# 測

| 測 | U+6E2C, &#28204; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E2C |
| ← 渫 [U+6E2B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 渭 → [U+6E2D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

測 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水月金弓 (EBCN), four-corner 3210$_0$, composition ⿰氵則)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 635, character 1
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17780
* Dae Jaweon: page 1041, character 12
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1674, character 1
* Unihan data for U+6E2C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 廁 | *sʰrɯɡs, *sʰrɯɡ |
| 則 | *ʔsɯːɡ |
| 賊 | *zɯːɡ |
| 鰂 | *zɯːɡ |
| 鱡 | *zɯːɡ |
| 蠈 | *zɯːɡ |
| 側 | *ʔsrɯɡ |
| 萴 | *ʔsrɯɡ, *zrɯɡ |
| 測 | *sʰrɯɡ |
| 惻 | *sʰrɯɡ |
| 崱 | *zrɯɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sʰrɯɡ) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 則 (OC *ʔsɯːɡ) — to measure the depth of water.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): cè (ce$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄘㄜˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ce$^2$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): cěi
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): ce̊q
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): cak$^1$ / caak$^1$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): cak$^7$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): cak$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): cet$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhet
    (Meixian, Guangdong): cêd$^5$
* Jin (Wiktionary): cah$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): chă̤
* Eastern Min (BUC): cháik
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ceh$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhek / chhak / chhiak / chherk
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cêg$^4$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): ceg$^4$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): cak$^2$
* Wu (Wugniu)
** (Northern): $^7$tsheq / $^7$tshaq / $^7$tsheoq
** (Jinhua): $^7$tsheq
* Xiang
    (Changsha, Wiktionary): ce$^6$
    (Loudi, Wiktionary): ce$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cè
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cè
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻê$^4$
*** Yale: tsè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tseh
*** Palladius: цэ (cɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɤ⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ce$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ce
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɛ²¹/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: cěi
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰei²¹/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: ce̊q
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): ceq$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰəʔ⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cak$^1$ / caak$^1$
*** Yale: chāk / chāak
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsak$^7$ / tsaak$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ceg$^1$ / cag$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɐk̚⁵/, /t͡sʰaːk̚⁵/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: cak$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɐk̚⁴⁴/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: cak$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰak̚⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: cet$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɛt̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhet
*** Hakka Romanization System: ced$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ced$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰet̚²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: cêd$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɛt̚¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: cah$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰaʔ²/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chă̤
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɛ²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cháik
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaiʔ²⁴/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ceh$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɛʔ¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ceh$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɛʔ²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhek
*** Tâi-lô: tshik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zheg
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhak
*** Tâi-lô: tshak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhag
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /t͡sʰak̚⁵/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiak
*** Tâi-lô: tshiak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chiag
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiak̚⁵/
** (Hokkien: Nan'an)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chherk
*** Tâi-lô: tsherk
*** IPA (Nan'an): /t͡sʰək̚⁵/
* Quanzhou:
** chhak - vernacular;
** chhiak - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit測 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /t͡sʰɤ⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /t͡sʰɤ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /t͡sʰɤ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /t͡sʰə²¹³/ /ʈ͡ʂʰei²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /t͡sʰə⁵⁵/ /ʈ͡ʂʰe⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ʈ͡ʂʰɛ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /t͡sʰei²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /t͡sʰɨ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /t͡sʰə¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ʈ͡ʂʰə¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /t͡sʰɤ²¹³/ /t͡sʰei⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡sʰɤ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡sʰe³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡sʰɛ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /t͡sʰə³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /t͡sʰəʔ⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /t͡sʰɐʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡sʰaʔ²/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /t͡sʰʌʔ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡sʰaʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡sʰəʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /t͡sʰəʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /t͡sʰəʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /t͡sʰe²¹³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡sʰɛʔ²¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /t͡sʰa⁵/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡sʰə²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /t͡sʰæ²⁴/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡sʰɛʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sʰet̚¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /t͡sʰet̚⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sʰɐk̚⁵/ /t͡sʰak̚⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /t͡sʰɐk̚⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /t͡sʰɐk̚⁵/ /t͡sʰak̚⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /t͡sʰik̚³²/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /t͡sʰaiʔ²³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /t͡sʰɛ²⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /t͡sʰek̚²/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /sek̚⁵/ /sɔk̚⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: tsrhik
Rime :
| Character | 測 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 初 (19) |
| Final (韻) | 職 (134) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 初力切 |
| Baxter | tsrhik |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ʃʰɨk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈ͡ʂʰɨk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ʃʰiek̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈ͡ʂʰik̚/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ʃʰiək̚/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ʃʰĭək̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʈ͡ʂʰi̯ək̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | che |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cik$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ]rək/
    (Zhengzhang): /*sʰrɯɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 測 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | cè |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsrhik › |
| Old Chinese | /*[tsʰ]rək/ |
| English | fathom (v.) |
| 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 | 測 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16602 |
| Phonetic component | 則 |
| Rime group | 職 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 測 |
| Old Chinese | /*sʰrɯɡ/ |

