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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)
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
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ
- Wade-Giles: chü4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiw
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: geoi6
- Yale: geuih
- Cantonese Pinyin: goey6
- IPA (key): /kɵy̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| 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
Japanese
Kanji
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
炬 • (geo) (hangeul 거, revised geo, McCune-Reischauer kŏ, Yale ke)
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