谷

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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 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.2 Noun 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 水 (“‘water’”) + 口 (“‘col’”)

Water comes from a valley.

[edit] Han character

谷 (radical 150 谷+0, 7 strokes, cangjie input 金人口 (COR), four-corner 8060₈)

1. valley, gorge, ravine
2. grain (after 穀 is simplified to this character)

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 1189, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36182
• Dae Jaweon: page 1652, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3902, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8C37

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

谷 (traditional 穀, Yale guk1)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

谷 (grade 2 kanji)

1. valley

[edit] Readings

• On: こく (koku), よく (yoku)
• Kun: たに (tani), きわまる (kiwamaru)
• Nanori: や (ya)

[edit] Noun

谷 (hiragana たに, romaji tani)

1. valley

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

谷 (hangeul 곡, 욕, revised gok, yok, McCune-Reischauer kok, yok, Yale kok, yok)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

谷 (traditional 穀, pinyin gǔ (gu3), Wade-Giles ku³)

[edit] Compounds

• 峽谷 (峡谷)