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U+611A, 愚
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-611A

[U+6119]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+611B]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 61, +9, 13 strokes, Cangjie input 田月心 (WBP), four-corner 60332, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 395, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10946
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2321, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+611A

Chinese

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trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋo): phonetic (OC *ŋo, *ŋos) + semantic (heart) – stupid.

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • ngṳ̀ - literary;
  • kṳ̀ - vernacular.
Note: ngu5 - Chaoyang.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /y³⁵/
Harbin /y⁴⁴/
Tianjin /y⁴⁵/
Jinan /y²¹³/
Qingdao /y²¹³/
Zhengzhou /y⁴²/
Xi'an /y²⁴/
Xining /y²⁴/
Yinchuan /y⁵³/
Lanzhou /y¹³/
Ürümqi /y²¹³/
Wuhan /y²¹³/
Chengdu /y³¹/
Guiyang /i²¹/
Kunming /i³¹/
Nanjing /y²⁴/
Hefei /zz̩ʷ⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /y¹¹/
Pingyao /y¹³/
Hohhot /y³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ȵy²³/
Suzhou /ȵy¹³/
Hangzhou /ɦz̩ʷ²¹³/
Wenzhou /ȵy³¹/
Hui Shexian /ny⁴⁴/
Tunxi /y⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /y¹³/
Xiangtan /y¹²/
Gan Nanchang
Hakka Meixian /ŋi¹¹/
Taoyuan /ŋi²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /jy²¹/
Nanning /y²¹/
Hong Kong /jy²¹/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /gu³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /ŋy⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /ŋy⁴⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /ŋõ⁵⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /zi³¹/
/ŋai³¹/ 訓獃

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (31)
Final () (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter ngju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋɨo/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋio/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋio/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋuə̆/
Li
Rong
/ŋio/
Wang
Li
/ŋĭu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ŋi̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jyu4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 15919
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋo/

Definitions

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  1. foolish; stupid
  2. to fool; to dupe
  3. (humble) I

Synonyms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: () (gu)
  • Korean: 우(愚) (u)
  • Vietnamese: ngu ()

Others:

  • Lao: ໂງ່ (ngō)
  • Thai: โง่ (ngôo, ignorant; stupid; unintelligent)

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Jōyō kanji)

  1. bullshit
  2. foolish
  3. absurdity
  4. stupid

Readings

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  • Go-on: (gu, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: (gu, Jōyō)
  • Kun: おろか (oroka, 愚か, Jōyō)

Compounds

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Etymology

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Kanji in this term

Grade: S
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese (MC ngju).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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() (gu-na (adnominal () (gu na), adverbial () (gu ni))

  1. foolish
    Synonym: 愚か (oroka)

Inflection

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Inflection of
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 愚だろ ぐだろ gu daro
Continuative (連用形) 愚で ぐで gu de
Terminal (終止形) 愚だ ぐだ gu da
Attributive (連体形) 愚な ぐな gu na
Hypothetical (仮定形) 愚なら ぐなら gu nara
Imperative (命令形) 愚であれ ぐであれ gu de are
Key constructions
Informal negative 愚ではない
愚じゃない
ぐではない
ぐじゃない
gu de wa nai
gu ja nai
Informal past 愚だった ぐだった gu datta
Informal negative past 愚ではなかった
愚じゃなかった
ぐではなかった
ぐじゃなかった
gu de wa nakatta
gu ja nakatta
Formal 愚です ぐです gu desu
Formal negative 愚ではありません
愚じゃありません
ぐではありません
ぐじゃありません
gu de wa arimasen
gu ja arimasen
Formal past 愚でした ぐでした gu deshita
Formal negative past 愚ではありませんでした
愚じゃありませんでした
ぐではありませんでした
ぐじゃありませんでした
gu de wa arimasen deshita
gu ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive 愚で ぐで gu de
Conditional 愚なら(ば) ぐなら(ば) gu nara (ba)
Provisional 愚だったら ぐだったら gu dattara
Volitional 愚だろう ぐだろう gu darō
Adverbial 愚に ぐに gu ni
Degree 愚さ ぐさ gusa

Noun

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() (gu

  1. foolishness, folly
    • 1900, 田中正造, 亡國に至るを知らざれば之れ即ち亡國の儀に付質問[1], 青空文庫:
      [] (おのれ)()()れば(すなは)()にあらず、(おのれ)()なることを()らなければ(これ)(しん)()である。
      [] onore no gu o shireba sunawachi gu ni arazu, onore no gu naru koto o shiranakereba kore ga shin no gu de aru.
      [] if you know your own foolishness, then you are not foolish. If you do not know that you are foolish, this is true foolishness.

Derived terms

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Pronoun

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() (gu

  1. (humble) I, me

Korean

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Hanja

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(u) (hangeul , revised u, McCune–Reischauer u, Yale wu)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Vietnamese

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Adjective

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(ngu)

  1. stupid; doltish; foolish