剋

See also: 克

剋 U+524B, 剋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-524B ← 削 [U+524A] CJK Unified Ideographs 剌 → [U+524C]

Translingual

Han character

剋 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 十山中弓 (JULN) or 難十山中弓 (XJULN), four-corner 4221₀, composition ⿺克刂)

Derived characters

• 𡞢

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 140, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2009
• Dae Jaweon: page 318, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 339, character 3
• Unihan data for U+524B

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (克) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
克	*kʰɯːɡ
剋	*kʰɯːɡ
勊	*kʰɯːɡ

Pronunciation 1

trad.		剋/克*
simp.		克*
alternative forms		尅 勀 勊

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kè (ke⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ / haak¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khek / khiak

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kiog⁴

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷kheq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kè
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kè
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴
    • Yale: kè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keh
    • Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hak¹ / haak¹
    • Yale: hāk / hāak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ / haak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ / hag¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵/, /haːk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khek
    • Tâi-lô: khik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qeg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiak
    • Tâi-lô: khiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiak̚⁵/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kiog⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khiok
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiok̚²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷kheq
    • MiniDict: kheh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴kheq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰəʔ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khok

Rime
Character	剋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	德 (131)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦得切
Baxter	khok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰək̚/
Li Rong	/kʰək̚/
Wang Li	/kʰək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ke
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hak1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰɯːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	剋
Reading #	1/1
No.	7481
Phonetic component	克
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	刻
Old Chinese	/*kʰɯːɡ/

Definitions

剋

1. to counteract; to work against; to conflict (especially of one's fate with someone else)

   相剋／相克  ―  xiāngkè  ―  to contradict one another

   佢一出世就剋死咗佢阿媽。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢一出世就克死咗佢阿妈。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ jat¹ ceot¹ sai³ zau⁶ haak¹ sei² zo² keoi⁵ aa³ maa¹. [Jyutping]

   He was destined to have his fate conflict with his mother to the point of her death as soon as he was born.

   某剋翁。／某克翁。 [Hokkien]  ―  Bó͘ khek ang. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  The wife is bringing bad luck to his husband due to a conflict in fate

2. (literary) to overcome; to subdue; to capture; to defeat; to vanquish; to prevail; to surmount; to overthrow
3. (literary) to restrain; to cut down
4. (literary) to be able to
5. (literary) severe; harsh
6. (literary) to injure; to harm
7. (literary) to digest
8. (literary) to set a time limit

Synonyms

• (to overcome): 戰勝／战胜 (zhànshèng), 克 (kè)

Compounds

• 刑剋 / 刑克
• 剋剝 / 克剥
• 剋化 / 克化
• 剋嗇 / 克啬
• 剋夫 / 克夫 (kèfū)
• 剋意 / 克意 (kèyì)
• 剋扣 / 克扣 (kèkòu)
• 剋日 / 克日 (kèrì)
• 剋星 / 克星 (kèxīng)
• 剋期 / 克期 (kèqī)
• 剋核 / 克核
• 剋落 / 克落
• 天剋地衝 / 天克地冲
• 慳吝苦剋 / 悭吝苦克
• 扣剋 / 扣克
• 掊剋 / 掊克
• 沖剋 / 冲克
• 相剋 / 相克 (xiāngkè)
• 相生相剋 / 相生相克
• 衝剋 / 冲克
• 裒剋 / 裒克

 

Pronunciation 2

simp. and trad.		剋
alternative forms		尅 K

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kēi (kei¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄟ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kei
    • Wade–Giles: kʻei¹
    • Yale: kēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kei
    • Palladius: кэй (kɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰeɪ̯⁵⁵/

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 刻 (MC khok) (cf. Sun, 2018, p. 518).

Definitions

剋

1. (colloquial) to scold; to censure
2. (colloquial) to beat
3. (dialectal) to dig (with the hand)

Compounds

• 挨剋 (áikēi)

 

Japanese

Kanji

剋

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こく (koku)
• Kun: かつ (katsu, 剋つ)

Korean

Hanja

剋 • (geuk) (hangeul 극, revised geuk, McCune–Reischauer kŭk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

剋: Hán Việt readings: khắc
剋: Nôm readings: khắc

1. chữ Hán form of khắc (“beat, hit (in casual language)”).
2. chữ Hán form of khắc (“scold, rebuke (in casual language)”).
3. Nôm form of khắc (“opposite”).