嶇

See also: 岖

Translingual

Han character

嶇 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 山尸口口 (USRR), four-corner 2171₆, composition ⿰山區)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 318, character 43
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8426
• Dae Jaweon: page 619, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 793, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5D87

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Chinese

trad.		嶇
simp.		岖

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
摳	*kʰoː, *kʰo
彄	*kʰoː
剾	*kʰoː, *qoː
謳	*qoː
歐	*qoː, *qoːʔ
區	*qoː, *kʰo
鷗	*qoː
甌	*qoː
漚	*qoː, *qoːs
瞘	*qoː
嘔	*qoː, *qoːʔ
櫙	*qoː
膒	*qoː
蓲	*qoː, *kʰu, *qo, *qos
醧	*qoː, *qas
鏂	*qoː
毆	*qoːʔ
塸	*qoːʔ
貙	*kʰl'o
樞	*kʰjo
驅	*kʰo, *kʰos
軀	*kʰo
嶇	*kʰo
鰸	*kʰo
敺	*kʰo
傴	*qoʔ
嫗	*qos
饇	*qos

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qū (qu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): keoi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qū
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü¹
    • Yale: chyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiu
    • Palladius: цюй (cjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: keoi¹
    • Yale: kēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khu
    • Tâi-lô: khu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰu⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: khju

Rime
Character	嶇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	豈俱切
Baxter	khju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰio/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰuə̆/
Li Rong	/kʰio/
Wang Li	/kʰĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	heoi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰo/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嶇
Reading #	1/1
No.	10608
Phonetic component	區
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	區
Old Chinese	/*kʰo/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 嶇

1. Only used in 崎嶇／崎岖 (qíqū, “rugged, rough”) and 嶇嶔／岖嵚 (“steep, sheer”).

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Japanese

Kanji

嶇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: く (ku)
• Kun: けわしい (kewashii, 嶇しい)

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Korean

Hanja

嶇 (eum 구 (gu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

嶇: Hán Nôm readings: khu

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References

• Nom Foundation