# 丮

| 丮 | U+4E2E, &#20014; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E2E |
| ← 中 [U+4E2D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 丯 → [U+4E2F] |

## Translingual
### Han character

丮 (Kangxi radical 2, 丨+3, 4 strokes, cangjie input 弓手 (NQ), four-corner 1751$_0$, composition ⿹⺄𰀁)

#### Derived characters

* 𫢐 𠯎 𫭤 𡖊 𢀜 𫷂 𫷖 𢦚 𬂤 𤜾 𬐙 𬒯 𬓣 𬢠 𬹧 𨑽 𫡖 𫡗 𫡳 𫭳 𬛣 𪜆 𡎐 𡙕 𫤱 𫳶 𬂴 𬐭 𬔧 𦘣 𫊈
* 孰 執 夙 巩 埶 (originally had 丮 as a component)

#### Descendants

* 丸 (simplification in some characters, such as 孰)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 79, character 6
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 74
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 51, character 7
* Unihan data for U+4E2E

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 丮 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| Oracle bone scriptj05354j05355j05356j05357j05358j05359j05360j05361j05362j05363j05364j05365j05366j05367Bronze inscriptionsb03725b03726Small seal scripts02137Transcribed ancient scriptsL28604L28605 ||||
| References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script). ||||
| | Old Chinese |
| 丮 | *kraɡ |
| 谻 | *kraɡ, *kraɡ |
Pictogram (象形) — A person kneeling with their hands stretched out, as if they are holding something.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jǐ, jí (ji$^3$, ji$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˇ, ㄐㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gik$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Mainland literary)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jǐ
*** Wade–Giles: chi$^3$
*** Yale: jǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jii
*** Palladius: цзи (czi)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi²¹⁴/
** (Taiwan literary)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jí
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jí
*** Wade–Giles: chi$^2$
*** Yale: jí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyi
*** Palladius: цзи (czi)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gik$^1$
*** Yale: gīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɪk̚⁵/
* Middle Chinese: kjaek
Rime :
| Character | 丮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 陌 (115) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 几劇切 |
| Baxter | kjaek |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠiæk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kᵚiak̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kiak̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kiajk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /kiɐk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /kĭɐk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kiɐk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ji |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gik$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]rak/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kraɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 丮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jǐ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kjæk › |
| Old Chinese | /*[k]rak/ |
| English | grasp |
| 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 | 丮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5779 |
| Phonetic component | 丮 |
| Rime group | 鐸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 戟 |
| Old Chinese | /*kraɡ/ |

### Definitions

丮
* to hold

### References

* (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 61

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* to catch, to get

#### Readings

* Go-on: きゃく (kyaku)
* Kan-on: けき (keki)
* Kun: もつ (motsu, 丮つ)、とる (toru, 丮る)

## Korean
### Hanja

丮 (eum 극 (geuk))
* catch

## Vietnamese
### Han character

丮: Hán Nôm readings: kịch
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