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{{also|覈}}
{{character info}}
==Translingual==

===Han character===
{{Han char|rn=75|rad=木|as=06|sn=10|four=40982|canj=DYVO|ids=⿰木亥}}

====Derived characters====
* {{l|mul|[[𫈺]]}}

====Related characters====
* {{l|mul|[[覈]]}} ''({{w|Variant Chinese character|Variant form}} in mainland China)''

====References====
{{Han ref|kx=0524.040|dkj=14743|dj=0912.070|hdz=21206.040|uh=6838}}

==Chinese==

===Glyph origin===
{{Han etym}}
{{Han compound|木|t1=tree|亥|ls=psc|c1=s|c2=p}} – a kind of tree. Modern meanings are borrowed.

===Etymology 1===
The definitions related to “to examine” come from the “kernel” sense, i.e. “to go to the core” ({{zh-ref|Schuessler, 2007}}).

Generally thought to be of {{der|zh|sit}} origin. It has been compared to {{cog|bo|རག་ཙེ}}, {{cog|mjw|rak}} ({{zh-ref|Gong, 2002}}; {{zh-ref|Schuessler, 2007}}). However, {{zh-ref|Hill (2012)}} rejects the connection to the {{cog|bo|-}} word because most words ending with {{m|bo||ཙེ}} are loanwords from Chinese words ending with the {{zh-l|*子}} suffix.

{{zh-ref|Smith (2011)}} groups this word with the following terms into a word family meaning “root, germ, generative core”:

* {{och-l|荄|id=1|grassroot}} and its derivative {{och-l|根|root}},
* {{och-l|骸|(human) bones}} (also noted by {{zh-ref|Schuessler, 2007}}),
* {{och-l|孩|child}},
* {{och-l|亥|sprouting stage}}, i.e. "the moon’s first appearance" > "twelfth earthly branch".

====Pronunciation 1====
{{zh-forms|alt=𣝗}}
{{zh-pron
|m=hé,hú,2nb=colloquial variant,er=y,2er=y
|m-s=he2
|c=wat6,hat6
|c_note=wat6 - “seed; kernel”; hat6 - “nucleus; nuclear”
|h=pfs=fu̍t/ha̍k/het;gd=hêd6/fud6/hag6
|h_note=Sixian: fu̍t - “seed; kernel”; ha̍k - only in {{zh-l|核卵}}
Meixian: fud6 - vernacular (“kernel“); hag6 - in {{zh-l|核卵}}
|j=heh5/geh5
|j_note=geh5 - used in 核桃
|md=hŏk
|mn=hu̍t/ha̍t/xm,zz,tw:he̍k/qz:hia̍k/yc,na,ha:he̍rt
|mn_note=hu̍t - vernacular (“seed; core”); ha̍t - vernacular (“swelling in the lymph glands”); he̍k/hia̍k/he̍rt - literary
|mn-t=hêg4/hug8
|mn-t_note=hug8 - “seed”
|px=pt:hoh7/xy:huoh7/pt,xy:heh7
|px_note=hoh7/huoh7 - vernacular; heh7 - literary
|w=sh:8gheq,8ngeq,8weq
|mc=<!--at 𣝗-->
|oc=1,1
|cat=n,a
}}

=====Definitions=====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# [[seed]]; [[pit]]; [[stone]]; [[kernel]]; [[core]]; [[nut]] {{zh-mw|c:粒}}
#: {{zh-co|𦧲 核{wat6}|to spit out '''seeds'''|C}}
# {{lb|zh|computing}} [[-core]]
#: {{zh-also|核心}}
#: {{zh-co|4--核|[[quad-core]]}}
# {{lb|zh|physics|chemistry|biology}} [[nucleus]]
# {{lb|zh|physics}} [[nuclear]]
# {{lb|zh|math|algebra|linear algebra}} [[kernel]]
# {{lb|zh|Hokkien}} [[swelling]] in the [[lymph gland]]s {{gl|lymphatic hard lumps due to inflammation, etc.}}
# {{lb|zh|Xiamen|&|Zhangzhou|&|Taiwan Hokkien}} [[small]] [[formed]] [[lump]]
# {{lb|zh|Xiamen|&|Zhangzhou}} {{zh-classifier|[[fruit]]s with a [[pit]] inside}}

======Synonyms======
* {{s|seed}} {{q|Sichuan}} {{zh-l|核核兒}}

====Pronunciation 2====
{{zh-forms|alt=覈}}
{{zh-pron
|m=hé
|m-s=he2
|c=hat6
|h=pfs=het;gd=hêd6
|mn=ml:hu̍t
|mn_note=“to examine”
|mn-t=hug8
|mc=y
|oc=1,2
|cat=v,a
}}

=====Definitions=====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# to [[examine]]; to [[check]]; to [[verify]]
# [[rigorous]]; [[detailed]]; [[reliable]]

=====Usage notes=====
* In mainland China, {{l|zh|覈}} is considered a {{w|Variant Chinese character|variant form}} ({{zh-l|異體字|tr=-}}) of <big>核</big> that is simplified to <big>核</big>.

