灸

Translingual

Han character

灸 (radical 86 火+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 弓人火 (NOF), four-corner 2780₉, composition ⿱久火)

1. cauterize with moxa or mugwort
2. moxibustion

References

• KangXi: page 666, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18872
• Dae Jaweon: page 1075, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2190, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7078

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Cantonese

Hanzi

灸 (jyutping gau3, Yale gau3)

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Japanese

Kanji

灸

Readings

• On: きゅう (kyū)
• Kun: やいと (yaito)

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Korean

Hanja

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

1. (뜸) moxibustion

Compounds

• 鍼灸 (침구, chimgu) acupuncture and moxibustion

See also

• 艾 (애, ae) moxa, mugwort
• 鍼 (침, chim) acupuncture

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Mandarin

Hanzi

灸 (pinyin jiǔ (jiu3), Wade-Giles chiu³)

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Vietnamese

Han character

灸 (cứu)