膕

See also: 腘

膕	U+8195, 膕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8195

← 膔
[U+8194]

CJK Unified Ideographs

膖 →
[U+8196]

Translingual

Han character

膕 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月田戈一 (BWIM), four-corner 7620₀, composition ⿰月國)

hollow

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 992, character 15
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29816
Dae Jaweon: page 1444, character 16
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2107, character 9
Unihan data for U+8195

Chinese

trad.		膕
simp.		腘^*

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
幗	kʷɯːɡs, kʷrɯːɡ
慖	kʷɯːɡs, kʷrɯːɡ
簂	*kʷɯːɡs
蔮	*kʷɯːɡs
國	*kʷɯːɡ
或	*ɡʷɯːɡ
惑	*ɡʷɯːɡ
蜮	ɡʷɯːɡ, ɢʷrɯɡ
閾	*qʰʷrɯɡ
緎	qʰʷrɯɡ, ɡʷrɯɡ
淢	qʰʷrɯɡ, ɡʷrɯɡ
域	*ɢʷrɯɡ
罭	*ɢʷrɯɡ
棫	*ɡʷrɯɡ
琙	*ɡʷrɯɡ
魊	*ɡʷrɯɡ
馘	*kʷrɯːɡ
聝	*kʷrɯːɡ
膕	*kʷrɯːɡ
摑	*kʷrɯːɡ
漍	*kʷrɯːɡ
嘓	*kʷrɯːɡ
蟈	*kʷrɯːɡ
掝	*qʰʷrɯːɡ
彧	*qʷrɯɡ
稶	*qʷɯɡ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guó (guo²)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwok³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guó
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guó
  - Wade–Giles: kuo²
  - Yale: gwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwo
  - Palladius: го (go)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gwok³
  - Yale: gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: guog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːk̚³/

Middle Chinese: kweak

Rime
Character	膕
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	麥 (120)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古獲切
Baxter	kweak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠwɛk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚæk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɐk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwəɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/kuɛk̚/
Wang Li	/kwæk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kwæk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwak¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʷrɯːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	膕
Reading #	1/1
No.	5565
Phonetic component	或
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	蟈
Old Chinese	/*kʷrɯːɡ/

Definitions

膕

knee pit; popliteal fossa

Compounds

膕窩 / 腘窝 (guówō)

Japanese

Kanji

膕

(Hyōgai kanji)

knee pit

Readings

Go-on: こく (koku)
Kan-on: かく (kaku)^{←くわく (kwaku, historical)}
Kun: ひかがみ (hikagami, 膕)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
膕
ひかがみ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
引屈

Contracted from 引き屈み (hikikagami), a compound of 引き (hiki-, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 引く (hiku), “to pull”) +‎ 屈み (kagami, the 連用形 (ren’yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 屈む (kagamu), “to stoop, to bend down”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひかがみ [hìkágámí] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [çi̥ka̠ɡa̠mʲi]

Noun

膕(ひかがみ) • (hikagami)

a knee pit
Synonyms: 膝窩 (shikka), 膝膕 (shikkaku)

Coordinate term: 膝頭 (hizagashira)

Korean

Hanja

膕 • (goek) (hangeul 괵, revised goek)

the inside corner or hollow of the knee, elbow, bow, etc.