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詬

詬

See also: 诟

Translingual

Han character

詬 (radical 149 言+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜口竹一口 (YRHMR), four-corner 0266₁, composition ⿰言后)

abuse, scold, berate, insult

References

KangXi: page 1158, character 2

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35433

Dae Jaweon: page 1623, character 6

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3966, character 7

Unihan data for U+8A6C

Chinese

trad.		詬
simp.		诟

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (后) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
垢	*koːʔ
詬	koːʔ, kʰoːs, *qʰoːs
茩	*koːʔ
姤	*koːs
銗	*ɡoː
骺	*ɡoː
后	ɡoːʔ, ɡoːs
垕	*ɡoːʔ
郈	*ɡoːʔ
逅	*ɡoːs
鲘	*ɡoːs
缿	ɡoːs, ɡroːŋʔ

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): gòu (gou⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gau³, kau³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: gòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˋ
  - Wade-Giles: kou⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gow
  - IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gau³, kau³
  - Yale: gau, kau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gau³, kau³
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³³/, /kʰɐu̯³³/

Middle Chinese: /kəu^X/, /kʰəu^H/, /həu^H/▼

Rime
Character	詬	詬	詬
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	溪 (29)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)	侯 (137)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	古厚切	苦候切	呼漏切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kəu^X/	/kʰəu^H/	/həu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kəu^X/	/kʰəu^H/	/həu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kəu^X/	/kʰəu^H/	/xəu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəw^X/	/kʰəw^H/	/həw^H/
Li Rong	/ku^X/	/kʰu^H/	/xu^H/
Wang Li	/kəu^X/	/kʰəu^H/	/xəu^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/kə̯u^X/	/kʰə̯u^H/	/xə̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gǒu	kòu	hòu

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*koːʔ/, /*kʰoːs/, /*qʰoːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	詬	詬	詬
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	5161	5164	5165
Phonetic component	后	后	后
Rime group	侯	侯	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	苟	𡨥	蔻
Old Chinese	/*koːʔ/	/*kʰoːs/	/*qʰoːs/

Definitions

詬

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Compounds

嗔詬／嗔诟
尤詬／尤诟
忍尤含詬／忍尤含诟
訶詬／诃诟

詬厲／诟厉
詬病／诟病 (gòubìng)
詬罵／诟骂

詬誶／诟誶
詬誶謠諑／诟誶谣诼
詬讓／诟让

References

(Cantonese) Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)

Japanese

Kanji

詬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On: こう (kō), く (ku)

Kun: はずかしめ (hazukashime), はじ (haji)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

詬 (cấu)

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