彄

彄 U+5F44, 彄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F44 ← 彃 [U+5F43] CJK Unified Ideographs 彅 → [U+5F45]

Translingual

Han character

彄 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 弓尸口口 (NSRR), four-corner 1121₆, composition ⿰弓區)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 360, character 36
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9853
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1001, character 18
• Unihan data for U+5F44

Chinese

trad.		彄
simp.		𫸩

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 彄
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰoː) : semantic 弓 (“bow”) + phonetic 區 (OC *qoː, *kʰo)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kōu (kou¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kou
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou¹
    • Yale: kōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kou
    • Palladius: коу (kou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kau¹
    • Yale: kāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: keo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khuw

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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰoː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	彄
Reading #	1/1
No.	10580
Phonetic component	區
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	彄
Old Chinese	/*kʰoː/

Definitions

彄

1. (literary) nock at both ends of a bow
2. (literary) ring; ring-like object

Compounds

• 彄環／𫸩环

 

Japanese

Kanji

彄

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō); く (ku)
• Kun: ゆはず (yuhazu); ゆがけ (yugake)