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U+86AF, 蚯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86AF

[U+86AE]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+86B0]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 142, +5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中戈人一 (LIOM), four-corner 52111, composition )

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1079, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32916
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1547, character 31
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2843, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+86AF

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
2nd round simp.

Glyph origin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (29)
Final () (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter khjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰiu/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰuw/
Li
Rong
/kʰiu/
Wang
Li
/kʰĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qiū
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hau1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
qiū
Middle
Chinese
‹ khjuw ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]ʷʰə/
English 蚯蚓 khjuw.yinX earth-worm

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 10525
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰʷɯ/
Notes

Definitions[edit]

  1. Only used in 蚯蚓 (qiūyǐn, “earthworm”).

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. earthworm

Readings[edit]

  • Go-on: (ku)
  • Kan-on: きゅう (kyū)

Compounds[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

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

  1. (지렁이) earthworm, rainworm

Synonyms[edit]

Compounds[edit]