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究

究

究 U+7A76, 究
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A76
← 穵
[U+7A75] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 穷 →
[U+7A77]

Translingual

Han character

究 (radical 116 穴+2, 7 strokes, cangjie input 十金大弓 (JCKN), four-corner 30417, composition ⿱穴九)

  1. examine, investigate

References

  • KangXi: page 862, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25409
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1289, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2718, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+7A76

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 究

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 究
Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (九) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
尻 *kʰuː
訄 *kʰuː, *kʰu, *ɡu
艽 *krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw, *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
虓 *qʰruː
鳩 *ku
勼 *ku
九 *kuʔ
究 *kus
仇 *ɡu
鼽 *ɡu
犰 *ɡu
叴 *ɡu
厹 *ɡu
頄 *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
朹 *ɡu, *kʷrɯwʔ
馗 *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
扏 *ɡu
訅 *ɡu
釚 *ɡu
肍 *ɡu
軌 *kʷrɯwʔ
宄 *kʷrɯwʔ
氿 *kʷrɯwʔ
匭 *kʷrɯwʔ
泦 *kuɡ
旭 *qʰʷoɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kus) : semantic 穴 ‎(“cave”) + phonetic 九 ‎(OC *kuʔ).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 究
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 居祐切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kɨuH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kiuH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kiəuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kuwH/
Li
Rong		 /kiuH/
Wang
Li		 /kĭəuH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ki̯ə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jiù
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 究
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 jiū
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ kjuwH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[k](r)u(ʔ)-s/
English scrutinize; go to the end

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 究
Reading # 1/1
No. 6942
Phonetic
component		 九
Rime
group		 幽
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 救
Old
Chinese		 /*kus/

Definitions

究

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Compounds

  • 一探究竟
  • 不究
  • 不講究／不讲究
  • 作業研究／作业研究
  • 個案研究／个案研究
  • 刨根究底
  • 學究／学究
  • 學究天人／学究天人
  • 學術研究／学术研究
  • 尋根究底／寻根究底 (xúngēnjiùdǐ)
  • 尋究／寻究
  • 探個究竟／探个究竟
  • 探究 (tànjiū)
  • 推究 (tuījiū)
  • 搜根究底
  • 有講究／有讲究
  • 村學究／村学究
  • 查究
  • 根究
  • 歸根究柢／归根究柢
  • 沒講究／没讲究
  • 深究
  • 當官追究／当官追究
  • 盤究／盘究
  • 看個究竟／看个究竟
  • 研究 (yánjiū)
  • 研究員／研究员 (yánjiūyuán)
  • 研究室 (yánjiūshì)
  • 研究所 (yánjiūsuǒ)
  • 研究生 (yánjiūshēng)
  • 研究院 (yánjiūyuàn)
  • 究問／究问
  • 究心
  • 究查
  • 究治
  • 究理
  • 究究
  • 究竟 (jiūjìng)
  • 究詰／究诘
  • 究辦／究办
  • 窮根究底／穷根究底 (qiónggēnjiùdǐ)
  • 窮究／穷究
  • 細究／细究
  • 終究／终究 (zhōngjiū)
  • 老學究／老学究
  • 考究
  • 討究／讨究
  • 該究／该究
  • 講究／讲究 (jiǎngjiū)
  • 追根究柢
  • 追究 (zhuījiū)
  • 闡究／阐究
  • 體究／体究

Japanese

Kanji

究

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. research

Readings

Korean

Hanja

究 • ‎(gu)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 구 (revised: gu, McCune-Reischauer: ku, Yale: kwu)
  • Name (hangeul): 연구할 구()
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Vietnamese

Han character

究 (cứu)

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