose, select
* gouge, pluck out

## Vietnamese
### Han character

抉: Hán Nôm readings: khoét, quyết, quét, quẹt, quạt
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