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U+6473, 摳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6473

[U+6472]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6474]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 64, +11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 手尸口口 (QSRR), four-corner 51016, composition )

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 451, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12638
  • Dae Jaweon: page 802, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1943, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+6473

Chinese[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Etymology 1[edit]

trad.
simp.

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ku (to take up; to lift; to prop up) (Coblin, 1986; Schuessler, 2007; STEDT).

Pronunciation[edit]


Note:
  • khau - vernacular;
  • kho͘/khio - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (29) (29)
Final () (24) (137)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter khju khuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰɨo/ /kʰəu/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰio/ /kʰəu/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰio/ /kʰəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰuə̆/ /kʰəw/
Li
Rong
/kʰio/ /kʰu/
Wang
Li
/kʰĭu/ /kʰəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰi̯u/ /kʰə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kōu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
heoi1 hau1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 10579 10611
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰoː/ /*kʰo/

Definitions[edit]

  1. (literary) to lift (one's clothes)
  2. to dig out (with one's fingers or a pointed object)
  3. to carve; to cut
  4. to delve into; to study meticulously
  5. (colloquial) tight-fisted; stingy; miserly
Synonyms[edit]
  • (to carve):
  • (to delve into):
  • (stingy):

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

trad.
simp.
alternative forms Cantonese
Cantonese
Eastern Min

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]


Definitions[edit]

  1. (Cantonese, Eastern Min) to mix
    [Cantonese]  ―  kau1 maai4 [Jyutping]  ―  to mix together
    [Cantonese]  ―  kau1 mai5 [Jyutping]  ―  (uncooked) rice of different types mixed together
Synonyms[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. raise
  2. lift up
  3. tight-fisted

Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

(gu) (hangeul , revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

  1. pull up, lift up

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

: Hán Nôm readings: khua, khu, so, , xua, đùa, khùa, khuá,

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