夠

See also: 够

Translingual

Han character

夠 (Kangxi radical 36, 夕+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 弓弓心口 (NNPR), four-corner 2722₀, composition ⿰多句)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 247, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5777
• Dae Jaweon: page 491, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 864, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5920

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Chinese

trad.		夠/够
simp.		够
alternative forms		彀

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
勾	*koː, *koːs
鉤	*koː
鴝	*koː, *ɡo
句	*koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo
夠	*koː, *koːs, *kʰoː
枸	*koː, *koːʔ, *koʔ
軥	*koː, *koːs, *ɡo
狗	*koːʔ
苟	*koːʔ
岣	*koːʔ, *ko
笱	*koːʔ
玽	*koːʔ
耇	*koːʔ
豿	*koːʔ, *qʰroːɡ
敂	*koːʔ
怐	*koːs, *kʰoːs, *qʰoːs, *kos
雊	*koːs
竘	*kʰoːʔ, *kʰoʔ
齁	*qʰoː
呴	*qʰoːʔ, *qʰos
蚼	*qʰoːʔ, *ɡo
豞	*qʰoːs
訽	*qʰoːs, *ɡoːs
佝	*qʰoːs
拘	*ko
駒	*ko
眗	*ko
跔	*ko
鮈	*ko
痀	*ko
蒟	*koʔ, *kos
絇	*kos, *ɡo
邭	*kos
劬	*ɡo
朐	*ɡo
鼩	*ɡo
斪	*ɡo
翑	*ɡo
葋	*ɡo
姁	*ɡo, *qʰo, *qʰoʔ, *qʰos
欨	*qʰo, *qʰoʔ
喣	*qʰoʔ
煦	*qʰoʔ, *qʰos
昫	*qʰos

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gòu (gou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kieu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kàu / kiò / kò͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gou³ / gao³

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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/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kieu
    • Hakka Romanization System: gieu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gieu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯eu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàu
    • Tâi-lô: kàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaux
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kau¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiò
    • Tâi-lô: kiò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kioix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kio⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘
    • Tâi-lô: kòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kox
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔ²¹/

Note:

• kàu - vernacular;
• kiò/kò͘ - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: gou³ / gao³
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kòu / kàu
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou²¹³/, /kau²¹³/

Note:

• gou3 - literary;
• gao3 - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: khuw, kuw

Rime
Character	夠	夠
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	恪侯切	古侯切
Baxter	khuw	kuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰəu/	/kəu/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰəu/	/kəu/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰəu/	/kəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəw/	/kəw/
Li Rong	/kʰu/	/ku/
Wang Li	/kʰəu/	/kəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰə̯u/	/kə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kōu	gōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hau1	gau1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*koː/, /*koːs/, /*kʰoː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	夠	夠	夠
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	7065	7077	7082
Phonetic component	句	句	句
Rime group	侯	侯	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	鉤	遘	彄
Old Chinese	/*koː/	/*koːs/	/*kʰoː/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 夠

1. to be enough; to be sufficient; to reach or achieve a desired level

   我的錢不夠。／我的钱不够。  ―  Wǒ de qián bùgòu.  ―  I don't have enough money.

   一個就夠了。／一个就够了。  ―  Yīge jiù gòu le.  ―  One is enough.

   他們說沒吃夠。／他们说没吃够。  ―  Tāmen shuō méi chī gòu.  ―  They say that they're still hungry. (lit. They say that they didn't eat enough.)

2. to reach

   夠不著／够不著  ―  gòu bù zhù  ―  can't reach

3. to have enough of something; to have a sufficient amount of something

   夠嗮嘢食／够嗮嘢食 [Cantonese]  ―  gau³ saai³ je⁵ sik⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  having plenty of things to eat

   佢唔夠膽食鳳爪。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢唔够胆食凤爪。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ m⁴ gau³ daam² sik⁶ fung⁶ zaau². [Jyutping]

   He doesn't have enough guts to try chicken feet.

   我夠了。／我够了。  ―  Wǒ gòu le.  ―  I'm fine./I don't need more.

4. (Hakka) serious; hardworking
5. (Hakka) arrogant

Synonyms

• (Hakka) 罅 (la)

Compounds

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Japanese

Kanji

夠

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: こう (kō)
• Kun: あつまる (atsumaru, 夠まる); おおい (ōi, 夠い)^{←おほい (ofoi, 夠い, historical)}

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Vietnamese

Han character

夠 (cú, cấu)

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