# 掝

| 掝 | U+639D, &#25501; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-639D |
| ← 掜 [U+639C] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 掞 → [U+639E] |

## Translingual
### Han character

掝 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手戈口一 (QIRM), four-corner 5305$_0$, composition ⿰扌或)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 438, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12269
* Dae Jaweon: page 788, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1892, character 8
* Unihan data for U+639D

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 幗 | *kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ |
| 慖 | *kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ |
| 簂 | *kʷɯːɡs |
| 蔮 | *kʷɯːɡs |
| 國 | *kʷɯːɡ |
| 或 | *ɡʷɯːɡ |
| 惑 | *ɡʷɯːɡ |
| 蜮 | *ɡʷɯːɡ, *ɢʷrɯɡ |
| 閾 | *qʰʷrɯɡ |
| 緎 | *qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ |
| 淢 | *qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ |
| 域 | *ɢʷrɯɡ |
| 罭 | *ɢʷrɯɡ |
| 棫 | *ɡʷrɯɡ |
| 琙 | *ɡʷrɯɡ |
| 魊 | *ɡʷrɯɡ |
| 馘 | *kʷrɯːɡ |
| 聝 | *kʷrɯːɡ |
| 膕 | *kʷrɯːɡ |
| 摑 | *kʷrɯːɡ |
| 漍 | *kʷrɯːɡ |
| 嘓 | *kʷrɯːɡ |
| 蟈 | *kʷrɯːɡ |
| 掝 | *qʰʷrɯːɡ |
| 彧 | *qʷrɯɡ |
| 稶 | *qʷɯɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʰʷrɯːɡ): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 或 (OC *ɡʷɯːɡ).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huò (huo$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): waak$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huò
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huò
*** Wade–Giles: huo$^4$
*** Yale: hwò
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoh
*** Palladius: хо (xo)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯ɔ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: waak$^6$
*** Yale: waahk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: waak$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wag$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /waːk̚²/
* Middle Chinese: xweak
Rime :
| Character | 掝 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 麥 (120) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 呼麥切 |
| Baxter | xweak |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hˠwɛk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hʷᵚæk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xuɐk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /hwəɨjk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /xuɛk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /xwæk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /xwæk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | huo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fak$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷrɯːɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 掝 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5571 |
| Phonetic component | 或 |
| Rime group | 職 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 剨 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰʷrɯːɡ/ |

#### Definitions

掝
* (historical dictionaries only) to crack; to split

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xù (xu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kwik$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xù
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syù
*** Wade–Giles: hsü$^4$
*** Yale: syù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuh
*** Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kwik$^1$
*** Yale: kwīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kwik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kuig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷʰɪk̚⁵/

#### Definitions

掝
* (historical dictionaries only) the sound of cracking

### Etymology 3

Probably to related to 揈 (fing6, fang6) (Ts'ou, 1979).

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): fik$^6$ / fak$^6$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fik$^6$ / fak$^6$
*** Yale: fihk / fahk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fik$^9$ / fak$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fig$^6$ / feg$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɪk̚²/, /fɐk̚²/

#### Definitions

掝
* (Cantonese) to swing; to wave

##### See also

* (Cantonese) 揈 (fing$^6$, fang$^6$, “to sway; to swing”)