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, Beijing)⁺
    • 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)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): きょ (kyo)
• Kun: すそ (suso, 裾, Jōyō)

Etymology

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

Noun

裾 (hiragana すそ, rōmaji suso)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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