适

See also: 適

适 U 9002, 适 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9002 ← 送 [U 9001] CJK Unified Ideographs 逃 → [U 9003]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

适 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵 6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹十口 (YHJR), four-corner 3230₆, composition ⿺辶舌)

Derived characters

• 𠻉, 𭫙, 𨶐

Related characters

• 適 (Traditional form of 适)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1256, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38844
• Dae Jaweon: page 1741, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3829, character 3
• Unihan data for U 9002

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
咶	*qʰroːds, *qʰroːds, *ɡroːd
話	*ɡroːds
刮	*kroːd
鴰	*kroːd, *koːd
趏	*kroːd, *kʰroːd
舌	*ɡroːd, *ɦbljed
姡	*ɡroːd, *ɡoːd
頢	*ɡroːd, *koːd
括	*koːd
活	*koːd, *ɡoːd
适	*koːd, *kʰoːd
栝	*koːd, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
佸	*koːd, *ɡoːd
髺	*koːd
聒	*koːd
銛	*koːd, *slem, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
葀	*koːd
懖	*koːd
筈	*koːd, *kʰoːd
萿	*koːd
蛞	*kʰoːd
闊	*kʰoːd
秳	*ɡoːd

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 适 – see 適 (“to go; to proceed; towards; to; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 適).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

trad.		适
simp. #		适
alternative forms		𨓈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuò, guā

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄛˋ, ㄍㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kut³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuò
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuo⁴
    • Yale: kwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuoh
    • Palladius: ко (ko)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guā
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gua
    • Wade–Giles: kua¹
    • Yale: gwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gua
    • Palladius: гуа (gua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kut³
    • Yale: kut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kut⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: kud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koat
    • Tâi-lô: kuat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuat̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: kwat, khwat

Rime
Character	适	适
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	末 (64)	末 (64)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古活切	苦栝切
Baxter	kwat	khwat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑt̚/	/kʰuɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑt̚/	/kʰʷɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑt̚/	/kʰuɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwat̚/	/kʰwat̚/
Li Rong	/kuɑt̚/	/kʰuɑt̚/
Wang Li	/kuɑt̚/	/kʰuɑt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuɑt̚/	/kʰuɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guo	kuo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gut3	fut3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*koːd/, /*kʰoːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	适	适
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7569	7583
Phonetic component	桰	桰
Rime group	月	月
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	括
Old Chinese	/*koːd/	/*kʰoːd/

Definitions

适

1. ^† swift
2. a surname.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B05075

Japanese

Kanji

适

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to go; to reach
2. appropriate, suitable

Readings

• On (unclassified): かつ (katsu)、かち (kachi)
• Kun: はやい (hayai, 适い)

Korean

Hanja

适 • (gwal) (hangeul 괄, revised gwal, McCune–Reischauer kwal, Yale kwal)

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Vietnamese

Han character

适: Hán Nôm readings: thếch, thích

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References

• Nom Foundation