緱

See also: 缑

Translingual

Han character

緱 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女火人弓大 (VFONK), four-corner 2793₄, composition ⿰糹侯)

1. cord binding on hilt of sword

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 931, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27684
• Dae Jaweon: page 1370, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3428, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7DF1

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Chinese

trad.		緱
simp.		缑

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
緱	*koː, *koː
侯	*ɡoː
喉	*ɡoː
猴	*ɡoː
瘊	*ɡoː
篌	*ɡoː
糇	*ɡoː
帿	*ɡoː
睺	*ɡoː, *ɡoːs
矦	*ɡoː
餱	*ɡoː
翭	*ɡoː
葔	*ɡoː
鄇	*ɡoː, *ɡoːs
鍭	*ɡoː, *ɡoːs
鯸	*ɡoː
候	*ɡoːs
堠	*ɡoːs

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	緱
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

  (Zhengzhang): /*koː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	緱	緱
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5137	5138
Phonetic component	侯	侯
Rime group	侯	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	鉤	鉤
Old Chinese	/*koː/	/*koː/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 緱

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References

• “緱”, 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–

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Japanese

Kanji

緱

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō), く (ku)
• Kun: つか (tsuka)