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鬲

Cantonese · source Jyutpinggaak3#

name of a river
used in name of people
name of a state

Cantonese · source Jyutpinglik6#

earthen pot
iron cauldron

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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Reading & tones

gaak33 · mid levelchecked · -k

lik66 · low levelchecked · -k

Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.

Reading difference from Unihan

鬲 has the reading gaak3 here; Unihan’s citation reading is lik6. Different syllable across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 鬲 gaak3 as its own entry.

Computed by zimai: each syllable of the CC-Canto word reading is compared with Unihan 17.0.0 kCantonese for its character. The comparison does not say why a reading differs (a changed tone, 變音, a reading tied to one meaning, or a source variant).

Same syllable, six tones

gaakgaak1—gaak2—格gaak3squaregaak4—gaak5—gaak6—

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Written characters

鬲

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

鬲 Gé CC-CEDICT · Mandarinsurname Ge
鬲 gé CC-CEDICT · Mandarinearthen pot; iron cauldron
鬲 lì CC-CEDICT · Mandarinancient ceramic three-legged vessel used for cooking with cord markings on the outside and hollow legs

A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.

CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: ge2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ak1 · gaak3 · lik6

Cantonese word readings for 鬲. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character

(historical) li; a type of cauldron with three hollow legs and used for cooking
(historical) a type of earthenware used in funerals

character

(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 隔 (gé)
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 膈
(alt-of, alternative) 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

character

(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 軛 /轭 (è)
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 搹 (è)
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 厄

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