### Definitions

測
* to fathom; to sound; to measure depth
* to measure; to gauge; to survey
* (literary or in compounds) to predict; to anticipate; to expect
* (literary or in compounds) to surmise; to speculate; to conjecture; to suppose
* (obsolete) deep
* (obsolete) clear
* (obsolete) a method of torture

#### Synonyms

* (to measure): 測量／测量 (cèliáng)
* (to predict):
* 前瞻 (qiánzhān)
* 展望 (zhǎnwàng)
* 意想 (yìxiǎng)
* 意料 (yìliào)
* 捉摸 (zhuōmō)
* 揣測 / 揣测 (chuǎicè)
* 料定 (liàodìng)
* 料想 (liàoxiǎng)
* 料算 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 猜 (cāi)
* 端倪 (duānní) (literary)
* 諒心 / 谅心 (lian$^5$ sin) (Xiang)
* 諒想 / 谅想 (liōng-siǒng) (Northern Min)
* 逆料 (nìliào)
* 預判 / 预判 (yùpàn)
* 預卜 / 预卜 (yùbǔ)
* 預報 / 预报 (yùbào)
* 預感 / 预感 (yùgǎn)
* 預想 / 预想 (yùxiǎng)
* 預料 / 预料 (yùliào)
* 預斷 / 预断 (yùduàn)
* 預測 / 预测 (yùcè)
* 預示 / 预示 (yùshì)
* 預見 / 预见 (yùjiàn)
* 預言 / 预言 (yùyán)
* (to surmise):
* nan-qua+nan-xia:阿合
* nan-xia+nan-zha:掠算
* 估計 / 估计 (gūjì)
* 估量
* 假定 (jiǎdìng)
* 假想 (jiǎxiǎng)
* 假設 / 假设 (jiǎshè)
* 商量 (shāngliàng) (Classical Chinese)
* 嫌 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
* 忖度 (cǔnduó) (literary)
* 思裁 (sīcái) (literary)
* 想象 (xiǎngxiàng)
* 懸 / 悬 (xuán) (literary, or in compounds)
* 懸想 / 悬想 (xuánxiǎng)
* 懷疑 / 怀疑 (huáiyí)
* 打估 (Southern Pinghua)
* 推想 (tuīxiǎng)
* 推測 / 推测 (tuīcè)
* 揣度 (formal)
* 擬 / 拟 (nǐ)
* 母量 (mu$^3$ liong) (Gan)
* 派胚 (Hokkien)
* 測估 / 测估 (cègū)
* 測度 / 测度 (cèduó)
* 測算 / 测算 (cèsuàn)
* 猜 (cāi)
* 猜度 (cāiduó)
* 猜想 (cāixiǎng)
* 猜摸 (cāimo)
* 猜料 (cāiliào)
* 猜測 / 猜测 (cāicè)
* 猜詳 / 猜详 (cāixiáng)
* 算 (suàn)
* 算計 / 算计 (suànjì)
* 約摸 / 约摸 (yuēmo)
* 臭疑 (Hokkien)
* 臭青疑 (Hokkien)
* 虛擬 / 虚拟 (xūnǐ)
* 要約 / 要约 (iau$^3$ ieh$^4$) (Jin)
* 設 / 设 (shè)
* 設想 / 设想 (shèxiǎng)
* 跋胚 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 辦胚 / 办胚 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 青疑 (Hokkien)
* 預計 / 预计 (yùjì)

