股

See also: 脵

股 U+80A1, 股 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-80A1 ← 肠 [U+80A0] CJK Unified Ideographs 肢 → [U+80A2]

Translingual

Han character

股 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月竹弓水 (BHNE), four-corner 7724₇, composition ⿰⺼殳)

References

• KangXi: page 974, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29284
• Dae Jaweon: page 1426, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2051, character 7
• Unihan data for U+80A1

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Chinese

trad.		股
simp. #		股

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 股
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
股	*klaːʔ
羖	*klaːʔ

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 肉 (“body”) + 殳 (“action”) – the hips as an active part of the body.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔ (gu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kú
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): kó͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ
    • Wade–Giles: ku3
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu²
    • Yale: gú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kú
    • Hakka Romanization System: gu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gu³
    • Sinological IPA: /ku³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘
    • Tâi-lô: kóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gou²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kóu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: /kuo^X/

Rime
Character	股
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	公戸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuoX/
Pan Wuyun	/kuoX/
Shao Rongfen	/koX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɔX/
Li Rong	/koX/
Wang Li	/kuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuoX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gu2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kʷˤaʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*klaːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	股
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ kuX ›
Old Chinese	/*kʷˁaʔ/
English	thigh
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	股
Reading #	1/1
No.	4311
Phonetic component	股
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	古
Old Chinese	/*klaːʔ/

Definitions

股

1. thigh; haunches
2. strand; skein; thread
3. share; portion
4. (historical geometry) The longer leg of a right triangle.

   勾股定理  ―  gōugǔdìnglǐ  ―  Pythagoras' theorem

5. Classifier for strength, forces.
6. Classifier for smells or scent.
7. Classifier for groups of people.
8. Classifier for shares in a company.
9. Classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers, etc.

Coordinate terms

• 勾 (gōu)

Compounds

Derived terms from 股

• 一屁股 (yīpìgu)
• 一股 (yīgǔ)
• 一股勁兒／一股劲儿
• 一股腦兒／一股脑儿 (yīgǔnǎor)
• 七股 (Qīgǔ)
• 乾股／干股 (gāngǔ)
• 二股絃
• 二頭股肌／二头股肌
• 五股 (Wǔgǔ)
• 仙股 (xiāngǔ)
• 光屁股
• 入股 (rùgǔ)
• 八股 (bāgǔ)
• 八股文 (bāgǔwén)
• 八股文章
• 刺股
• 刺股懸梁／刺股悬梁
• 剪子股
• 割股 (gēgǔ)
• 募股 (mùgǔ)
• 勾股 (gōugǔ)
• 叉股子話／叉股子话
• 合股 (hégǔ)
• 商股
• 報屁股／报屁股
• 墊股／垫股
• 大股東／大股东
• 夾屁股／夹屁股
• 如在股掌
• 子推割股
• 官股
• 小型股
• 屁股 (pìgu)
• 屁股沉
• 屁股眼 (pìguyǎn)
• 平均股價／平均股价
• 引錐刺股／引锥刺股
• 心膂股肱
• 懸梁刺股／悬梁刺股
• 懸頭刺股／悬头刺股

• 成長股／成长股
• 打屁股 (dǎ pìgǔ)
• 扭股兒糖／扭股儿糖
• 投機股／投机股
• 拆股 (chāigǔ)
• 招股 (zhāogǔ)
• 控股公司 (kònggǔ gōngsī)
• 握股公司
• 擦屁股 (cā pìgǔ)
• 擰成一股／拧成一股
• 普通股
• 東京股市／东京股市
• 毫子股
• 汗洽股慄／汗洽股栗
• 沉屁股
• 港股 (gǎnggǔ)
• 濠賭股／濠赌股 (háodǔgǔ)
• 火燒屁股／火烧屁股
• 炒股票
• 特別股／特别股
• 狗顛屁股／狗颠屁股
• 猴子屁股
• 現金股利／现金股利
• 紅底股／红底股 (hóngdǐgǔ)
• 紅籌股／红筹股 (hóngchóugǔ)
• 細價股／细价股 (xìjiàgǔ)
• 績優股／绩优股
• 美股 (měigǔ)
• 翻股
• 老八股
• 股份 (gǔfèn)
• 股份公司 (gǔfèn gōngsī)
• 股價／股价 (gǔjià)
• 股價指數／股价指数 (gǔjià zhǐshù)
• 股兒／股儿
• 股利 (gǔlì)
• 股匪
• 股友社
• 股員／股员
• 股子 (gǔzi)

