柩

See also: 柾

柩 U+67E9, 柩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-67E9 ← 柨 [U+67E8] CJK Unified Ideographs 柪 → [U+67EA]

Translingual

Han character

柩 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+5, 9 strokes, Cangjie input 木尸弓人 (DSNO), four-corner 4191₈, composition ⿰木匛)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 520, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14650
• Dae Jaweon: page 908, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1180, character 7
• Unihan data for U+67E9

Chinese

simp. and trad.		柩

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 柩
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Ancient script	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
畂	*ɡʷ·rɯs
久	*kʷlɯʔ
灸	*kʷlɯʔ, *kʷlɯs
玖	*kʷlɯʔ
疚	*kʷlɯs
柩	*ɡʷlɯs
羑	*ɡʷ·lɯʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiù (jiu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kiu

  (Hailu, HRS): giu^ˇ / kiu^˖

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khū / khǔ / kiū / kiǔ
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶jieu
  • (Jinhua): ⁶jieu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiòu
    • Wade–Giles: chiu⁴
    • Yale: jyòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiow
    • Palladius: цзю (czju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gau⁶
    • Yale: gauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiu
    • Hakka Romanization System: giu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯u⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: giu^ˇ / kiu^˖
    • Sinological IPA: /kiu¹¹/, /kʰiu³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khū
    • Tâi-lô: khū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qu
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰu³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰu²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khǔ
    • Tâi-lô: khǔ
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰu²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiū
    • Tâi-lô: kiū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiu
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiu²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiǔ
    • Tâi-lô: kiǔ
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu²²/

Note:

• khū/khǔ - vernacular (“classifier”);
• kiū/kiǔ - literary.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ⁶jieu
    • MiniDict: jieu^去
    • MiniDict: jiu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³jjieu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑiɤ²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /d͡ʑʏ²³¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /d͡ʑiø¹¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /d͡ʑiʏ¹¹³/
  • (Jinhua)
    • Wugniu: ⁶jieu
    • Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /d͡ʑiu¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: gjuwH

Rime
Character	柩
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	巨救切
Baxter	gjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiuH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/guwH/
Li Rong	/ɡiuH/
Wang Li	/ɡĭəuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gau6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ʷə-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷlɯs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	柩
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiù
Middle Chinese	‹ gjuwH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ʷə-s/
English	coffin (with corpse)
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	柩
Reading #	1/1
No.	6974
Phonetic component	久
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	舊
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷlɯs/

Definitions

柩

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) coffin containing a corpse
2. (Hokkien) Classifier for coffins.

Synonyms

• (coffin):

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• 棺柩 (guānjiù)
• 靈 / 灵 (líng)
• 靈柩 / 灵柩 (língjiù)

Compounds

• 停柩
• 寄柩
• 扶柩 (fújiù)
• 柩衣 (jiùyī)
• 柩車 / 柩车 (jiùchē)
• 棺柩 (guānjiù)
• 舉柩 / 举柩 (jǔjiù)
• 靈柩 / 灵柩 (língjiù)

Japanese

Kanji

柩

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)、ぐ (gu)^{←ぐ (gu, historical)}
• Kan-on: きゅう (kyū)^{←きう (kiu, historical)}
• Kun: ひつぎ (hitsugi, 柩)

Compounds

• 柩(きゅう)車(しゃ) (kyūsha)
• 屍(し)柩(きゅう) (shikyū)
• 霊(れい)柩(きゅう) (reikyū)

Definitions

Kanji in this term
柩
ひつぎ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 柩 – see the following entry.

【棺ひつぎ】S [noun] coffin

(This term, 柩, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

• “^▲柩”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 柩 (MC gjuwH).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ku]
• Phonetic hangul: [구]

Hanja

柩 (eumhun 널 구 (neol gu))

1. coffin

Compounds

• 관구 (棺柩, gwan'gu)
• 구거 (柩車, gugeo)
• 구의 (柩衣, guui)
• 구재 (柩材, gujae)
• 구차 (柩車, gucha)
• 반구 (返柩, ban'gu)
• 선구 (先柩, seon'gu)
• 시구 (屍柩, sigu)
• 영구 (靈柩, yeonggu)
• 운구 (運柩, un'gu)
• 정구 (停柩, jeonggu)
• 출구 (出柩, chulgu)
• 하구 (下柩, hagu)

References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 柩

Vietnamese

Han character

柩: Hán Nôm readings: cữu

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