虯

See also: 虬

虯 U+866F, 虯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-866F ← 虮 [U+866E] CJK Unified Ideographs 虰 → [U+8670]

Translingual

Han character

虯 (radical 142, 虫+2, 8 strokes, cangjie input 中戈女中 (LIVL), four-corner 5210₀, composition ⿰虫丩)

References

• KangXi: page 1076, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32810
• Dae Jaweon: page 1545, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2833, character 10
• Unihan data for U+866F

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Chinese

trad.		虯
simp.		虬

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
艽	*krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw, *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
芁	*kriːw
荍	*ɡiw
叫	*kiːws
訆	*kiːws
嘂	*kiːws
收	*qʰljɯw, *qʰljɯws
糾	*kɯw, *krɯwʔ
朻	*kɯw, *krɯw, *krɯwʔ
丩	*kɯw, *krɯw
赳	*krɯw, *krɯwʔ
虬	*ɡrɯw
虯	*ɡrɯw
觓	*ɡrɯw

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡrɯw): semantic 虫 + phonetic 丩 (OC *kɯw, *krɯw).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiú (qiu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): khiû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiu2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyou
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cióu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰjoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kau⁴
    • Yale: kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: keo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiû
    • Tâi-lô: khiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiu²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɡiɪu/

Rime
Character	虯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	幽 (138)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	渠幽切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡiɪu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡɨu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡieu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gjiw/
Li Rong	/ɡiĕu/
Wang Li	/ɡiəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/gieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiú

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡrɯw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	虯
Reading #	1/1
No.	6933
Phonetic component	丩
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	虯
Old Chinese	/*ɡrɯw/

Definitions

虯

1. (mythology) young dragon with horns
2. twisted

Compounds

• 虯枝／虬枝 (qiúzhī)
• 虯蟠／虬蟠
• 虯鏤亮槅／虬镂亮槅
• 虯髯／虬髯

• 虯髯客／虬髯客
• 虯髯客傳／虬髯客传
• 虯鬚／虬须

• 虯龍／虬龙 (qiúlóng)
• 蛟虯／蛟虬
• 蟠虯紋／蟠虬纹

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Japanese

Kanji

虯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. young dragon

Readings

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• Go-on: ぐ (gu); ぎょう (gyō)^{←げう (geu, historical)}
• Kan-on: きゅう (kyū)^{←きう (kiu, historical)}; きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kun: みずち (mizuchi)^{←みづち (miduti, historical)←みつち (mituti, ancient)}

Compounds

• 虯竜(きゅうりょう) (kyūryō), 虯竜(きゅうりゅう) (kyūryū)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
虯
みずち Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Noun

虯(みずち) • (mizuchi) (historical hiragana みづち)

1. Alternative spelling of 蛟 (mizuchi): a mythical dragon-like beast

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Korean

Hanja

虯 (eum 규 (gyu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

虯: Hán Nôm readings: cù, cú, cầu

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