冓

See also: 黃, 黄, 再, and 爯

Translingual

Han character

冓 (Kangxi radical 13, 冂+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿廿土月 (TTGB), four-corner 5555₇, composition ⿱井再 or ⿱𠀎冉)

Derived characters

• 傋, 媾, 搆, 溝 (沟), 㗕, 㡚, 𤠰, 構 (构), 煹, 䐟, 𢲱, 䃓, 褠, 耩, 講 (讲), 購 (购), 鞲, 韝, 遘, 斠, 覯 (觏), 顜, 㝤, 篝

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 129, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1540
• Dae Jaweon: page 291, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 100, character 17
• Unihan data for U+5193

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		冓

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 冓
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
溝	*koː
篝	*koː
鞲	*koː
韝	*koː, *kʰoː
褠	*koː
冓	*koː, *koːs
構	*koːs
購	*koːs
媾	*koːs
覯	*koːs
遘	*koːs, *koːs
煹	*koːs
搆	*koːs
講	*kroːŋʔ
耩	*kroːŋʔ
傋	*kroːŋʔ, *qʰroːŋʔ
斠	*kroːɡ

Pictogram (象形) – blocks of wood.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gòu (gou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gòu
    • Wade–Giles: kou⁴
    • Yale: gòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gow
    • Palladius: гоу (gou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gau³
    • Yale: gau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: kuwH

Rime
Character	冓
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古候切
Baxter	kuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kəuH/
Pan Wuyun	/kəuH/
Shao Rongfen	/kəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəwH/
Li Rong	/kuH/
Wang Li	/kəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gau3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤ(r)o-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*koːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	冓
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gòu
Middle Chinese	‹ kuwH ›
Old Chinese	/*kˁ(r)o-s/
English	中冓 inner chamber
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	冓
Reading #	2/2
No.	4196
Phonetic component	冓
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	遘
Old Chinese	/*koːs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 冓

1. crossly accumulated woods

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōu (gou¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gou
    • Wade–Giles: kou¹
    • Yale: gōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gou
    • Palladius: гоу (gou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kuw

Rime
Character	冓
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古侯切
Baxter	kuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kəu/
Pan Wuyun	/kəu/
Shao Rongfen	/kəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəw/
Li Rong	/ku/
Wang Li	/kəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/kə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gau1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*koː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	冓
Reading #	1/2
No.	4190
Phonetic component	冓
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	鉤
Old Chinese	/*koː/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 冓

1. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 溝／沟 (“a numeral that refers to 10³² or others”).

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Japanese

Kanji

冓

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. To combine, to join up, to join together, to dovetail together.

Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō)
• Kun: くむ (kumu); くみあわす (kumiawasu); かまえる (kamaeru)

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Korean

Hanja

冓 (eum 구 (gu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

冓: Hán Nôm readings: cấu

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