顆

See also: 颗

顆 U+9846, 顆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9846 ← 顅 [U+9845] CJK Unified Ideographs 顇 → [U+9847]

Translingual

Han character

顆 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+8, 17 strokes, cangjie input 田木一月金 (WDMBC), four-corner 6198₆, composition ⿰果頁)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1406, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43551
• Dae Jaweon: page 1923, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4378, character 3
• Unihan data for U+9846

Chinese

trad.		顆
simp.		颗

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
裸	*ɡ·roːlʔ
躶	*ɡ·roːlʔ
果	*kloːlʔ
菓	*kloːlʔ
猓	*kloːlʔ
輠	*kloːlʔ, *ɡloːlʔ, *ɡroːlʔ, *kʰluːls
裹	*kloːlʔ, *kloːls
蜾	*kloːlʔ
惈	*kloːlʔ
粿	*kloːlʔ
窠	*kʰloːl
稞	*kʰloːl, *ɡroːlʔ
課	*kʰloːl, *kʰloːls
髁	*kʰloːl, *kʰloːls, *kʰroːlʔ
棵	*kʰloːl, *kʰloːnʔ, *ɡloːnʔ
顆	*kʰloːlʔ
堁	*kʰloːlʔ, *kʰloːls, *kloːns
敤	*kʰloːlʔ, *kʰloːls
夥	*qʰloːlʔ, *ɡloːlʔ, *ɡroːlʔ
婐	*qloːlʔ, *kroːl
踝	*ɡroːlʔ
祼	*ɡluːlʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰloːlʔ) : phonetic 果 (OC *kloːlʔ) + semantic 頁 (“head”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kē (ke¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khó / kho / kho͘ / kher / khò
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵khu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kē
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ke
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo¹
    • Yale: kē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ke
    • Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fo²
    • Yale: fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó
    • Tâi-lô: khó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoir
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰo⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰo⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kho
    • Tâi-lô: kho
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoy
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰo³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /kʰo⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kho͘
    • Tâi-lô: khoo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qof
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kher
    • Tâi-lô: kher
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰə³³/
  • (Hokkien: dated in Taiwan, dated in Xiamen, dated in Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khò
    • Tâi-lô: khò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰo²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰo¹¹/

Note:

• khó — prescriptive;
• kho/kho͘/kher - vernacular (俗).

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵khu
    • MiniDict: khu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²khu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰu³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: khwaX

Rime
Character	顆
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦果切
Baxter	khwaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuɑX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuɑX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuɑX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwaX/
Li Rong	/kʰuɑX/
Wang Li	/kʰuɑX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰuɑX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuǒ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fo2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰloːlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	顆
Reading #	1/1
No.	4781
Phonetic component	果
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	顆
Old Chinese	/*kʰloːlʔ/

Definitions

顆

1. Classifier for small round objects. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier

   一顆珠子／一颗珠子  ―  yī kē zhūzi  ―  a single bead

   • 日啖荔枝三百顆，不辭長作嶺南人。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     日啖荔枝三百颗，不辞长作岭南人。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1096, Su Shi, 惠州一絕

     Rì dàn lìzhī sān bǎi kē, bùcí cháng zuò lǐngnán rén. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 歷史的天空閃爍幾顆星；人間一股英雄氣在馳騁縱橫。 [MSC, trad.]
     历史的天空闪烁几颗星；人间一股英雄气在驰骋纵横。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1994, 王健 Wang Jian (lyricist), 谷建芬 Gu Jianfen (composer), "The Sky of History"《歷史的天空》

     Lìshǐ de tiānkōng shǎnshuò jǐ kē xīng; rénjiān yī gǔ yīngxióng qì zài chíchěng zònghéng. [Pinyin]

     In the sky of history blink a few stars; in the human world gallops a heroic spirit hither and thither.

2. (obsolete) Alternative form of 棵 (“classifier for plants”)

   • 又教八戒：「你去把那崖邊柳樹伐四顆來。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     又教八戒：「你去把那崖边柳树伐四颗来。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West, 16^th century CE

     Yòu jiào Bājiè: “Nǐ qù bǎ nà yábiān liǔshù fá sì kē lái.” [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Compounds

• 細顆粒物 / 细颗粒物 (xìkēlìwù)
• 蓬顆 / 蓬颗
• 顆粒 / 颗粒 (kēlì)
• 顆粒性 / 颗粒性
• 顆粒物 / 颗粒物 (kēlìwù)
• 魏顆結草 / 魏颗结草

 

Japanese

Kanji

顆

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. grain (e.g. rice)

Readings

• Go-on: か (ka)^{←くわ (kwa, historical)}
• Kan-on: か (ka)^{←くわ (kwa, historical)}
• Kun: つぶ (tsubu)

Counter

Kanji in this term
顆
か Hyōgai
on'yomi

顆(か) • (-ka) ^{←くゎ (-kwa)?}

1. indicates small round things, such as gemstones, fruit, stones, tears

Noun

顆(か) • (ka) ^{←くゎ (kwa)?}

1. a condyle

   上(じょう)腕(わん)/大(だい)腿(たい)骨(こつ)顆(か)

   jōwan/daitaikotsuka

   the condyles of the humerus/femur

   外(がい)/内(ない)側(そく)顆(か)

   gai/naisokuka

   the lateral/medial condyle

See also

• 印(いん)顆(か) (inka)
• 上(じょう)顆(か) (jōka)
• 千(せん)顆(か)万(ばん)顆(か) (senka banka)

Korean

Hanja

顆 (eum 과 (gwa))

1. grain, kernel

Vietnamese

Han character

顆: Hán Nôm readings: khỏa/khoả, lõa/loã, khỏ, khở, khửa, khủa, khảu

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