掬

掬 U+63AC, 掬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63AC ← 掫 [U+63AB] CJK Unified Ideographs 掭 → [U+63AD]

Translingual

Han character

掬 (radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手心火木 (QPFD), four-corner 5702₀, composition ⿰扌匊)

References

• KangXi: page 440, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12290
• Dae Jaweon: page 791, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1903, character 1
• Unihan data for U+63AC

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		掬
variant forms		揈 匊

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (匊) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
菊	*kuɡ
鞠	*kuɡ, *kʰuɡ, *ɡuɡ
掬	*kluɡ
匊	*kluɡ
鵴	*kuɡ, *ɡuɡ
椈	*kuɡ
諊	*kuɡ
踘	*kuɡ, *ɡuɡ
趜	*kuɡ, *ɡuɡ
蘜	*kuɡ
鞫	*kuɡ
巈	*kuɡ
麴	*kʰuɡ
毱	*ɡuɡ
驧	*ɡuɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kluɡ): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 匊 (OC *kluɡ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jū, jú

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩ, ㄐㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): guk¹
• Min Nan (POJ): kiok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: jū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ
    • Wade–Giles: chü¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: jú
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˊ
    • Wade–Giles: chü²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: guk¹
    • Yale: gūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: guk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊk̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiok
    • Tâi-lô: kiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɔk̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: /kɨuk̚/▼

Rime
Character	掬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居六切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuwk̚/
Li Rong	/kiuk̚/
Wang Li	/kĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ju

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*kluɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	掬
Reading #	1/1
No.	7007
Phonetic component	匊
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	菊
Old Chinese	/*kluɡ/

Definitions

掬

1. (literary) to grasp or hold with both hands

   笑容可掬  ―  xiàoróngkějū  ―  to be radiant with smiles

Compounds

• 憨狀可掬／憨状可掬
• 掬弄

• 掬水
• 掬飲／掬饮

• 盈掬
• 笑容可掬 (xiàoróngkějū)

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Japanese

Kanji

掬

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. scoop up water with the hand

Readings

• On (unclassified): きく (kiku)
• Kun: すくう (sukuu, 掬う)

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Korean

Hanja

掬 • (guk) (hangeul 국, revised guk, McCune–Reischauer kuk, Yale kwuk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

掬 (cúc)

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