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炬

炬

Translingual

Han character

炬 (radical 86 火+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火尸尸 (FSS), four-corner 91817)

  1. torch

References

  • KangXi: page 668, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18949
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1077, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2191, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+70AC

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 炬

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (巨) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
柜 *kaʔ
渠 *ɡa
磲 *ɡa
蕖 *ɡa
蟝 *ɡa
璖 *ɡa
巨 *ɡaʔ
距 *ɡaʔ
拒 *ɡaʔ
苣 *ɡaʔ
炬 *ɡaʔ
詎 *ɡaʔ, *ɡas
鉅 *ɡaʔ
秬 *ɡaʔ
粔 *ɡaʔ
駏 *ɡaʔ
歫 *ɡaʔ
矩 *kʷaʔ
榘 *kʷaʔ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 炬
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 其吕切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɡɨʌX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɡiɔX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɡiɔX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /gɨə̆X/
Li
Rong		 /ɡiɔX/
Wang
Li		 /ɡĭoX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /gi̯woX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jù
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 炬
Reading # 1/1
No. 7051
Phonetic
component		 巨
Rime
group		 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡaʔ/
Notes 見史記，說文作苣

Definitions

炬

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Compounds

  • 一炬
  • 付之一炬 (fùzhīyījù)
  • 付諸一炬／付诸一炬
  • 火炬 (huǒjù)
  • 炬火
  • 目光如炬
  • 蠟炬／蜡炬
  • 麻炬

Japanese

Kanji

炬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

炬 • ‎(geo) (hangeul 거, revised geo, McCune-Reischauer kŏ, Yale ke)

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