====Compounds====
{{col3|zh|剋核|卵核|原子核|反核|地下核爆|地下核試|察核|審核|山核桃|杏核兒|果核|查核|核仁|核傘|核備|核准|核分裂|核力|核化學|核半徑|核反應|核反應器|核可|核四|核型|核塵|核子|核子作用|核子分裂|核子力|核子反應|核子戰爭|核子戰略|核子武器|核子燃料|核子能|核子試爆|核子試驗|核子醫學|核子防護|核定|核實|核對|核廢料|核彈頭|核心|核心分子|核心區|核心家庭|核批|核果|核桃|核武器|核汙染|核派|核減|核潛艇|核燃料|核爆|核物理學|核發|核磁共振|核示|核算|核糖核酸|核糖體|核能|核能廢料|核能潛艇|核能發電|核能電廠|核膜|核苷|核苷酸|核蛋白|核融合|核裝置|核覆|核計|核辦|核酸|核銷|核閱|核電|核電廠|核黃疸|核黃素|桃核雕|棗核臉|殽核|煤核|熱核反應|痔核|稽核|簡核|精核|細胞核|結核|結核病|結核菌|統核|經濟核算|綜核|綜核名實|考核|肺結核|腎結核|腸結核|菌核|複核|覆核|賣李鑽核|鑒核|鑒核備查|陰核|雙核都市|非核武區|骨結核|麻核桃|核查|海核|內核|無核|基底核}}

===Etymology 2===
{{zh-forms}}

====Pronunciation====
{{zh-pron
|m=gāi
|dial=n
|cat=n
}}

====Definitions====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# a kind of tree
# {{alt form|zh|荄}}

===Etymology 3===
{{zh-forms}}

====Pronunciation====
{{zh-pron
|m=kài
|dial=n
|cat=n
}}

====Definitions====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# [[eaves]] of a [[house]]

===References===
* {{R:twedu|A01911}}
* {{R:yue:Hanzi}}

{{cat|cmn|Intermediate Mandarin}}

==Japanese==

===Kanji===
{{ja-kanji}}

====Readings====
{{ja-readings
|goon=ぎゃく
|kanon=かく
|kun=さね-
}}

====Compounds====
{{col3|ja
|{{ja-r|核心|かくしん}}
|{{ja-r|核開発|かくかいはつ}}: [[nuclear]] [[development]]
|{{ja-r|核拡散|かくかくさん}}: nuclear [[proliferation]]
|{{ja-r|核家族|かくかぞく}}: [[nuclear family]]
|{{ja-r|核攻撃|かくこうげき}}: nuclear [[attack]]
|{{ja-r|核%実%験|かく%じっ%けん}}: nuclear [[test]]
|{{ja-r|核戦争|かくせんそう}}
|{{ja-r|核燃料|かくねんりょう}}
|{{ja-r|核分裂|かくぶんれつ}}
|{{ja-r|核%兵%器|かく%へい%き}}: [[nuclear weapon]]
|{{ja-r|核エネルギー|かく　エネルギー}}: [[nuclear energy]]
|{{ja-r|核シェルター|かく　シェルター}}: nuclear bomb shelter
|{{ja-r|外核|がいかく}}: {{lb|ja|geology|nocat=1}} [[outer core]] (of Earth)
|{{ja-r|中核|ちゅうかく}}
|{{ja-r|内核|ないかく}}: {{lb|ja|geology|nocat=1}} [[inner core]] (of Earth)
|{{ja-r|反核|はんかく}}: anti-nuclear
|{{ja-r|非核|ひかく}}: non-nuclear
|{{ja-r|原%子%核|げん%し%かく}}: {{lb|ja|physics|nocat=1}} [[atomic nucleus]]
|{{ja-r|細%胞%核|さい%ぼう%かく}}: {{lb|ja|biology|nocat=1}} [[cell nucleus]]
|{{ja-r|尾%状%核|び%じょう%かく}}: {{lb|ja|neuroanatomy|nocat=1}} [[caudate nucleus]]
|{{ja-r|扁%桃%核|へん%とう%かく}}: {{lb|ja|neuroanatomy|nocat=1}} [[amygdala]]
|sort=0
}}

===Etymology 1===
{{ja-kanjitab|かく|yomi=kanon}}
From {{der|ja|ltc|-}} {{ltc-l|核}}.

====Pronunciation====
{{ja-pron|かく|acc=1|acc_ref=DJR|acc2=2|acc2_ref=DJR}}

====Noun====
{{ja-noun|かく}}

# [[atomic nucleus]]
# {{lb|ja|algebra}} [[kernel]]
# {{lb|ja|astronomy}} core, nucleus
# [[cell nucleus]]

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|atomic nucleus}} {{ja-r|原%子%核|げん%し%かく}}
* {{sense|cell nucleus}} {{ja-r|細%胞%核|さい%ぼう%かく}}

===Etymology 2===
{{ja-kanjitab|さね|yomi=k}}
{{ja-see|実}}

===References===
<references/>

==Korean==

===Hanja===
{{ko-hanja|hangeul=[[핵]], [[홀]]|eumhun=|rv=haek, hol|mr=haek, hol|y=hayk, hol}}

# (atomic) nucleus

==Vietnamese==

===Han character===
{{vi-readings|rs=木06|reading=hạch}}

# {{rfdef|vi|sort=木06}}

====References====
* [http://nomfoundation.org/common/nom_details.php?codepoint=6838 Nom Foundation]