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Translingual

Han character

(radical 85 +11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 水尸口口 (ESRR), four-corner 31116, composition)

  1. soak, steep, ret
  2. sodden, soaked
  3. rotten
  4. foam, froth

References

  • KangXi: page 646, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18139
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1055, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1719, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+6F1A

Chinese

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simp.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kʰoː, *kʰo
*kʰoː
*kʰoː, *qoː
*qoː
*qoː, *qoːʔ
*qoː, *kʰo
*qoː
*qoː
*qoː, *qoːs
*qoː
*qoː, *qoːʔ
*qoː
*qoː
*qoː, *kʰu, *qo, *qos
*qoː, *qas
*qoː
*qoːʔ
*qoːʔ
*kʰl'o
*kʰjo
*kʰo, *kʰos
*kʰo
*kʰo
*kʰo
*kʰo
*qoʔ
*qos
*qos

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (34) (34)
Final () (137) (137)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔəu/ /ʔəuH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔəu/ /ʔəuH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔəu/ /ʔəuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔəw/ /ʔəwH/
Li
Rong
/ʔu/ /ʔuH/
Wang
Li
/əu/ /əuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔə̯u/ /ʔə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ōu òu
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 10587 10600
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qoː/ /*qoːs/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. soak
  2. steep
  3. sodden
  4. soaked

Readings


Korean

Hanja

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

  1. soak
  2. fragrance
  3. foam, bubble

Vietnamese

Han character

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References