穀

See also: 谷 and 殻

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kloːɡ): semantic 禾 ‎(“grain”) + phonetic 𣪊

Han character

穀 (radical 115 禾+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 土木竹弓水 (GDHNE), four-corner 4794₇, composition ⿰⿱⿳士冖一禾殳)

1. corn, grain, cereal
2. lucky

See also

• 殻

References

• KangXi: page 858, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25221
• Dae Jaweon: page 1283, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2164, character 11
• Unihan data for U+7A40

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Chinese

trad.		穀
simp.		谷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔ (gu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): guk¹, huk⁶, gau³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kuk
• Min Nan (POJ): kok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: gǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ
    • Wade-Giles: ku³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu
    • IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: guk¹, huk⁶, gau³
    • Yale: gūk, huhk, gau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: guk⁷, huk⁹, gau³
    • IPA ^(key): /kʊk̚⁵/, /hʊk̚²/, /kɐu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kuk
    • Hakka Romanization System: gug`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gug⁵
    • IPA: /kuk̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kok
    • Tâi-lô: kok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kog
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔk̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: /kuk̚/▼

Rime
Character	穀
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	屋 (3)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古禄切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəwk̚/
Li Rong	/kuk̚/
Wang Li	/kuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gu

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[k]ˤok/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kloːɡ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	穀
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ kuwk ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˤok/
English	grain
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	穀
Reading #	1/1
No.	7423
Phonetic component	殻
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	穀
Old Chinese	/*kloːɡ/

Definitions

穀

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Japanese

Kanji

穀

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. grain

Readings

• Goon: こく (koku)
• Kan’on: こく (koku)
• Kun: たなつもつ (tanatsumotsu)

Compounds

Compounds

穀食 (こくしょく) ‎(kokushoku): cereal-eating 穀草 (こくそう) ‎(kokusō): cereal; grain 穀物 (こくもつ) ‎(kokumotsu): cereal; grain 穀類 (こくるい) ‎(kokurui): cereal; grain

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Korean

Hanja

穀 • ‎(gok, gu) (hangeul 곡, 구, revised gok, gu, McCune-Reischauer kok, ku, Yale kok, kwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

穀 (cốc)

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