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彀
彀
Translingual
Han character
彀 (radical 57 弓+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 土弓竹弓水 (GNHNE) or X土弓竹弓 (XGNHN), four-corner 47247, composition ⿹𣪊弓)
References
- KangXi: page 360, character 29
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9844
- Dae Jaweon: page 678, character 20
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2161, character 9
- Unihan data for U+5F40
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
彀 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (殻) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 彀 | *koːɡs |
| 鷇 | *kʰoːɡs |
| 瞉 | *kʰoːɡs |
| 豰 | *pɢroːɡ, *qʰoːɡ |
| 瑴 | *kroːɡ, *koːɡ |
| 愨 | *kʰroːɡ |
| 殼 | *kʰroːɡ |
| 觳 | *kʰroːɡ, *ɡoːɡ |
| 嗀 | *qʰroːɡ, *qʰoːɡ |
| 穀 | *kloːɡ |
| 糓 | *kloːɡ |
| 轂 | *kloːɡ |
| 榖 | *kloːɡ |
| 瀔 | *koːɡ |
| 縠 | *ɡloːɡ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˋ
- Wade-Giles: kou4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gow
- IPA (key): /koʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: gau3
- Yale: gau
- Cantonese Pinyin: gau3
- IPA (key): /kɐu̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 彀 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 侯 (137) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 古候切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kəuH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kəuH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kəuH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kəwH/ |
| Li Rong |
/kuH/ |
| Wang Li |
/kəuH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/kə̯uH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
gòu |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 彀 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
gòu |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ kuwH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[k]ˤ(r)ok-s/ |
| English | draw a bow to the full |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 彀 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7413 |
| Phonetic component |
殻 |
| Rime group |
候 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
遘 |
| Old Chinese |
/*koːɡs/ |
| Notes | 原文弓在下 |
Definitions
彀
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Compounds
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Korean
Hanja
彀 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune-Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)
- draw a bow to the full
- shoot a bow
Vietnamese
Han character
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