裾

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

Translingual

Han character

裾 (radical 145, 衣+8, 14 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: page 1119, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34382
• Dae Jaweon: page 1586, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3100, character 11
• Unihan data for U+88FE

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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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jū (ju¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi¹
• Min Nan (POJ): ki / ku

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ
    • Wade–Giles: chü¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiu
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: geoi¹
    • Yale: gēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki / ku
    • Tâi-lô: ki / ku
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ky, kw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴/, /ku⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³/, /ku³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴/, /ku⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki⁴⁴/, /ku⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴/, /ku⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /kɨʌ/▼

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/kiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/kiɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨə̆/
Li Rong	/kiɔ/
Wang Li	/kĭo/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jū

• 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
• 馬牛襟裾／马牛襟裾

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Japanese

Kanji

裾

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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

Readings

• Goon: 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

From Old Japanese. Appears in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.

Ultimate derivation unclear.

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) すそ [sùsó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [sɨᵝso̞]

Noun

裾 (hiragana すそ, rōmaji suso)

1. the bottom edge of a piece of clothing
2. more specifically, the hem of a piece of clothing
3. (historical) an additional piece of fabric added along the bottom edge of formal robes
4. foothill, the edge of a mountain
5. the downstream area of a river
6. the bottom edge or end of something, such as one's hair or a bounded region on a go board
7. the lower legs and feet of a person's body

Etymology 2

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

From Middle Chinese 裾 (MC kɨʌ).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) きょ​ [kyóꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [kʲo̞]

Noun

裾 (hiragana きょ, rōmaji 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

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Hanja

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

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