窠

窠 U+7AA0, 窠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7AA0 ← 窟 [U+7A9F] CJK Unified Ideographs 窡 → [U+7AA1]

Translingual

Han character

窠 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 十金田木 (JCWD), four-corner 3090₄, composition ⿱穴果)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 866, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25556
• Dae Jaweon: page 1294, character 35
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2732, character 20
• Unihan data for U+7AA0

Chinese

trad.		窠
simp. #		窠

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
裸	*ɡ·roːlʔ
躶	*ɡ·roːlʔ
果	*kloːlʔ
菓	*kloːlʔ
猓	*kloːlʔ
輠	*kloːlʔ, *ɡloːlʔ, *ɡroːlʔ, *kʰluːls
裹	*kloːlʔ, *kloːls
蜾	*kloːlʔ
惈	*kloːlʔ
粿	*kloːlʔ
窠	*kʰloːl
稞	*kʰloːl, *ɡroːlʔ
課	*kʰloːl, *kʰloːls
髁	*kʰloːl, *kʰloːls, *kʰroːlʔ
棵	*kʰloːl, *kʰloːnʔ, *ɡloːnʔ
顆	*kʰloːlʔ
堁	*kʰloːlʔ, *kʰloːls, *kloːns
敤	*kʰloːlʔ, *kʰloːls
夥	*qʰloːlʔ, *ɡloːlʔ, *ɡroːlʔ
婐	*qloːlʔ, *kroːl
踝	*ɡroːlʔ
祼	*ɡluːlʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kē (ke¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fo¹, wo¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): vo¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹khu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kē
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ke
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo¹
    • Yale: kē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ke
    • Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fo¹, wo¹
    • Yale: fō, wō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo¹, wo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo¹, wo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː⁵⁵/, /wɔː⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: vo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /vᵘɔ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹khu
    • MiniDict: khu^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹khu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰu⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: khwa

Rime
Character	窠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦禾切
Baxter	khwa
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwa/
Li Rong	/kʰuɑ/
Wang Li	/kʰuɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰuɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuō
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fo1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰloːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	窠
Reading #	1/1
No.	4776
Phonetic component	果
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	科
Old Chinese	/*kʰloːl/

Definitions

窠

1. bird's nest in cave; nest
2. (literary) simple dwelling
3. (literary) empty space; pit; hole
4. Alternative form of 棵 (“classifier for plants”)

Compounds

• 不落窠臼 (bùluòkējiù)
• 印窠
• 壘窠兒／垒窠儿
• 打窠地
• 擘窠書／擘窠书 (bòkēshū)
• 私窠子
• 窠子
• 窠巢 (kēcháo)
• 窠羅圈／窠罗圈
• 窠臼 (kējiù)
• 臼窠 (jiùkē)

 

References

• “窠”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

窠

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. nest
2. hole
3. indentation
4. den

Readings

• On (unclassified): か (ka)
• Kun: す (su)

Korean

Hanja

窠 (eum 과 (gwa))

1. nest
2. hole
3. indentation
4. den