倨

Translingual

Han character

倨 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人尸十口 (OSJR), four-corner 2726₄, composition ⿰亻居)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 108, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 790
• Dae Jaweon: page 231, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 185, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5028

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		倨

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 倨
Small seal script s05713
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (古) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
箇	*kaːls
個	*kaːls
居	*kɯ, *kas
橭	*kaː, *kʰaː
嫴	*kaː
姑	*kaː
辜	*kaː
酤	*kaː, *kaːs, *ɡaːʔ
蛄	*kaː
鴣	*kaː
沽	*kaː, *kaːʔ, *kaːs
盬	*kaː, *kaːʔ
古	*kaːʔ
罟	*kaːʔ
估	*kaːʔ
鈷	*kaːʔ
詁	*kaːʔ
牯	*kaːʔ
故	*kaːs
固	*kaːs
稒	*kaːɡs
痼	*kaːɡs
錮	*kaːɡs
鯝	*kaːɡs
棝	*kaːɡs
凅	*kaːɡs
枯	*kʰaː
軲	*kʰaː
跍	*kʰaː
骷	*kʰaː
苦	*kʰaːʔ, *kʰaːs
葫	*qʰaː, *ɡaː
餬	*ɡaː
瑚	*ɡaː
湖	*ɡaː
鶘	*ɡaː
猢	*ɡaː
醐	*ɡaː
糊	*ɡaː
箶	*ɡaː
蝴	*ɡaː
胡	*ɡaː
瓳	*ɡaː
怙	*ɡaːʔ
祜	*ɡaːʔ
岵	*ɡaːʔ
婟	*ɡaːʔ, *ɡaːɡs
楛	*ɡaːʔ
据	*ka
裾	*ka
琚	*ka
椐	*ka, *kas, *kʰa
鶋	*ka
蜛	*ka
崌	*ka
涺	*ka
腒	*ka, *ɡa
鋸	*kas
倨	*kas
踞	*kas
涸	*ɡaːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jù (ju⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kù

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyù
    • Wade–Giles: chü⁴
    • Yale: jyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuh
    • Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: geoi³
    • Yale: geui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kù
    • Tâi-lô: kù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ku²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ku⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ku²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ku¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ku²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kjoH

Rime
Character	倨
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居御切
Baxter	kjoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨʌH/
Pan Wuyun	/kiɔH/
Shao Rongfen	/kiɔH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨə̆H/
Li Rong	/kiɔH/
Wang Li	/kĭoH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯woH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	geoi3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kas/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	倨
Reading #	1/1
No.	4275
Phonetic component	古
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	據
Old Chinese	/*kas/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 倨

1. (literary) haughty; arrogant

   倨傲  ―  jù'ào  ―  haughty; arrogant; conceited

   前倨後恭／前倨后恭  ―  qiánjùhòugōng  ―  to change from arrogance to humility

2. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 踞 (jù, “to crouch; to squat”).
3. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 鋸／锯 (jù, “saw”).

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Japanese

Kanji

倨

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: こ (ko)
• Kan-on: きょ (kyo)
• Kun: おごる (ogoru, 倨る)

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Korean

Hanja

倨 • (geo) (hangeul 거, revised geo, McCune–Reischauer kŏ)

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