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佝
佝
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Translingual
Han character
佝 (radical 9 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人心口 (OPR), four-corner 27220, composition ⿰亻句)
References
- KangXi: page 99, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 520
- Dae Jaweon: page 211, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 137, character 6
- Unihan data for U+4F5D
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
佝 | |
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Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 佝
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| Large seal script | Small seal script | |
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (句) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 勾 | *koː |
| 鉤 | *koː |
| 鴝 | *koː, *ɡo |
| 句 | *koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo |
| 夠 | *koː, *koːs, *kʰoː |
| 枸 | *koː, *koːʔ, *koʔ |
| 軥 | *koː, *koːs, *ɡo |
| 狗 | *koːʔ |
| 苟 | *koːʔ |
| 岣 | *koːʔ, *ko |
| 笱 | *koːʔ |
| 玽 | *koːʔ |
| 耇 | *koːʔ |
| 豿 | *koːʔ, *qʰroːɡ |
| 敂 | *koːʔ |
| 怐 | *koːs, *kʰoːs, *qʰoːs, *kos |
| 雊 | *koːs |
| 竘 | *kʰoːʔ, *kʰoʔ |
| 齁 | *qʰoː |
| 呴 | *qʰoːʔ, *qʰos |
| 蚼 | *qʰoːʔ, *ɡo |
| 豞 | *qʰoːs |
| 訽 | *qʰoːs, *ɡoːs |
| 佝 | *qʰoːs |
| 拘 | *ko |
| 駒 | *ko |
| 眗 | *ko |
| 跔 | *ko |
| 鮈 | *ko |
| 痀 | *ko |
| 蒟 | *koʔ, *kos |
| 絇 | *kos, *ɡo |
| 邭 | *kos |
| 劬 | *ɡo |
| 朐 | *ɡo |
| 鼩 | *ɡo |
| 斪 | *ɡo |
| 翑 | *ɡo |
| 葋 | *ɡo |
| 姁 | *ɡo, *qʰo, *qʰoʔ, *qʰos |
| 欨 | *qʰo, *qʰoʔ |
| 喣 | *qʰoʔ |
| 煦 | *qʰoʔ, *qʰos |
| 昫 | *qʰos |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄡ
- Wade-Giles: kou1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gou
- IPA (key): /koʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˋ
- Wade-Giles: k'ou4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kow
- IPA (key): /kʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: kau3, keoi1
- Yale: kau, kēui
- Cantonese Pinyin: kau3, koey1
- IPA (key): /kʰɐu̯³³/, /kʰɵy̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
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| Character | 佝 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 侯 (137) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 呼漏切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/həuH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/həuH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/xəuH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/həwH/ |
| Li Rong |
/xuH/ |
| Wang Li |
/xəuH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/xə̯uH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
hòu |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 佝 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7090 |
| Phonetic component |
句 |
| Rime group |
侯 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
蔻 |
| Old Chinese |
/*qʰoːs/ |
| Notes | 說文佝另一音義 |
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Kanji
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
佝 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune-Reischauer ku)
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