# 鬲

| 鬲 | U+9B32, &#39730; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B32 |
| ← 鬱 [U+9B31] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鬳 → [U+9B33] |
| ⿀ | U+2FC0, &#12224; KANGXI RADICAL CAULDRON |
| ← ⾿ [U+2FBF] | Kangxi Radicals | ⿁ → [U+2FC1] |

## Translingual
### Han character

鬲 (Kangxi radical 193, 鬲+0, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一口月中 (MRBL), four-corner 1022$_7$, composition ⿱𠮛⿵冂⿱䒑丨(GHT) or ⿱𠮛⿵𦉪丅(JK))
* Kangxi radical #193, ⿀.

#### Derived characters

* Appendix:Chinese radical/鬲
* 嗝, 塥, 㣂, 搹, 滆, 隔, 㬏, 槅, 膈, 䃒, 䙐, 螎, 䛿(𬤑), 鎘(镉), 䩹, 䮥
* 䣓, 翮, 融, 鷊(鹝), 鞷, 蒚, 䈪
* 𢔸, 𤌦, 𤗦, 𤮄, 𥉅, 𥻥, 𦃔, 𫆋, 𧤜, 𮜁, 𨍮, 𨢌, 𩹺, 𢾿, 𧖓, 𮋎, 𫬋, 𪽶

#### Related characters

* 徹 (earlier forms also had a pot, later replaced with 育)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1458, character 20
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45672
* Dae Jaweon: page 1991, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4587, character 1
* Unihan data for U+9B32

## Chinese

* 鬲

### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鬲 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 隔 | *kreːɡ |
| 膈 | *kreːɡ |
| 搹 | *kreːɡ |
| 鬲 | *kreːɡ, *ɡ·reːɡ |
| 槅 | *kreːɡ |
| 嗝 | *kreːɡ |
| 虉 | *ŋɡreːɡ, *ŋɡeːɡ |
| 翮 | *ɡreːɡ |
| 滆 | *ɡreːɡ |
| 蒚 | *ɡreːɡ, *ɡ·reːɡ |
| 鎘 | *ɡ·reːɡ |
Pictogram (象形) of some pottery.

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lì (li$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lik$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lì
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lì
*** Wade–Giles: li$^4$
*** Yale: lì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
*** Palladius: ли (li)
*** Sinological IPA : /li⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lik$^6$
*** Yale: lihk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lik$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lig$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɪk̚²/
* Middle Chinese: lek
Rime :
| Character | 鬲 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 錫 (127) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 郎擊切 |
| Baxter | lek |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /lek̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /lek̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /lɛk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lɛjk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /lek̚/ |
| Wang Li | /liek̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /liek̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lik$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*k.rˤek/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·reːɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 鬲 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | lì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ lek › |
| Old Chinese | /*k.rˁek/ |
| English | tripod with hollow legs |
| 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 | 鬲 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 3851 |
| Phonetic component | 鬲 |
| Rime group | 錫 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 靂 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡ·reːɡ/ |

#### Definitions

鬲
* (historical) li; a type of cauldron with three hollow legs and used for cooking
    See also: 甗
* (historical) a type of earthenware used in funerals

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gé (ge$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaak$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gé
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gé
*** Wade–Giles: ko$^2$
*** Yale: gé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ger
*** Palladius: гэ (gɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɤ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaak$^3$
*** Yale: gaak
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaak$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gag$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːk̚³/
* Middle Chinese: keak
Rime :
| Character | 鬲 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 麥 (119) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 古核切 |
| Baxter | keak |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠɛk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kᵚæk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kɐk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kəɨjk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /kɛk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /kæk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kæk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ge |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gak$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.qˤ<r>ik/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kreːɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 鬲 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | gé |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kɛk › |
| Old Chinese | /*C.qˁ<r>ik/ |
| English | yoke |
| 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 | 鬲 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 3843 |
| Phonetic component | 鬲 |
| Rime group | 錫 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 隔 |
| Old Chinese | /*kreːɡ/ |

#### Definitions

鬲
* Alternative form of 隔 (gé)
* Alternative form of 膈
* Alternative form of 槅 (gé)
* (～國) (historical) Ge(有鬲氏), an ancient Chinese tribe during the Xia to Zhou dynasties near Dezhou, Shandong, the consort kin of Zhong Kang, the fourth king of the Xia dynasty, conquered by the Duke of Zhou in the 11th century BC.
* (～縣) (historical) a county in the southeast of Dezhou, Shandong established in the Qin dynasty and reorganised into a state in the Eastern Han dynasty.
* a surname

#### Compounds

* 肝鬲
* 鬲俞
* 鬲津河

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): è (e$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: è
*** Zhuyin: ㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: è
*** Wade–Giles: o$^4$
*** Yale: è
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eh
*** Palladius: э (e)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɤ⁵¹/

#### Definitions

鬲
* Alternative form of 軛 / 轭 (è)
* Alternative form of 搹 (è)
* Alternative form of 厄

### References

* ↑ https://baike.baidu.hk/item/鬲/2474789

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: きゃく (kyaku)、りゃく (ryaku)
* Kan-on: かく (kaku)、れき (reki)
* Kun: かなえ (kanae)
* Kanji in this term
* 鬲
* れき Hyōgai
* on'yomi

### Etymology

Middle Chinese 鬲

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) れき [réꜜkì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ɾe̞kʲi]

### Noun

鬲(れき) • (reki)
* a cauldron with three hollow legs used in ancient China

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

鬲 • (gyeok) (hangeul 격, revised gyeok, McCune–Reischauer kyŏk, Yale kyek) 鬲 • (ryeok) (hangeul 력)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

鬲: Hán Nôm readings: cách
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