索

索 U+7D22, 索
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D22
← 紡
[U+7D21]
CJK Unified Ideographs 紣 →
[U+7D23]
索 U+F96A, 索
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F96A
← 數
[U+F969]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs 參 →
[U+F96B]

Translingual

Han character

索 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十月女戈火 (JBVIF), four-corner 40903, composition ⿳十冖糸)

References

Chinese

Glyph origin

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
索

From Austroasiatic; compare Proto-Vietic *ɟaːk (“rope”) (> Vietnamese chạc), Mon ဇုက် (“string; cord; rope; lashing; creeper”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • lhok2-4 - noun;
  • lhok2 - verb.
Note:
  • soh - vernacular;
  • sok/sek - literary.

Rime
Character 索
Reading # 1/3
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 唐 (103)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 蘇各切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/sɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/sɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/sɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/sak̚/
Li
Rong
/sɑk̚/
Wang
Li
/sɑk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/sɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
suo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sok3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 索
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
suǒ
Middle
Chinese
‹ sak ›
Old
Chinese
/*[s]ˁak/
English twist a rope

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 索
Reading # 1/3
No. 12191
Phonetic
component
索
Rime
group
鐸
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
索
Old
Chinese
/*slaːɡ/

Definitions

索

  1. rope; cable
  2. (Teochew) to climb; to clamber
  3. (mahjong, regional) bamboo tile
Synonyms

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
索
alternative forms 𡩡

Ultimately Austroasiatic; compare Khmer ស (sɑɑ, “white; to show something clearly”); cognate with 素 (OC *saːs, “colourless; plain”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • soh/sak - vernacular;
  • sok/sek - literary.

Rime
Character 索 索
Reading # 2/3 3/3
Initial (聲) 生 (21) 生 (21)
Final (韻) 庚 (115) 耕 (119)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III II
Fanqie 山戟切 山責切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʃˠiæk̚/ /ʃˠɛk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʃᵚiak̚/ /ʃᵚæk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʃiak̚/ /ʃɐk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʂiajk̚/ /ʂəɨjk̚/
Li
Rong
/ʃiɐk̚/ /ʃɛk̚/
Wang
Li
/ʃĭɐk̚/ /ʃæk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʂiɐk̚/ /ʂæk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shi she
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sik1 sak1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 索
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
suǒ
Middle
Chinese
‹ sak ›
Old
Chinese
/*[s]ˁak/
English search (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 索 索
Reading # 2/3 3/3
No. 12193 12195
Phonetic
component
索 索
Rime
group
鐸 錫
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
𡩡 栜
Old
Chinese
/*sraːɡ/ /*sreːɡ/

Definitions

索

  1. to search; to look for; to inquire into
  2. to request; to demand
  3. (literary) alone; solitary
  4. (literary) uninteresting; dull; insipid

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.
索

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 索
Reading # 1/3
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 唐 (103)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 蘇各切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/sɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/sɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/sɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/sak̚/
Li
Rong
/sɑk̚/
Wang
Li
/sɑk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/sɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
suo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sok3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 索
Reading # 1/3
No. 12191
Phonetic
component
索
Rime
group
鐸
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
索
Old
Chinese
/*slaːɡ/

Definitions

索

  1. a surname

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.
索
alternative forms 嗍
欶

Pronunciation


Definitions

索

  1. (Cantonese) to absorb
  2. (Cantonese) to sniff; to smell

Etymology 5

simp. and trad.
索

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From 嗍, 欶?”)

Pronunciation


Definitions

索

  1. (Cantonese, of a female) beautiful; pretty; hot; sexually attractive

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

索

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. string, thread

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 索 (MC ʃˠiæk̚, ʃˠɛk̚). Recorded as Middle Korean ᄉᆡᆨ〮 (Yale: sóyk) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰɛk̚] ~ [sʰe̞k̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [색/섹]

Hanja

Wikisource 索 (eumhun 찾을 색 (chajeul saek))

  1. Hanja form? of 색 (“to search”).
  2. Hanja form? of 색 (“to request; to demand”).
  3. Hanja form? of 색 (“to inquire”).

Compounds

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 索 (MC sɑk̚). Recorded as Middle Korean 삭〮 (sák) (Yale: sák) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

Hanja

索 (eumhun 노 삭 (no sak))

  1. Hanja form? of 삭 (“rope; cable”).

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

索: Hán Nôm readings: sách, tác, xách

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.