# 亅

| 亅 | U+4E85, &#20101; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E85 |
| ← 亄 [U+4E84] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 了 → [U+4E86] |
| ⼅ | U+2F05, &#12037; KANGXI RADICAL HOOK |
| ← ⼄ [U+2F04] | Kangxi Radicals | ⼆ → [U+2F06] |

## Translingual
### Han character

亅 (Kangxi radical 6, 亅+0, 1 stroke, cangjie input 難弓 (XN), four-corner 2000)
* Kangxi radical #6, ⼅.

#### Derived characters

* Appendix:Chinese radical/亅
* 刂, 丁, 𠆤, 𠯃, 𥫘, 𡨴, 寜, 小, 水, 氺, 𬺰, 于, 牙, 㸦, 爭, 門, 鬥, 雋

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 85, character 9
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 224
* Dae Jaweon: page 173, character 18
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 28, character 3
* Unihan data for U+4E85

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 亅
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
* Small seal scripts09422
* 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).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jué (jue$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiet / kiet / khiat / kiat
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koa̍t
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jué
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyué
*** Wade–Giles: chüeh$^2$
*** Yale: jywé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyue
*** Palladius: цзюэ (czjue)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kyut$^3$
*** Yale: kyut
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kyt$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: küd$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰyːt̚³/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiet / kiet
*** Hakka Romanization System: kied$^ˋ$ / gied$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: kiad$^5$ / giad$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯et̚²/, /ki̯et̚²/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiat / kiat
*** Hakka Romanization System: kiad$^ˋ$ / giad$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: kiad$^5$ / giad$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯at̚²/, /ki̯at̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koa̍t
*** Tâi-lô: kua̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koat
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kuat̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kuat̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuat̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kuat̚⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuat̚⁴/
* Middle Chinese: gjwot
Rime :
| Character | 亅 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 月 (68) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 其月切 |
| Baxter | gjwot |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɡʉɐt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡʷiɐt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡiuɐt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /guat̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡiuɐt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡĭwɐt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /gi̯wɐt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jué |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gyut$^6$ |

### Definitions

亅
* (historical dictionaries only) a backward hook

#### References

* CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* "barb" radical (はねぼう)
* feathered stick (Can we verify this sense?)

#### Readings

* Go-on: がち (gachi)
* Kan-on: けつ (ketsu)
* Kun: かぎ (kagi, 亅)

#### Usage notes

Appears only as a radical.

## Korean
### Hanja

亅 (eumhun 갈고리 궐 (galgori gwol))
* hook

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

亅: Hán Nôm readings: quyết
* chữ Hán form of quyết (“Kangxi radical 6—‘hook’”).

#### References

* Nom Foundation