#### Compounds

* 三角測量 / 三角测量
* 不可測 / 不可测
* 不測 / 不测 (bùcè)
* 不測之淵 / 不测之渊
* 不測之禍 / 不测之祸
* 不測風雲 / 不测风云
* 事出不測 / 事出不测
* 人心叵測 / 人心叵测 (rénxīnpǒcè)
* 人心莫測 / 人心莫测
* 人心難測 / 人心难测
* 人格測驗 / 人格测验
* 人體計測 / 人体计测 (réntǐ jìcè)
* 以蠡測海 / 以蠡测海
* 估測 / 估测
* 偵測 / 侦测 (zhēncè)
* 兵機莫測 / 兵机莫测
* 勘測 / 勘测 (kāncè)
* 叵測 / 叵测 (pǒcè)
* 圓測 / 圆测
* 天體觀測 / 天体观测
* 寸指測淵 / 寸指测渊
* 居心叵測 / 居心叵测 (jūxīnpǒcè)
* 工程測量 / 工程测量
* 平面測量 / 平面测量
* 心懷叵測 / 心怀叵测 (xīnhuáipǒcè)
* 心理測驗 / 心理测验
* 忖測 / 忖测
* 性向測驗 / 性向测验
* 成就測驗 / 成就测验
* 持蠡測海 / 持蠡测海
* 推測 / 推测 (tuīcè)
* 探測 / 探测 (tàncè)
* 探測船 / 探测船
* 揣測 / 揣测 (chuǎicè)
* 智力測驗 / 智力测验
* 檢測 / 检测 (jiǎncè)
* 步測 / 步测 (bùcè)
* 民意測驗 / 民意测验 (mínyì cèyàn)
* 水準測量 / 水准测量
* 海洋觀測 / 海洋观测
* 深不可測 / 深不可测 (shēnbùkěcè)
* 渺不可測 / 渺不可测
* 測候 / 测候 (cèhòu)
* 測光表 / 测光表
* 測出 / 测出
* 測字 / 测字 (cèzì)
* 測定 / 测定 (cèdìng)
* 測度 / 测度
* 測恩 / 测恩
* 測查 / 测查 (cèchá)
* 測桿 / 测杆
* 測步器 / 测步器
* 測深器 / 测深器
* 測測 / 测测
* 湢測 / 湢测
* 測繪 / 测绘 (cèhuì)
* 測評 / 测评 (cèpíng)
* 測試 / 测试 (cèshì)
* 測謊器 / 测谎器 (cèhuǎngqì)
* 測謊機 / 测谎机 (cèhuǎngjī)
* 測量 / 测量 (cèliáng)
* 測量學 / 测量学 (cèliángxué)
* 測量衛星 / 测量卫星
* 測鉛 / 测铅
* 測風氣球 / 测风气球
* 測驗 / 测验 (cèyàn)
* 照相測量 / 照相测量
* 猜測 / 猜测 (cāicè)
* 玄妙莫測 / 玄妙莫测
* 監測 / 监测 (jiāncè)
* 神機莫測 / 神机莫测
* 神祕莫測 / 神秘莫测 (shénmìmòcè)
* 神鬼不測 / 神鬼不测
* 神鬼莫測 / 神鬼莫测
* 神鬼難測 / 神鬼难测
* 禍出不測 / 祸出不测
* 禍生不測 / 祸生不测
* 窅不可測 / 窅不可测
* 窺測 / 窥测 (kuīcè)
* 管窺蠡測 / 管窥蠡测
* 能力測驗 / 能力测验
* 臆測 / 臆测 (yìcè)
* 自測 / 自测 (zìcè)
* 莫測 / 莫测 (mòcè)
* 莫測高深 / 莫测高深 (mòcègāoshēn)
* 藐不可測 / 藐不可测
* 蠡測 / 蠡测 (lícè)
* 觀測 / 观测 (guāncè)
* 觀測站 / 观测站
* 變化不測 / 变化不测
* 變化莫測 / 变化莫测 (biànhuàmòcè)
* 變幻不測 / 变幻不测
* 變幻莫測 / 变幻莫测 (biànhuànmòcè)
* 賣卜測字 / 卖卜测字
* 路線測量 / 路线测量
* 迴聲探測 / 回声探测
* 遙感探測 / 遥感探测
* 遙測 / 遥测 (yáocè)
* 遙測影像 / 遥测影像
* 遙測技術 / 遥测技术
* 量測 / 量测
* 險遭不測 / 险遭不测
* 難測 / 难测 (náncè)
* 震波測勘 / 震波测勘
* 震測 / 震测
* 預測 / 预测 (yùcè)
* 風雲不測 / 风云不测
* 高深莫測 / 高深莫测 (gāoshēnmòcè)
* 鬼神不測 / 鬼神不测
* 鬼神莫測 / 鬼神莫测

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)
* To measure (water deepness)
* To weigh

#### Readings

* Go-on: しき (shiki)
* Kan-on: そく (soku, Jōyō)
* Kun: はかる (hakaru, 測る, Jōyō)

## Korean
### Hanja

測 • (cheuk) (hangeul 측, revised cheuk, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŭk, Yale chuk)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

測: Hán Nôm readings: trắc
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