# 髁

| 髁 | U+9AC1, &#39617; 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 7629$_4$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (ke$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fo$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$khu; $^5$khue
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kē
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ke
*** Wade–Giles: kʻo$^1$
*** Yale: kē
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ke
*** Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɤ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fo$^1$
*** Yale: fō
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fo$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɔː⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$khu; $^5$khue
*** MiniDict: khu$^平$; khue$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$khu; $^2$khue
*** 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/ | /kʰˠua$^X$/ | /kʰuɑ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰuɑ/ | /kʰʷᵚa$^X$/ | /kʰuɑ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰuɑ/ | /kʰua$^X$/ | /kʰuɑ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰwa/ | /kʰwaɨ$^X$/ | /kʰwa$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰuɑ/ | /kʰua$^X$/ | /kʰuɑ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰuɑ/ | /kʰwa$^X$/ | /kʰuɑ$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kʰuɑ/ | /kʰwa$^X$/ | /kʰuɑ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | kuō | kuǎ | kuò |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fo$^1$ | faa$^2$ | fo$^3$ |
* 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
* thigh bone, hipbone
* kneecap
* (anatomy) condyle

#### Compounds

* 上髁 (shàngkē)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* thighbone; patella

#### Readings

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

## Korean
### Hanja

髁 • (gwa, hwa) (hangeul 과, 화)
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