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穀

穀

See also: 谷 and 殻

Translingual

Han character

穀 (radical 115 禾+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 土木竹弓水 (GDHNE), four-corner 47947, composition ⿰⿱⿳士冖一禾殳)

References

  • KangXi: page 858, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25221
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1283, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2164, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+7A40

Chinese

trad. 穀
simp. 谷

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kloːɡ) : semantic 禾 ‎(“grain”) + phonetic 𣪊.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 穀
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 屋 (3)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 古禄切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /****̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /****̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /****̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kəwk̚/
Li
Rong		 /****̚/
Wang
Li		 /****̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /****̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 gu
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 穀
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 gǔ
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ kuwk ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[k]ˤok/
English grain

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 穀
Reading # 1/1
No. 7423
Phonetic
component		 殻
Rime
group		 屋
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 穀
Old
Chinese		 /*kloːɡ/

Definitions

穀

  1. corn; grain; cereal
  2. lucky

Compounds

  • 不穀／不谷
  • 九穀／九谷
  • 五穀／五谷 (wǔgǔ)
  • 五穀不分／五谷不分
  • 五穀不升／五谷不升
  • 五穀豐登／五谷丰登
  • 五穀豐稔／五谷丰稔
  • 包穀／包谷 (bāogǔ)
  • 嘉穀／嘉谷
  • 嚼穀／嚼谷
  • 孤寡不穀／孤寡不谷
  • 川穀／川谷
  • 布穀／布谷
  • 布穀鳥／布谷鸟 (bùgǔniǎo)
  • 年穀／年谷
  • 息穀／息谷
  • 戩穀／戬谷
  • 打穀／打谷 (dǎgǔ)
  • 打穀機／打谷机
  • 撥穀／拨谷
  • 晒穀／晒谷
  • 晒穀場／晒谷场
  • 殖穀／殖谷
  • 田穀／田谷
  • 百穀／百谷
  • 礱穀機／砻谷机
  • 稻穀／稻谷
  • 穀倉／谷仓 (gǔcāng)
  • 穀圭／谷圭
  • 穀子／谷子 (gǔzi)
  • 穀日／谷日
  • 穀旦／谷旦
  • 穀梁傳／谷梁传
  • 穀物／谷物 (gǔwù)
  • 穀神星／谷神星 (Gǔshénxīng)
  • 穀穀／谷谷
  • 穀米／谷米
  • 穀草／谷草 (gǔcǎo)
  • 穀賤傷農／谷贱伤农
  • 穀道／谷道
  • 穀雨／谷雨 (Gǔyǔ)
  • 穀類／谷类 (gǔlèi)
  • 穀風／谷风
  • 穀食／谷食 (gǔshí)
  • 積穀／积谷
  • 積穀防饑／积谷防饥
  • 米穀／米谷
  • 脫穀機／脱谷机
  • 臧穀亡羊／臧谷亡羊
  • 荒年穀／荒年谷
  • 辟穀／辟谷
  • 辟穀絕粒／辟谷绝粒
  • 錢穀／钱谷
  • 館穀／馆谷

Japanese

Kanji

穀

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. grain

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

穀 • ‎(gok, gu) (hangeul 곡, 구, revised gok, gu, McCune-Reischauer kok, ku, Yale kok, kwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

穀 (cốc)

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