裾

裾 U+88FE, 裾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-88FE ← 製 [U+88FD] CJK Unified Ideographs 裿 → [U+88FF]

Translingual

Han character

裾 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+8, 13 strokes, Cangjie input 中尸十口 (LSJR), four-corner 3726₄, composition ⿰衤居)

1. lapel, border of garment
2. hem, hemline
3. skirt

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1119, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34382
• Dae Jaweon: page 1586, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3100, character 11
• Unihan data for U+88FE

Chinese

simp. and trad.		裾

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
箇	*kaːls
個	*kaːls
居	*kɯ, *kas
橭	*kaː, *kʰaː
嫴	*kaː
姑	*kaː
辜	*kaː
酤	*kaː, *kaːs, *ɡaːʔ
蛄	*kaː
鴣	*kaː
沽	*kaː, *kaːʔ, *kaːs
盬	*kaː, *kaːʔ
古	*kaːʔ
罟	*kaːʔ
估	*kaːʔ
鈷	*kaːʔ
詁	*kaːʔ
牯	*kaːʔ
故	*kaːs
固	*kaːs
稒	*kaːɡs
痼	*kaːɡs
錮	*kaːɡs
鯝	*kaːɡs
棝	*kaːɡs
凅	*kaːɡs
枯	*kʰaː
軲	*kʰaː
跍	*kʰaː
骷	*kʰaː
苦	*kʰaːʔ, *kʰaːs
葫	*qʰaː, *ɡaː
餬	*ɡaː
瑚	*ɡaː
湖	*ɡaː
鶘	*ɡaː
猢	*ɡaː
醐	*ɡaː
糊	*ɡaː
箶	*ɡaː
蝴	*ɡaː
胡	*ɡaː
瓳	*ɡaː
怙	*ɡaːʔ
祜	*ɡaːʔ
岵	*ɡaːʔ
婟	*ɡaːʔ, *ɡaːɡs
楛	*ɡaːʔ
据	*ka
裾	*ka
琚	*ka
椐	*ka, *kas, *kʰa
鶋	*ka
蜛	*ka
崌	*ka
涺	*ka
腒	*ka, *ɡa
鋸	*kas
倨	*kas
踞	*kas
涸	*ɡaːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ka): semantic 衣 (“clothes”) + phonetic 居 (OC *kɯ, *kas).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jū (ju¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ku / ki / kir

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyu
    • Wade–Giles: chü¹
    • Yale: jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiu
    • Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: geoi¹
    • Yale: gēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ku
    • Tâi-lô: ku
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kw
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ku⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki
    • Tâi-lô: ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ky
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kir
    • Tâi-lô: kir
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kɯ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: kjo

Rime
Character	裾
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	九魚切
Baxter	kjo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/kiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/kiɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨə̆/
Li Rong	/kiɔ/
Wang Li	/kĭo/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	geoi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ka/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	裾
Reading #	1/1
No.	4266
Phonetic component	古
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	居
Old Chinese	/*ka/

Definitions

裾

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Compounds

• 曲裾 (qūjū)
• 曳裾王門 / 曳裾王门
• 牛馬襟裾 / 牛马襟裾
• 絕裾而去 / 绝裾而去
• 裾馬襟牛 / 裾马襟牛
• 襟裾馬牛 / 襟裾马牛
• 開裾 / 开裾 (khui-ki) (Min Nan)
• 馬牛襟裾 / 马牛襟裾

References

• “裾”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.

Japanese

Kanji

裾

(Jōyō kanji)

1. bottom hem
2. the edge or end of something

Readings

• Go-on: こ (ko)
• Kan-on: きょ (kyo)
• Kun: すそ (suso, 裾, Jōyō)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
裾
すそ Grade: S
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 裾 – see the following entry.

【すそ】 [noun] [from 712] the bottom edge of a piece of clothing [noun] [from 712] more specifically, the hem of a piece of clothing [noun] [from 712] (historical) an additional piece of fabric added along the bottom edge of formal robes [noun] [from 1476] foothill, the edge of a mountain [noun] [from 1520] the downstream area of a river [noun] [from 974] the bottom edge or end of something, such as one's hair or a bounded region on a go board [noun] [from 1392] the lower legs and feet of a person's body

(This term, 裾, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
裾
きょ Grade: S
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 裾 (MC kjo).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きょ [kyóꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kʲo̞]

Noun

裾(きょ) • (kyo) 

1. (historical) in the formal wear of court nobles, the end portion of an obi sash that is pulled through the knot and left hanging in back

References

• “裾”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

裾 • (geo) (hangeul 거, revised geo, McCune–Reischauer kŏ, Yale ke)

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