癯

癯 U+766F, 癯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-766F ← 癮 [U+766E] CJK Unified Ideographs 癰 → [U+7670]

Translingual

Han character

癯 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+18, 23 strokes, cangjie input 大月山土 (KBUG), composition ⿸疒瞿)

1. thin, emaciated
2. worn, tired

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 783, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22634
• Dae Jaweon: page 1192, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2704, character 8
• Unihan data for U+766F

Chinese

simp. and trad.		癯

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
瞿	*kʷas, *ɡʷa
衢	*ɡʷa
氍	*ɡʷa
癯	*ɡʷa
蠷	*ɡʷa
臞	*ɡʷa, *ɡʷas
欋	*ɡʷa
鸜	*ɡʷa
灈	*ɡʷa
躣	*ɡʷa
忂	*ɡʷa
戵	*ɡʷa
鑺	*ɡʷa
懼	*ɡʷas

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷa) : semantic 疒 (“illness; injury; disability”) + phonetic 瞿 (OC *kʷas, *ɡʷa)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qú (qu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): keoi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qú
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyú
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü²
    • Yale: chyú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyu
    • Palladius: цюй (cjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: keoi⁴
    • Yale: kèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koey⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kêu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɵy̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: gju

Rime
Character	癯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	其俱切
Baxter	gju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡio/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/guə̆/
Li Rong	/ɡio/
Wang Li	/ɡĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	keoi4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷa/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	癯
Reading #	1/1
No.	7141
Phonetic component	瞿
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	衢
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷa/
Notes	同臞

Definitions

癯

1. Alternative form of 臞 (qú, “thin; emaciated; weary”)

Compounds

• 清癯 (qīngqú)

 

Japanese

Kanji

癯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. thin
2. emaciated
3. worn
4. tired

Readings

• On (unclassified): く (ku); ぐ (gu)
• Kun: やせる (yaseru)

Korean

Hanja

癯 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

1. thin
2. emaciated