砉

砉	U+7809, 砉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7809

Translingual

Han character

砉 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 手十一口 (QJMR), four-corner 5060₁, composition ⿱丰石)

noise of separation of skin from bone

Derived characters

𢝇, 湱, 𤊴, 騞(𬴃), 剨

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 828, character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24056
Dae Jaweon: page 1242, character 10
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2418, character 13
Unihan data for U+7809

Chinese

trad.		砉
simp. ^#		砉
alternative forms		𥒐硅𥓩

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
剨	*qʰʷreːɡ
湱	qʰʷreːɡ, qʰʷraːɡ
砉	qʰʷraːɡ, qʰʷeːɡ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xū, huā, huò (xu¹, hua¹, huo⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ, ㄏㄨㄚ, ㄏㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waak⁶
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): heh⁷
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hok / hoah

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xū
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syu
  - Wade–Giles: hsü¹
  - Yale: syū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiu
  - Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huā
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hua
  - Wade–Giles: hua¹
  - Yale: hwā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hua
  - Palladius: хуа (xua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huò
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huò
  - Wade–Giles: huo⁴
  - Yale: hwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoh
  - Palladius: хо (xo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: waak⁶
  - Yale: waahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wag⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːk̚²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: heh⁷
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛʔ⁴/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: heh⁷
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛʔ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hok
  - Tâi-lô: hok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hog
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoah
  - Tâi-lô: huah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoaq
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /huaʔ³²/

Note: hoah - colloquial (“to whet a knife”).

Middle Chinese: xwaek, xwek

Rime
Character	砉	砉
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	陌 (114)	錫 (128)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	II	IV
Fanqie	虎伯切	呼狊切
Baxter	xwaek	xwek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠwæk̚/	/hwek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷᵚak̚/	/hʷek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xuak̚/	/xuɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwaɨjk̚/	/hwɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/xuɐk̚/	/xuek̚/
Wang Li	/xwɐk̚/	/xiwek̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xwɐk̚/	/xiwek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huo	xu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fak¹	hik¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷraːɡ/, /*qʰʷeːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	砉	砉
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13950	13952
Phonetic component	砉	砉
Rime group	鐸	錫
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	謋	𥍟
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷraːɡ/	/*qʰʷeːɡ/

Definitions

砉

sound of a thing flying quickly by
whoosh
cracking sound
(Xiamen Hokkien) to whet a knife repeatedly on cloth, leather, stone, etc.

Compounds

砉然

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B02950
莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “砉”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 267.

Japanese

Kanji

砉

(Hyōgai kanji)

whoosh
sound of flaying

Readings

Compounds

砉然(けきぜん) (kekizen): sounding like the flaying of skin