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Translingual

Han character

(radical 36 +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 弓弓心口 (NNPR), four-corner 27220, composition)

  1. enough, adequate

References

  • KangXi: page 247, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5777
  • Dae Jaweon: page 491, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 864, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5920

Chinese

trad.
simp.
alt. forms

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*koː
*koː
*koː, *ɡo
*koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo
*koː, *koːs, *kʰoː
*koː, *koːʔ, *koʔ
*koː, *koːs, *ɡo
*koːʔ
*koːʔ
*koːʔ, *ko
*koːʔ
*koːʔ
*koːʔ
豿 *koːʔ, *qʰroːɡ
*koːʔ
*koːs, *kʰoːs, *qʰoːs, *kos
*koːs
*kʰoːʔ, *kʰoʔ
*qʰoː
*qʰoːʔ, *qʰos
*qʰoːʔ, *ɡo
*qʰoːs
*qʰoːs, *ɡoːs
*qʰoːs
*ko
*ko
*ko
*ko
*ko
*ko
*koʔ, *kos
*kos, *ɡo
*kos
*ɡo
*ɡo
*ɡo
*ɡo
*ɡo
*ɡo
*ɡo, *qʰo, *qʰoʔ, *qʰos
*qʰo, *qʰoʔ
*qʰoʔ
*qʰoʔ, *qʰos
*qʰos

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (29) (28)
Final () (137) (137)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰəu/ /kəu/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰəu/ /kəu/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰəu/ /kəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰəw/ /kəw/
Li
Rong
/kʰu/ /ku/
Wang
Li
/kʰəu/ /kəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰə̯u/ /kə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kōu gōu
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 7065 7077 7082
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*koː/ /*koːs/ /*kʰoː/

Definitions

  1. enough
    他們 / 他们   Tāmen shuō méi chī gòu.   They say that they're still hungry. (lit. They say that they didn't eat enough.)
  2. to be enough; to be sufficient; to reach/achieve a desired level
    /    Wǒ de qián bùgòu.   I don't have enough money.
  3. to have enough of something; to have a sufficient amount of something
    鳳爪 [Cantonese, trad.]
    凤爪 [Cantonese, simp.]
    Keoi5 m4gau3 daam2 sik6 fung6 zaau2. [Jyutping]
    He doesn't have enough guts to try chicken feet.
    /    gòu le.   I'm fine./I don't need more.
  4. (Hakka) serious; hardworking
  5. (Hakka) arrogant

Synonyms

  • (Hakka) (la)

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(, cấu)

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