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虯
虯
See also: 虬
Translingual
Han character
虯 (radical 142 虫+2, 8 strokes, cangjie input 中戈女中 (LIVL), four-corner 52100)
References
- KangXi: page 1076, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32810
- Dae Jaweon: page 1545, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2833, character 10
- Unihan data for U+866F
Chinese
| trad. | 虯 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 虬 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 虯
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| Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (丩) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 艽 | *krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw, *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw |
| 芁 | *kriːw |
| 荍 | *ɡiw |
| 叫 | *kiːws |
| 訆 | *kiːws |
| 嘂 | *kiːws |
| 收 | *qʰljɯw, *qʰljɯws |
| 糾 | *kɯw, *krɯwʔ |
| 朻 | *kɯw, *krɯw, *krɯwʔ |
| 丩 | *kɯw, *krɯw |
| 赳 | *krɯw, *krɯwʔ |
| 虬 | *ɡrɯw |
| 虯 | *ɡrɯw |
| 觓 | *ɡrɯw |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡrɯw) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 丩 (OC *kɯw, *krɯw).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡˊ
- Wade-Giles: ch'iu2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyou
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: kau4
- Yale: kàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: kau4
- IPA (key): /kʰɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiû
- Tâi-lô: khiû
- Phofsit Daibuun: qiuu
- IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiu²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiu²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiu¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /kʰiu²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiu²³/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 虯 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 幽 (138) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 渠幽切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɡiɪu/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɡɨu/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ɡieu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/gjiw/ |
| Li Rong |
/ɡiĕu/ |
| Wang Li |
/ɡiəu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/gieu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
qiú |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 虯 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6933 |
| Phonetic component |
丩 |
| Rime group |
幽 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
虯 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɡrɯw/ |
Definitions
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Japanese
Kanji
虯
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
虯 • (gyu) (hangeul 규, revised gyu, McCune-Reischauer kyu, Yale kyu)
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