# 珂

| 珂 | U+73C2, &#29634; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-73C2 |
| ← 珁 [U+73C1] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 珃 → [U+73C3] |

## Translingual
### Han character

珂 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一土一弓口 (MGMNR), four-corner 1112$_0$, composition ⿰𤣩可)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 729, character 12
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20906
* Dae Jaweon: page 1141, character 4
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1105, character 18
* Unihan data for U+73C2

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 珂 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 砢 | *ɡ·raːlʔ |
| 柯 | *kaːl |
| 菏 | *kaːl, *ɡaːl |
| 牁 | *kaːl |
| 滒 | *kaːl |
| 哥 | *kaːl |
| 歌 | *kaːl |
| 謌 | *kaːl |
| 鴚 | *kaːl |
| 哿 | *kaːlʔ |
| 舸 | *kaːlʔ |
| 笴 | *kaːlʔ, *kaːnʔ |
| 軻 | *kʰaːl, *kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls |
| 珂 | *kʰaːl |
| 可 | *kʰaːlʔ |
| 岢 | *kʰaːlʔ |
| 坷 | *kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls |
| 蚵 | *kʰaːls, *ɡaːl |
| 呵 | *qʰaːl, *qʰaːls |
| 訶 | *qʰaːl |
| 抲 | *qʰaːl |
| 荷 | *qʰaːls, *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ |
| 何 | *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ |
| 河 | *ɡaːl |
| 苛 | *ɡaːl |
| 魺 | *ɡaːl |
| 袔 | *ɡaːls |
| 阿 | *qaːl |
| 妸 | *qaːl, *qaːlʔ |
| 疴 | *qaːl, *kʰraːls |
| 鈳 | *qaːl |
| 娿 | *qaːl, *qaːlʔ |
| 痾 | *qaːl |
| 跒 | *kʰraːlʔ |
| 閜 | *qʰraːlʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰaːl): semantic 𤣩 (“jade”) + phonetic 可 (OC *kʰaːlʔ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kē (ke$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): o$^1$ / ngo$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): kŏ̤
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ko$^1$
* 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: o$^1$ / ngo$^1$
*** Yale: ō / ngō
*** Cantonese Pinyin: o$^1$ / ngo$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: o$^1$ / ngo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɔː⁵⁵/, /ŋɔː⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: kŏ̤
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰo⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ko$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kho
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰo³³/
* Middle Chinese: kha
Rime :
| Character | 珂 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 歌 (94) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 苦何切 |
| Baxter | kha |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰɑ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰɑ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰɑ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰa/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰɑ/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰɑ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kʰɑ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | kē |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ho$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːl/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 珂 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7445 |
| Phonetic component | 可 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 珂 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰaːl/ |

### Definitions

珂
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a pretty stone white as jade

### Compounds

* 玉珂
* 珂粉蝶 (kēfěndié)
* 珂羅版 / 珂罗版 (kēluóbǎn)
* 珂里
* 珂雪
* 鳴珂巷 / 鸣珂巷

### References

* “珂”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B02605

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): か (ka)
* Kun: くつわがい (kutsuwagai)、くつわ (kutsuwa)

## Korean
### Hanja

珂 • (ga) (hangeul 가, revised ga, McCune–Reischauer ka, Yale ka)
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