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苟
苟
See also: 茍
Translingual
Han character
苟 (radical 140 艸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿心口 (TPR), four-corner 44627, composition ⿱艹句)
Derived characters
References
- KangXi: page 1023, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30790
- Dae Jaweon: page 1482, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3194, character 12
- Unihan data for U+82DF
Chinese
simp. and trad. |
苟 |
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Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 苟
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Bronze inscriptions | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (句) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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Old Chinese | |
勾 | *koː |
鉤 | *koː |
鴝 | *koː, *ɡo |
句 | *koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo |
夠 | *koː, *koːs, *kʰoː |
枸 | *koː, *koːʔ, *koʔ |
軥 | *koː, *koːs, *ɡo |
狗 | *koːʔ |
苟 | *koːʔ |
岣 | *koːʔ, *ko |
笱 | *koːʔ |
玽 | *koːʔ |
耇 | *koːʔ |
豿 | *koːʔ, *qʰroːɡ |
敂 | *koːʔ |
怐 | *koːs, *kʰoːs, *qʰoːs, *kos |
雊 | *koːs |
竘 | *kʰoːʔ, *kʰoʔ |
齁 | *qʰoː |
呴 | *qʰoːʔ, *qʰos |
蚼 | *qʰoːʔ, *ɡo |
豞 | *qʰoːs |
訽 | *qʰoːs, *ɡoːs |
佝 | *qʰoːs |
拘 | *ko |
駒 | *ko |
眗 | *ko |
跔 | *ko |
鮈 | *ko |
痀 | *ko |
蒟 | *koʔ, *kos |
絇 | *kos, *ɡo |
邭 | *kos |
劬 | *ɡo |
朐 | *ɡo |
鼩 | *ɡo |
斪 | *ɡo |
翑 | *ɡo |
葋 | *ɡo |
姁 | *ɡo, *qʰo, *qʰoʔ, *qʰos |
欨 | *qʰo, *qʰoʔ |
喣 | *qʰoʔ |
煦 | *qʰoʔ, *qʰos |
昫 | *qʰos |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *koːʔ) : semantic 艹 + phonetic 句 (OC *koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo) – a kind of grass, in original sense.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ
- Wade-Giles: kou3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goou
- IPA (key): /koʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: gau2, gik1
- Yale: gáu, gīk
- Cantonese Pinyin: gau2, gik7
- IPA (key): /kɐu̯³⁵/, /kɪk̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Rime | ||
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Character | 苟 | 苟 |
Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 見 (28) |
Final (韻) | 侯 (137) | 職 (134) |
Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Checked (Ø) |
Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
Division (等) | I | III |
Fanqie | 古厚切 | 紀力切 |
Reconstructions | ||
Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kəuX/ | /kɨk̚/ |
Pan Wuyun |
/kəuX/ | /kɨk̚/ |
Shao Rongfen |
/kəuX/ | /kiek̚/ |
Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kəwX/ | /kik̚/ |
Li Rong |
/kuX/ | /kiək̚/ |
Wang Li |
/kəuX/ | /kĭək̚/ |
Bernard Karlgren |
/kə̯uX/ | /ki̯ək̚/ |
Expected Mandarin Reflex |
gǒu | ji |
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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Character | 苟 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
gǒu |
Middle Chinese |
‹ kuwX › |
Old Chinese |
/*[k]ˤ(r)oʔ/ |
English | if really |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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Character | 苟 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
No. | 7069 |
Phonetic component |
句 |
Rime group |
侯 |
Rime subdivision |
0 |
Corresponding MC rime |
苟 |
Old Chinese |
/*koːʔ/ |
Definitions
苟
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References
Japanese
Kanji
苟
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
苟 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune-Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)
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