盬

盬 U+76EC, 盬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76EC ← 盫 [U+76EB] CJK Unified Ideographs 盭 → [U+76ED]

Translingual

Han character

盬 (Kangxi radical 108, 皿+13, 18 strokes, cangjie input 尸口月廿 (SRBT), four-corner 7810₇, composition ⿱⿰臣⿱𠂉古皿)

1. salt pit
2. leisure
3. pot
4. drink

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 798, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23076
• Dae Jaweon: page 1212, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2572, character 4
• Unihan data for U+76EC

Chinese

simp. and trad.		盬
alternative forms		苦

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
箇	*kaːls
個	*kaːls
居	*kɯ, *kas
橭	*kaː, *kʰaː
嫴	*kaː
姑	*kaː
辜	*kaː
酤	*kaː, *kaːs, *ɡaːʔ
蛄	*kaː
鴣	*kaː
沽	*kaː, *kaːʔ, *kaːs
盬	*kaː, *kaːʔ
古	*kaːʔ
罟	*kaːʔ
估	*kaːʔ
鈷	*kaːʔ
詁	*kaːʔ
牯	*kaːʔ
故	*kaːs
固	*kaːs
稒	*kaːɡs
痼	*kaːɡs
錮	*kaːɡs
鯝	*kaːɡs
棝	*kaːɡs
凅	*kaːɡs
枯	*kʰaː
軲	*kʰaː
跍	*kʰaː
骷	*kʰaː
苦	*kʰaːʔ, *kʰaːs
葫	*qʰaː, *ɡaː
餬	*ɡaː
瑚	*ɡaː
湖	*ɡaː
鶘	*ɡaː
猢	*ɡaː
醐	*ɡaː
糊	*ɡaː
箶	*ɡaː
蝴	*ɡaː
胡	*ɡaː
瓳	*ɡaː
怙	*ɡaːʔ
祜	*ɡaːʔ
岵	*ɡaːʔ
婟	*ɡaːʔ, *ɡaːɡs
楛	*ɡaːʔ
据	*ka
裾	*ka
琚	*ka
椐	*ka, *kas, *kʰa
鶋	*ka
蜛	*ka
崌	*ka
涺	*ka
腒	*ka, *ɡa
鋸	*kas
倨	*kas
踞	*kas
涸	*ɡaːɡ

Etymology

"salt"

Compare Proto-Tai *klwɯəᴬ (“salt”), whence Thai เกลือ (glʉʉa), Zhuang gyu (Schuessler, 2007). Possibly connected to 鹵 (OC *raːʔ, “salty”). Possible allofams or variants are 斥 (OC *ŋ̊ʰjaːɡ, “saline”) and 潟 (OC *sjaːɡ, “saline land”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔ (gu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ku³
    • Yale: gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu
    • Palladius: гу (gu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu²
    • Yale: gú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ku, kuX

Rime
Character	盬	盬
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古胡切	公戸切
Baxter	ku	kuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuo/	/kuoX/
Pan Wuyun	/kuo/	/kuoX/
Shao Rongfen	/ko/	/koX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɔ/	/kɔX/
Li Rong	/ko/	/koX/
Wang Li	/ku/	/kuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuo/	/kuoX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gū	gǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gu1	gu2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kaː/, /*kaːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	盬	盬
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4218	4222
Phonetic component	古	古
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	孤	古
Old Chinese	/*kaː/	/*kaːʔ/

Definitions

盬

1. unprocessed salt
2. name of an ancient salt field
3. to stop
4. to suck and drink

Japanese

Kanji

盬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. salt pit
2. leisure
3. pot
4. drink

Readings

• On (unclassified): こ (ko); く (ku)
• Kun: あらしお (arashio); しお (shio); しおいけ (shioike); もろい (moroi, 盬い)

Korean

Hanja

盬 • (go) (hangeul 고, revised go, McCune–Reischauer ko, Yale ko)

1. salt