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See also: 吉 and 𠮷
古 U+53E4, 古
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53E4
← 口
[U+53E3] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 句 →
[U+53E5]

Translingual

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Stroke order
5 strokes
Stroke order

Han character

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古 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 十口 (JR), four-corner 40600, composition ⿱十口)

  1. Shuowen Jiezi radical №53

Derived characters

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Additional Derived Characters

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 171, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3233
  • Dae Jaweon: page 380, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 568, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+53E4

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
 古
alternative forms 𠖠
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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 古
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
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

Ideogram (指事): A shield (十, contraction of 盾 and similar but unrelated to 中) and the radical of the mouth (口) both as a distinguishing mark and as a component that partly indicates pronunciation. Together, they indicate the concept of "strong, firm" (as strong as a shield); original form of 固 (OC *kaːs) (Qiu Xigui, Ding Shan 丁山). Compare oracle bone forms with 干, 盾. Unrelated to 中 and hence to 史 and 使.

Fang (1982) finds evidence for the 十 component originally being a depiction of a piece of food and the character originally being a depiction of someone spitting out a piece of food due to his bad taste. Thus, Fang argues this character is the original form of 苦 (kǔ), "bitter".

Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-ga (“old”). Cognate with 故 (OC *kaːs, “old things; former; dead”) and Tibetan རྒ (rga, “to be old; aged”).

Pronunciation 1

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Note: kū - in 古田 (Kŭ-chèng).
Note: kou3 - in 古田 (kou3 ceng2).
Note:
  • geu2 - vernacular;
  • gu2 - literary.
Rime
Character 古
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 公戸切
Baxter kuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kuoX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kuoX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/koX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kɔX/
Li
Rong 		/koX/
Wang
Li 		/kuX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kuoX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		gǔ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gu2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 古
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		gǔ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kuX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*kˁaʔ/
English ancient

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 古
Reading # 1/1
No. 4219
Phonetic
component 		古
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		古
Old
Chinese 		/*kaːʔ/

Definitions

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古

  1. the past; ancient times
    古今  ―  gǔjīn  ―  ancient and modern times
  2. old; ancient
  3. classic; old-styled
  4. simple; unaffected; unsophisticated,(Can we add an example for this sense?)
  5. things in the past; antiquities; history
  6. (Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min) story (Classifier: 段 c)
    Alternative form: (Cantonese) 故
    講古／讲古 [Cantonese]  ―  gong2 gu2 [Jyutping]  ―  to tell a story
  7. short for 古體詩／古体诗 (gǔtǐshī, “ancient-style poem”)
  8. a surname
    古天樂／古天乐  ―  gǔ tiān yuè  ―  Louis Koo Tin-lok (Hong Kong actor)

Compounds

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (古):
  • → Japanese: 古(こ) (ko)
  • → Korean: 고(古) (go)
  • → Vietnamese: cổ (古)

Others:

  • → Vietnamese: cũ

Pronunciation 2

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Definitions

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古

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 固 (gù)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 故 (gù)

Pronunciation 3

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Definitions

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古

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 古成

References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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古

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

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Compounds

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
古
いにしえ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 古 – see the following entry.
【いにしえ】
[noun] the past
[noun] ancient times
[noun] (archaic, obsolete) the deceased
Alternative spellings
昔, 古え, 昔え, 往にしへ, 去にしへ
(This term, 古, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
古
ふる
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
旧
故

Stem of adjective 古い (furui, “old”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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古(ふる) • (furu) 

  1. used item, secondhand item, hand-me-down

Prefix

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古(ふる) • (furu-) 

  1. paleo-, old, used, previous

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja

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古 (eumhun 옛 고 (yet go))

  1. hanja form? of 고 (“old; ancient”)

Compounds

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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古: Hán Việt readings: cổ (公(công)土(thổ)切(thiết))[1][2][3][4][5]
古: Nôm readings: cổ[1][2][4][5][6], cỗ[2][3][7][4][6], của[1][2], có[1], cỏ[1], kẻ[3]

Compounds

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Adjective

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古 • (cổ)

  1. chữ Hán form of cổ (“ancient; old”)

Noun

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古 • (cổ, của)

  1. chữ Nôm form of cổ (“neck”)
  2. chữ Nôm form of của (“property; belongings”)

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Nguyễn (2014).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Trần (2004).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Bonet (1899).
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Génibrel (1898).
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).
  7. ^ Hồ (1976).
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