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夠

夠

See also: 够

Translingual

Han character

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

  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. 夠
simp. 够
alt. forms 彀

Glyph origin

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

Rime
Character 夠 夠
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 溪 (29) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 侯 (137) 侯 (137)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 恪侯切 古侯切
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 夠 夠 夠
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 7065 7077 7082
Phonetic
component		 句 句 句
Rime
group		 侯 侯 侯
Rime
subdivision		 0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 鉤 遘 彄
Old
Chinese		 /*koː/ /*koːs/ /*kʰoː/

Definitions

夠

  1. enough
    他們說沒吃夠。 / 他们说没吃够。  ―  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
    我的錢不夠。 / 我的钱不够。  ―  Wǒ de qián bùgòu.  ―  I don't have enough money.
  3. to have enough of something; to have a sufficient amount of something
    佢唔夠膽食鳳爪。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    佢唔够胆食凤爪。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    Keoi5 m4gau3 daam2 sik6 fung6 zaau2. [Jyutping]
    He doesn't have enough guts to try chicken feet.
    我夠了。 / 我够了。  ―  Wǒ gòu le.  ―  I'm fine./I don't need more.
  4. (Hakka) serious; hardworking
  5. (Hakka) arrogant

Synonyms

  • (Hakka) 罅 (la)

Japanese

Kanji

夠

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Readings

Vietnamese

Han character

夠 (cú, cấu)

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