• 股市 (gǔshì)
• 股息 (gǔxī)
• 股息股利
• 股慄／股栗
• 股戰／股战
• 股掌 (gǔzhǎng)
• 股掌之上 (gǔ zhǎng zhī shàng)
• 股本 (gǔběn)
• 股東／股东 (gǔdōng)
• 股東大會／股东大会
• 股東權益／股东权益
• 股栗
• 股權／股权 (gǔquán)
• 股災／股灾 (gǔzāi)
• 股癬／股癣 (gǔxuǎn)
• 股票 (gǔpiào)
• 股票價值／股票价值
• 股票分割
• 股票市場／股票市场 (gǔpiào shìchǎng)
• 股票股利
• 股肱
• 股肱之力
• 股肱耳目
• 股金 (gǔjīn)
• 股長／股长
• 股關節／股关节
• 股關節炎／股关节炎
• 股骨 (gǔgǔ)
• 腹股溝／腹股沟 (fùgǔgōu)
• 菸屁股／烟屁股
• 藍籌股／蓝筹股 (lánchóugǔ)
• 蘇秦刺股／苏秦刺股
• 認股／认股
• 資產股／资产股
• 跟屁股
• 退股
• 釵股／钗股
• 錐股／锥股
• 離股兒／离股儿
• 零股交易

References

• Tian Miao's "A Formal System of the Gougu Method" in The History of Mathematical Proof in Ancient Traditions, pp. 386–7.

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Japanese

Kanji

股

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Derived terms

• もも肉(にく), 股(もも)肉(にく), 腿(もも)肉(にく) (momoniku): the meat of the leg, round, ham
• 股(もも)引(ひき), 股(もも)引(ひ)き, もも引(ひ)き (momohiki): close fitting trousers, working trousers

Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: こ (ko, Jōyō)
• Kun: また (mata, 股, Jōyō); もも (momo, 股)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
股
また Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
胯 叉 俣

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *mata. Cognate with Miyako 股 (また, mata), Okinawan 股 (また, mata).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) また​ [màtáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ma̠ta̠]

Noun

股(また) • (mata) 

1. (anatomy) crotch, the space between the thighs
2. fork in a tree, river, and so on

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
股
もも Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
腿

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• IPA^(key): [mo̞mo̞]

Noun

股(もも) • (momo) 

1. thigh
2. (anatomy, generally attributive) femoral, relating to the thigh or femur
   • 1998, Health and Welfare Statistics Association, Health and Welfare Statistics in Japan, page 195:

     K41 Femoral Hernia 大腿〈股〉ヘルニア

     K41 Thigh (femoral) hernia

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 股 (MC kuo^X). Recorded as Middle Korean 고〯 (kwǒ) (Yale: kwǒ) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [고]

Hanja

Wikisource

股 (eumhun 넓적다리 고 (neopjeokdari go))

1. Hanja form^? of 고 (“thigh”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 고간 (股間, gogan)
• 고관절 (股關節, gogwanjeol, “(anatomy) coxa; hip joint”)
• 고동맥 (股動脈, godongmaek, “(anatomy) femoral artery”)
• 고정맥 (股靜脈, gojeongmaek, “(anatomy) femoral vein”)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

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Vietnamese

Han character

股: Hán Nôm readings: cổ, cỗ

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