篝

篝 U+7BDD, 篝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7BDD ← 篜 [U+7BDC] CJK Unified Ideographs 篞 → [U+7BDE]

Translingual

Han character

篝 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 竹廿廿月 (HTTB), four-corner 8855₇, composition ⿱𥫗冓)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 894, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26320
• Dae Jaweon: page 1321, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2997, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7BDD

Chinese

trad.		篝
simp. #		篝

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
溝	*koː
篝	*koː
鞲	*koː
韝	*koː, *kʰoː
褠	*koː
冓	*koː, *koːs
構	*koːs
購	*koːs
媾	*koːs
覯	*koːs
遘	*koːs, *koːs
煹	*koːs
搆	*koːs
講	*kroːŋʔ
耩	*kroːŋʔ
傋	*kroːŋʔ, *qʰroːŋʔ
斠	*kroːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *koː) : semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 冓 (OC *koː, *koːs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōu (gou¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau¹, kau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gou
    • Wade–Giles: kou¹
    • Yale: gōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gou
    • Palladius: гоу (gou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau¹, kau¹
    • Yale: gāu, kāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau¹, kau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo¹, keo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯⁵⁵/, /kʰɐu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kuw

Rime
Character	篝
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古侯切
Baxter	kuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kəu/
Pan Wuyun	/kəu/
Shao Rongfen	/kəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəw/
Li Rong	/ku/
Wang Li	/kəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/kə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gau1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤ(r)o/

  (Zhengzhang): /*koː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	篝
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gōu
Middle Chinese	‹ kuw ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁ(r)o/
English	bamboo cage
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	篝
Reading #	1/1
No.	4186
Phonetic component	冓
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	鉤
Old Chinese	/*koː/

Definitions

篝

1. bamboo basket; bamboo frame; bamboo cage

Compounds

• 篝屋
• 篝火 (gōuhuǒ)
• 篝火狐鳴／篝火狐鸣
• 篝燈／篝灯
• 衣篝

 

References

• “篝”, 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

篝

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. bamboo basket

Readings

• Go-on: く (ku, 篝)
• Kan-on: こう (kō, 篝)
• Kun: かがり (kagari, 篝); ふせご (fusego, 篝)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
篝
かがり Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かがり [kàgárí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɡa̠ɾʲi]

Noun

篝(かがり) • (kagari) 

1. brazier (iron basket for a fire)

   Synonym: 篝籠 (kagarikago)

2. watchfire, fishing fire, bonfire

   Synonym: 篝火 (kagaribi)

3. Synonym of 篝屋 (kagariya, “watchfire guardhouse”)

Usage notes

• This term is usually written in kanji in formal or technical contexts (e.g., in a newspaper or in official documentation). In informal contexts, however, it is generally written in hiragana.

Derived terms

• 篝(かがり)筏(いかだ) (kagarīkada)
• 篝(かがり)灯(どう)籠(ろう) (kagaridōrō)
• 篝(かがり)船(ぶね) (kagaribune)
• 捨(す)て篝(かがり) (sutekagari)
• 花(はな)篝(かがり) (hanakagari)
• 虫(むし)篝(かがり) (mushikagari)

Korean

Hanja

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

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