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衢

衢

Translingual

Han character

衢 (radical 144 行+18, 24 strokes, cangjie input 竹人月土弓 (HOBGN), four-corner 21221, composition ⿴行瞿)

  1. highway
  2. thoroughfare
  3. intersection

References

  • KangXi: page 1110, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34090
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1575, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 852, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8862

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 衢

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (瞿) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
瞿 *kʷas, *ɡʷa
衢 *ɡʷa
氍 *ɡʷa
癯 *ɡʷa
蠷 *ɡʷa
臞 *ɡʷa, *ɡʷas
欋 *ɡʷa
鸜 *ɡʷa
灈 *ɡʷa
躣 *ɡʷa
忂 *ɡʷa
戵 *ɡʷa
鑺 *ɡʷa
懼 *ɡʷas

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡʷa) : semantic 行 + phonetic 瞿 ‎(OC *kʷas, *ɡʷa).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 衢
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 虞 (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 其俱切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɡɨo/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɡio/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɡio/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /guə̆/
Li
Rong		 /ɡio/
Wang
Li		 /ɡĭu/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /gi̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 qú
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 衢
Reading # 1/1
No. 7139
Phonetic
component		 瞿
Rime
group		 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 衢
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡʷa/

Definitions

衢

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Japanese

Kanji

衢

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

衢 • ‎(gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune-Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

衢 (cù)

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