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Definition 2024


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Translingual

Han character

(radical 158 +11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹尸口口 (HHSRR), four-corner 21216)

  1. body

References

  • KangXi: page 1238, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38137
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1712, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3812, character 22
  • Unihan data for U+8EC0

Chinese

trad.
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 # 1/1
Initial () (29)
Final () (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰɨo/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰio/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰio/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰuə̆/
Li
Rong
/kʰio/
Wang
Li
/kʰĭu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰi̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 10607
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰo/

Definitions

  1. human body

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

  1. body

Readings


Korean

Hanja

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

  1. body