居

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居 U+5C45, 居
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C45
← 屄
[U+5C44] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 屆 →
[U+5C46]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
8 strokes

Han character[edit]

居 (Kangxi radical 44, 尸+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 尸十口 (SJR), four-corner 77264, composition ⿸尸古)

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 300, character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7663
  • Dae Jaweon: page 597, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 968, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+5C45

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
 居
alternative forms
 
凥
㝒
𡨢
㞐
𧿃
凥
㝒
𡨢
㞐
𧿃
𢨶

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 居
Spring and Autumn Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions 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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kɯ, *kas): semantic 尸 + phonetic 古 (OC *kaːʔ).

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Note:
  • ge1 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Chenghai, Jieyang;
  • gu1 - Chaoyang.
  • Wu
    • Note: 1ke is vernacular.
    Rime
    Character 居
    Reading # 2/2
    Initial (聲) 見 (28)
    Final (韻) 魚 (22)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 九魚切
    Baxter kjo
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/kɨʌ/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/kiɔ/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/kiɔ/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/kɨə̆/
    Li
    Rong         		/kiɔ/
    Wang
    Li         		/kĭo/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/ki̯wo/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		jū
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		geoi1
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 居 居
    Reading # 1/3 3/3
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		jū jū
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ kjo › ‹ kjoH ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*k(r)a/ /*k(r)a-s/ (based on rhyme evidence)
    English squat; stay, dwell dwelling

    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 居
    Reading # 2/2
    No. 4264
    Phonetic
    component         		古
    Rime
    group         		魚
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		居
    Old
    Chinese         		/*kas/

    Definitions[edit]

    居

    1. to live; to dwell; to reside
    2. to occupy (a place or position); to be located at; to rank
    3. to stay put; to sit down
    4. to store up; to stockpile
    5. to claim
    6. house; residence; dwelling
    7. restaurant
    8. 39th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "residence" (𝌬)
    9. a surname

    Compounds[edit]

    Derived terms from 居

    Pronunciation 2[edit]

    Rime
    Character 居
    Reading # 1/2
    Initial (聲) 見 (28)
    Final (韻) 之 (19)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 居之切
    Baxter ki
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/kɨ/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/kɨ/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/kie/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/kɨ/
    Li
    Rong         		/kiə/
    Wang
    Li         		/kĭə/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/ki/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		jī
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		gei1
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 居
    Reading # 2/3
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		jū
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ kjo ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ka/
    English final particle

    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 居
    Reading # 1/2
    No. 4209
    Phonetic
    component         		古
    Rime
    group         		之
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		姬
    Old
    Chinese         		/*kɯ/

    Definitions[edit]

    居

    1. † A modal particle.

    Compounds[edit]

    Derived terms from 居

    Pronunciation 3[edit]

    Definitions[edit]

    居

    1. † Alternative form of 倨 (jù, “haughty”).

    References[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    居

    (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    1. to sit

    Readings[edit]

    Etymology 1[edit]

    Kanji in this term
    居
    きょ
    Grade: 5
    on’yomi

    From Middle Chinese 居 (kjo).

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    居(きょ) • (kyo) 

    1. residence

    Etymology 2[edit]

    Kanji in this term
    居
    い
    Grade: 5
    kun’yomi

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    居(い) • (i) ←ゐ (wi)?

    1. being (in a place), sitting (in a place); a seat
    Derived terms[edit]
    Derived terms

    References[edit]

    1. ^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    2. ^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    居 • (geo, gi) (hangeul 거, 기)

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    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    居: Hán Nôm readings: cư

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