# 膈

| 膈 | U+8188, &#33160; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8188 |
| ← 膇 [U+8187] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 膉 → [U+8189] |

## Translingual
### Han character

膈 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 月一口月 (BMRB), four-corner 7122$_7$, composition ⿰月鬲)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 991, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29772
* Dae Jaweon: page 1443, character 22
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2101, character 5
* Unihan data for U+8188

## Chinese

* 膈

### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 隔 | *kreːɡ |
| 膈 | *kreːɡ |
| 搹 | *kreːɡ |
| 鬲 | *kreːɡ, *ɡ·reːɡ |
| 槅 | *kreːɡ |
| 嗝 | *kreːɡ |
| 虉 | *ŋɡreːɡ, *ŋɡeːɡ |
| 翮 | *ɡreːɡ |
| 滆 | *ɡreːɡ |
| 蒚 | *ɡreːɡ, *ɡ·reːɡ |
| 鎘 | *ɡ·reːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kreːɡ) : semantic ⺼ + phonetic 鬲 (OC *kreːɡ, *ɡ·reːɡ).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gé (ge$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaak$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kak
    (Meixian, Guangdong): gag$^5$
* Eastern Min (BUC): gáik / káing
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kiak / kek / keh / keeh
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gêh$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gé
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gé
*** Wade–Giles: ko$^2$
*** Yale: gé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ger
*** Palladius: гэ (gɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɤ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaak$^3$
*** Yale: gaak
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaak$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gag$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːk̚³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kak
*** Hakka Romanization System: gag$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gag$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /kak̚²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: gag$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /kak̚¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gáik / káing
*** Sinological IPA : /kaiʔ²⁴/, /kʰaiŋ²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiak
*** Tâi-lô: kiak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kiag
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kiak̚⁵/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kek
*** Tâi-lô: kik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: keg
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiɪk̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keh
*** Tâi-lô: keh
*** Phofsit Daibuun: keq
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /keʔ³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /keʔ⁵/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keeh
*** Tâi-lô: keeh
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛʔ³²/
* kek - literary;
* keh - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: keak
Rime :
| Character | 膈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 麥 (119) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 古核切 |
| Baxter | keak |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠɛk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kᵚæk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kɐk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kəɨjk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /kɛk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /kæk̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kæk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ge |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gak$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kreːɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 膈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3841 |
| Phonetic component | 鬲 |
| Rime group | 錫 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 隔 |
| Old Chinese | /*kreːɡ/ |

#### Definitions

膈
* (anatomy) diaphragm
* a kind of bell

##### Synonyms

* (diaphragm): 膈膜 (gémó)

#### Compounds

* 噎膈
* 橫膈／横膈 (hénggé)
* 橫膈膜／横膈膜 (hénggémó)
* 盆膈 (péngé)
* 腦膈／脑膈 (Hakka)
* 膈神經／膈神经 (géshénjīng)
* 膈肢
* 膈肢窩／膈肢窝
* 膈膜 (gémó)
* 膈食病
* 落膈

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gè (ge$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gè
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gè
*** Wade–Giles: ko$^4$
*** Yale: gè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geh
*** Palladius: гэ (gɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɤ⁵¹/

#### Definitions

膈
* Only used in 膈應／膈应 (gèying).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: きゃく (kyaku)
* Kan-on: かく (kaku)
* Kun: むねのうち (munenōchi)、つりぎ (tsurigi)

## Korean
### Hanja

膈 • (gyeok) (hangeul 격)
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