測

See also: 测
測 U+6E2C, 測
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E2C
← 渫
[U+6E2B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 渭 →
[U+6E2D]

Translingual

Han character
Stroke order
12 strokes

測 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水月金弓 (EBCN), four-corner 32100, composition ⿰氵則)

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 635, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17780
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1041, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1674, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+6E2C

Chinese
trad. 測
simp. 测

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (則) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
廁 *sʰrɯɡs, *sʰrɯɡ
則 *ʔsɯːɡ
賊 *zɯːɡ
鰂 *zɯːɡ
鱡 *zɯːɡ
蠈 *zɯːɡ
側 *ʔsrɯɡ
萴 *ʔsrɯɡ, *zrɯɡ
測 *sʰrɯɡ
惻 *sʰrɯɡ
崱 *zrɯɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰrɯɡ) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 則 (OC *ʔsɯːɡ) — to measure the depth of water.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • Quanzhou:
    • chhak - vernacular;
    • chhiak - literary.
      • Wu
        • (Shanghai):
          • Wugniu: 7tsheq
          • MiniDict: tsheh入
          • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 4tsheq
          • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰəʔ⁵⁵/
      • Xiang
        • (Changsha)
          • Wiktionary: ce6
          • Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɤ̞²⁴/
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 測
Mandarin Beijing /t͡sʰɤ⁵¹/
Harbin /t͡sʰɤ⁵³/
Tianjin /t͡sʰɤ⁵³/
Jinan /t͡sʰə²¹³/
/ʈ͡ʂʰei²¹³/
Qingdao /t͡sʰə⁵⁵/
/ʈ͡ʂʰe⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /ʈ͡ʂʰɛ²⁴/
Xi'an /t͡sʰei²¹/
Xining /t͡sʰɨ⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /t͡sʰə¹³/
Lanzhou /ʈ͡ʂʰə¹³/
Ürümqi /t͡sʰɤ²¹³/
/t͡sʰei⁴⁴/
Wuhan /t͡sʰɤ²¹³/
Chengdu /t͡sʰe³¹/
Guiyang /t͡sʰɛ²¹/
Kunming /t͡sʰə³¹/
Nanjing /t͡sʰəʔ⁵/
Hefei /t͡sʰɐʔ⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡sʰaʔ²/
Pingyao /t͡sʰʌʔ¹³/
Hohhot /t͡sʰaʔ⁴³/
Wu Shanghai /t͡sʰəʔ⁵/
Suzhou /t͡sʰəʔ⁵/
Hangzhou /t͡sʰəʔ⁵/
Wenzhou /t͡sʰe²¹³/
Hui Shexian /t͡sʰɛʔ²¹/
Tunxi /t͡sʰa⁵/
Xiang Changsha /t͡sʰə²⁴/
Xiangtan /t͡sʰæ²⁴/
Gan Nanchang /t͡sʰɛʔ⁵/
Hakka Meixian /t͡sʰet̚¹/
Taoyuan /t͡sʰet̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sʰɐk̚⁵/
/t͡sʰak̚⁵/
Nanning /t͡sʰɐk̚⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /t͡sʰɐk̚⁵/
/t͡sʰak̚⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /t͡sʰik̚³²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /t͡sʰaiʔ²³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /t͡sʰɛ²⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /t͡sʰek̚²/
Haikou (Hainanese) /sek̚⁵/
/sɔk̚⁵/
Rime
Character 測
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 初 (19)
Final (韻) 職 (134)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 初力切
Baxter tsrhik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡ʃʰɨk̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʈ͡ʂʰɨk̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡ʃʰiek̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʈ͡ʂʰik̚/
Li
Rong		 /t͡ʃʰiək̚/
Wang
Li		 /t͡ʃʰĭək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʈ͡ʂʰi̯ək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 che
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 cik1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 測
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 cè
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tsrhik ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[tsʰ]rək/
English fathom (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 測
Reading # 1/1
No. 16602
Phonetic
component		 則
Rime
group		 職
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 測
Old
Chinese		 /*sʰrɯɡ/

Definitions

測

  1. to fathom; to sound; to measure depth
  2. to measure; to gauge; to survey
  3. (literary or in compounds) to predict; to anticipate; to expect
  4. (literary or in compounds) to surmise; to speculate; to conjecture; to suppose
  5. (obsolete) deep
  6. (obsolete) clear
  7. (obsolete) a method of torture

Synonyms
  • (to surmise):

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji
測

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. To measure (water deepness)
  2. To weigh

Readings

Korean

Hanja

測 • (cheuk) (hangeul 측, revised cheuk, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŭk, Yale chuk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

測: Hán Nôm readings: trắc

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