渠

Translingual

Han character

渠 (radical 85 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水尸木 (ESD), four-corner 3190₄, composition ⿱洰木)

1. ditch, canal, channel, gutter

References

• KangXi: page 633, character 48
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17764
• Dae Jaweon: page 1040, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1645, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6E20

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		渠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qú (qu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): keoi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: qú
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ü²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyu
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy³⁵/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: keoi⁴
    • Yale: kèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koei⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɵy̯²¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (渠, reconstructed)
Character (渠), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 群 (30) Final: 魚 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 強魚切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɡɨʌ/	/gi̯wo/	/ɡiɔ/	/ɡiɔ/	/gɨə̆/	/ɡĭo/	/ɡiɔ/

Old Chinese pronunciation (渠, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
渠								qú								‹ gjo ›								/*[ɡ](r)a/								canal
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
渠					7042					巨					魚					0										/*ɡa/

Noun

渠

1. a passage that water or other liquids may flow along, and it is made by people: channel, ditch, canal, drain

   渠務 = Drainage Services

Proper noun

渠

1. Kui, a Chinese surname

Pronoun

1. 3rd person pronoun; he, she, it

   問渠哪得清如許 = ask (someone) why it (the pond) can be so clean like that

Synonyms

• (3rd person pronoun): 佢

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Japanese

Kanji

渠

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: きょ (kyo)
• Kun: みぞ (mizo), かれ (kare), なんぞ (nanzo)

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Korean

Hanja

渠 (geo) (hangeul 거, revised geo, McCune-Reischauer kŏ, Yale ke)

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Vietnamese

Han character

渠 (cừ, gừa, khờ)

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