姑

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Etymology 1 3.1.1 Noun 3.2 Etymology 2 3.2.1 Noun 3.2.2 Kanji 3.2.2.1 Readings 3.2.2.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

Radical: 女 + Phonetic: 古

[edit] Han character

姑 (radical 38 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女十口 (VJR), four-corner 4446₀)

1. father's sister
2. husband's mother

[edit] References

• Crook 1985: page 241
• Jingrong: 241
• Lin Yutang: 93A.40, page 1409
• Nelson: 1201
• KangXi: page 258, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6174
• Dae Jaweon: page 524, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1035, character 4
• Unihan data for U+59D1

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

姑 (Yale gu1)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Etymology 1

/sihi1to2me1/: [shipitwome] > [shiɸitwome] > [shiɸitome]. Compound of 舅 (shihito), “‘in law’”) and 女 (me), “‘woman’”). See next entry.

[edit] Noun

姑 (hiragana しひとめ, romaji shihitome)

1. a mother-in-law

[edit] Etymology 2

From shihitome: [shipitwome] > [shiɸitwome] > [shiɸitome] > [shiɸutome] > [shiwutome] > [shiutome] > [shuːtome].

[edit] Noun

姑 (hiragana しゅうとめ, romaji shūtome, historical hiragana しうとめ)

1. a mother-in-law

[edit] Kanji

姑

[edit] Readings

• On: こ (ko)
• Kun: しゅうとめ (shuutome), おば (oba), しばらく (shibaraku)

[edit] Compounds

• 慈姑, (クワイ, kuwai)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

姑 (hangeul 고, revised go, McCune-Reischauer ko)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

姑 (pinyin gū (gu1), Wade-Giles ku¹)

[edit] Compounds

姑表 姑爹 姑夫 姑父 姑姑 姑舅 姑老爷 姑姥姥 姑妈 姑母 姑奶奶 姑娘 姑娘儿

姑婆 姑且 姑嫂 姑妄听之 姑妄言之 姑息 姑息养奸 姑爷 姑爷爷 姑丈 姑子 慈姑 (cígū)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

姑 (cô, go, o)