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Translingual

Han character

(radical 82 +7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹山戈十水 (HUIJE), four-corner 23713, composition)

  1. ball, anything round, sphere

References

  • KangXi: page 593, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16837
  • Dae Jaweon: page 985, character 27
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1998, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+6BEC

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kus
*ɡu
*ɡu
*ɡu
*ɡu
*ɡu
*ɡu
*ɡu
*ɡu
*ɡu
*ɡu, *qʰu
絿 *ɡu
*ɡu
*ɡu
*ɡu, *ko
*ɡu

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (30)
Final () (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡiu/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/guw/
Li
Rong
/ɡiu/
Wang
Li
/ɡĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/gi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qiú
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 10572
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
𧚍
Old
Chinese
/*ɡu/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(gu) (hangeul , revised gu, McCune-Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(cầu)

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References

  • Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
  • Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999