匊

Translingual

Han character

匊 (Kangxi radical 20, 勹+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 心火木 (PFD), four-corner 2792₀, composition ⿹勹米)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 151, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2523
• Dae Jaweon: page 340, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 259, character 1
• Unihan data for U+530A

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Chinese

trad.		匊
simp. #		匊
alternative forms		𦥑 (ancient form)

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 匊
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
菊	*kuɡ
鞠	*kuɡ, *kʰuɡ, *ɡuɡ
掬	*kluɡ
匊	*kluɡ
鵴	*kuɡ, *ɡuɡ
椈	*kuɡ
諊	*kuɡ
踘	*kuɡ, *ɡuɡ
趜	*kuɡ, *ɡuɡ
蘜	*kuɡ
鞫	*kuɡ
巈	*kuɡ
麴	*kʰuɡ
毱	*ɡuɡ
驧	*ɡuɡ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jū (ju¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): guk¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyu
    • Wade–Giles: chü¹
    • Yale: jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiu
    • Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: guk¹
    • Yale: gūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: guk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiok
    • Tâi-lô: kiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɔk̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: kjuwk

Rime
Character	匊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居六切
Baxter	kjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuwk̚/
Li Rong	/kiuk̚/
Wang Li	/kĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ju
Expected Cantonese Reflex	guk1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kluɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	匊
Reading #	1/1
No.	7008
Phonetic component	匊
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	菊
Old Chinese	/*kluɡ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 匊

1. ^† handful, to fill both hands with something
2. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 掬 (jū).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 匊 – see 鞠 (“leather ball used in games; to bend; to curve; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 鞠).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 匊 – see 掬 (“to grasp or hold with both hands; to recoil; to tighten; to draw back; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified and variant form of 掬).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji

匊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. handful

Readings

• On (unclassified): きく (kiku); こく (koku)
• Kun: すくう (sukū); たなごころ (tanagokoro)

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Korean

Hanja

匊 (eum 국 (guk))

1. clasp
2. grab
3. the palm of the hand
4. handful

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Vietnamese

Han character

匊: Hán Việt readings: cúc

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