觳

觳 · hú

an ancient measure; a goblet; mean; frightened

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
hú
Cantonese
huk6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

an ancient measure; a goblet; mean; frightened

Dictionary definitions & readings

觳 hú · ancient measuring vessel (same as 斛); frightened

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
80028.050:hú,què,jué Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0475.030:hú Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
141.100:hú Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
hú粵huk6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
カク コク ガク ゴク あとあし うすい くらべる つましい Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
곡:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
胡谷 苦角 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
GBHNE Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4724.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1144.180 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
449.53 466.27 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1226l Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+89F3
Radical
角 · 148
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
10
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6202

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
觳
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
huwk · 胡谷 · 通開一入東匣 · #3184
Middle Chinese
khaewk · 苦角 · 江開二入江溪 · #3274

PHONO-ML, source line 16192; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1235.607
kDaeJaweon
1611.040
kGSR
1226l
kHanYu
80028.050
kIRGDaeJaweon
1611.040
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
80028.050
kIRGKangXi
1144.180
kKangXi
1144.180
kKarlgren
506
kMatthews
2204
kMeyerWempe
822b
kMorohashi
35144
kSBGY
449.53 466.27
kSMSZD2003Index
641.06 348.03
kCangjie
GBHNE
kFourCornerCode
4724.7
kMojiJoho
MJ024318
kPhonetic
493
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-6C32
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EE7D
kIRG_JSource
J14-7850
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-756C
kIRG_KSource
K1-592C
kIRG_TSource
T2-5F4B
kRSUnicode
148.10
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
EE7D
kCCCII
23315C
kCNS1986
2-5F4B
kCNS1992
2-5F4B
kEACC
23315C
kGB0
7618
kGB1
7618
kJIS0213
2,88,48
kJis1
6130
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
6049
kTGH
2013:6202
kTaiwanTelegraph
6049
kXerox
275:152
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+18666+79.4.13 C+18666+148.7.10
kCantonese
huk6
kDefinition
an ancient measure; a goblet; mean; frightened
kFanqie
胡谷 苦角
kHangul
곡:1N
kHanyuPinyin
80028.050:hú,què,jué
kJapanese
カク コク ガク ゴク あとあし うすい くらべる つましい
kJapaneseOn
KOKU GOKU KAKU GAKU
kKorean
KOK
kMandarin
hú
kSMSZD2003Readings
hú粵huk6
kTGHZ2013
141.100:hú
kXHC1983
0475.030:hú

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 觳0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right
⿱ Above / below
⿳ Three rows

Shape description
((士 above 冖 above 一) above 角) beside 殳 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰⿱⿳士冖一角殳$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰⿱⿳士冖一角殳$(GHTJKP)

^⿰⿳⿱士冖一角殳$(X)

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