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See also:
U+5BC7, 寇
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BC7

[U+5BC6]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5BC8]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 40, +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十一山水 (JMUE), four-corner 30214, composition )

Derived characters

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Further reading

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 288, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7209
  • Dae Jaweon: page 571, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 936, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+5BC7

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意会意) - a person who holds a stick () with his hand (), about to beat the head () of another person, under the other persons own roof (). In Oracle bone script, two hands are holding the stick. In modern form, 卜 and 又 have merged into one character (), and is partially surrounded by 元.

Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-kəw ~ hu (to steal). Compare Tibetan རྐུ (rku, to steal) and Burmese ခိုး (hkui:, to steal).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • kou3 - literary;
  • kao3 - vernacular.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (29)
Final () (137)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter khuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰəuH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰəuH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰəuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰəwH/
Li
Rong
/kʰuH/
Wang
Li
/kʰəuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kòu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hau3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
kòu
Middle
Chinese
‹ khuwH ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]ʰˁ(r)o-s/
English rob; robber

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 7497
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
𡨥
Old
Chinese
/*kʰoːs/

Definitions

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  1. bandit; thief; invader
  2. foe; enemy
  3. to rob; to plunder
  4. to invade
  5. a surname
      ―  Kòu Zhǔn  ―  Kou Zhun (Song Dynasty politician)

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. foe, enemy, rival
  2. resentment, enmity, grudge
  3. harm, injury

Readings

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  • Go-on: (ku)
  • Kan-on: こう ()
  • Kun: あだする (adasuru, 寇する)

Korean

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese (MC khuwH). Recorded as Middle Korean 𡨥/구〯 (kwǔ) (Yale: kwu) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 도둑 (doduk gu))

  1. hanja form? of (bandit; thief; invader)

Compounds

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References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Việt readings: khấu
: Nôm readings: kháu, khấu

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

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