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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 172 +8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 人土人土 (OGOG), four-corner 20214, composition隹)

References

  • KangXi: page 1367, character 53
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42075
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1872, character 31
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4101, character 24
  • Unihan data for U+96D4

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kʰju
*kʰju
*dju
*djus
*ɡju

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (25)
Final () (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʑɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ʑiu/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʑiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ʑuw/
Li
Rong
/ʑiu/
Wang
Li
/ʑĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʑi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chóu
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 1513
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*dju/

Definitions

  1. a kind of silkworm
  2. pair of birds
  3. couple
  4. companion
  5. to match
  6. corresponding
  7. proper