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Translingual
Han character
克 (radical 10, 儿+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 十口竹山 (JRHU), four-corner 40216, composition ⿱古儿 or ⿱十兄 or ⿳十口儿)
Derived characters
References
- KangXi: page 124, character 15
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1355
- Dae Jaweon: page 263, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 269, character 4
- Unihan data for U+514B
Chinese
Glyph origin
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References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (克) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| 克 | *kʰɯːɡ |
| 剋 | *kʰɯːɡ |
| 勊 | *kʰɯːɡ |
Unclear.
Also Simplified from 剋.
Etymology 1
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克 | |
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- gram
- Short for 克蘭姆/克兰姆, from French gramme.
- Tibetan measuring vessel, Tibetan volume unit, Tibetan area unit
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Pronunciation
Definitions
克
- to be competent
- to win
- to encroach on
- to restrain
- to finish
- be able to
- to skimp
- to agree on
- harsh
- Alternative form of 刻 (kè, “to know”).
- to digest
- gram
- a Tibetan measuring vessel
- a Tibetan volume unit
- a Tibetan area unit
See also
Compounds
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Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 克 – see 剋 (“to overcome; to subdue; to overthrow; to restrain; to cut down; etc.”). (This character, 克, is the simplified and variant traditional form of 剋.) |
Notes:
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Japanese
Kanji
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
克 • (geuk) (hangeul 극, revised geuk, McCune–Reischauer kŭk)
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Vietnamese
Han character
克 (khắc)
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