撠

撠 U+64A0, 撠
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64A0
← 撟
[U+649F] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 撡 →
[U+64A1]

Translingual

Han character

撠 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手十十戈 (QJJI), four-corner 53050, composition ⿰扌戟)

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 455, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12720
  • Dae Jaweon: page 804, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1954, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+64A0

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 撠
alternative forms 棘 Cantonese
𠽤 Cantonese
kick Hong Kong Cantonese
揭 Hokkien

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (戟) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
戟 *kraɡ
撠 *kraɡ

Etymology
"to prick"

Some dictionaries assign the reading kik1 to this character (as in 撠手 (kik1 sau2)) and the gik1 reading to 棘 (as in 棘手 (gik1 sau2)), others say that both readings belong to 棘.

Pronunciation

Note: gik1 — original reading, in 撠掖 and 搏撠.
Rime
Character 撠
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 庚 (115)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 几劇切
Baxter kjaek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kˠiæk̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kᵚiak̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kiak̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kiajk̚/
Li
Rong		 /kiɐk̚/
Wang
Li		 /kĭɐk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kiɐk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 ji
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 gik1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 撠
Reading # 1/1
No. 5808
Phonetic
component		 戟
Rime
group		 鐸
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 戟
Old
Chinese		 /*kraɡ/
Notes 見史記

Definitions

撠

  1. † to catch, to grasp
  2. † to touch
  3. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to pick out; to pluck out
  4. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to expose; to uncover; to reveal; to unmask
  5. (Cantonese) to stumble; to trip over
    小心撠親／小心撠亲 [Cantonese]  ―  siu2 sam1 kik1 can1 [Jyutping]  ―  be careful of tripping over
  6. (Cantonese) stuttery
    佢講嘢好撠。／佢讲嘢好撠。 [Cantonese]  ―  keoi5 gong2 je5 hou2 kik1. [Jyutping]  ―  His speech is full of stutters and pauses
  7. (Cantonese) troublesome; with difficulties or obstacles
  8. (Cantonese) to prick, to pierce, alternative form of 棘 (kik1, gik1)

Synonyms
  • (to pick out): 挑 (tiāo), 撥／拨 (bō)
  • (to expose):

Compounds

See also
  • (Cantonese) 揢 (kak1, “to obstruct”)
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