褲

See also: 綯 and 裤

褲 U+8932, 褲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8932 ← 褱 [U+8931] CJK Unified Ideographs 褳 → [U+8933]

Translingual

Traditional	褲
Shinjitai (extended)	袴
Simplified	裤

Han character

褲 (radical 145, 衣+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 中戈十十 (LIJJ), four-corner 3422₇, composition ⿰衤庫)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1122, character 39
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34523
• Dae Jaweon: page 1590, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3108, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8932

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Chinese

trad.		褲
simp.		裤

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
侉	*qaːls
夸	*kʰʷraː
姱	*kʰʷraː
胯	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
跨	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
誇	*kʰʷraː
垮	*kʰʷraːʔ
銙	*kʰʷraːʔ
骻	*kʰʷraːʔ
咵	*kʰʷraːʔ
釫	*ɢʷraː, *qʷaː
摦	*ɡʷraːs
鮬	*pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː
嶀	*qʰʷl'aː
扝	*kʰʷaː, *qʷaː
刳	*kʰʷaː
郀	*kʰʷaː
挎	*kʰʷaː
袴	*kʰʷaːs
絝	*kʰʷaːs
褲	*kʰʷaːs
恗	*qʰaː
洿	*ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː
瓠	*ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs
鄠	*ɢʷlaːʔ
污	*qʷaː, *qʷaːs
杇	*qʷaː
圬	*qʷaː
鴮	*qʷaː
盓	*qʷaː
汙	*qʷaːs, *ɢʷa
樗	*qʰʷl'a
摴	*qʰʷl'a
荂	*pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa
雩	*qʰʷla, *ɢʷla
吁	*qʰʷa, *ɢʷas
盱	*qʰʷa
訏	*qʰʷa
扜	*qʰʷa, *qʷa
旴	*qʰʷa
冔	*qʰʷaʔ
紆	*qʷa
陓	*qʷa
迂	*qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa
虶	*qʷa
于	*ɢʷa
盂	*ɢʷa
竽	*ɢʷa
邘	*ɢʷa
玗	*ɢʷa
芋	*ɢʷa, *ɢʷas
杅	*ɢʷa
釪	*ɢʷa
骬	*ɢʷa
謣	*ɢʷla
宇	*ɢʷaʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʰʷaːs): semantic 衣 (“clothing”) + phonetic 庫 (OC *kʰaːs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kù (ku⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): fu⁴

• Min Bei (KCR): ku̿
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): khò͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kù
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˋ
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu³
    • Yale: fu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fu
    • Hakka Romanization System: fu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fu⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fu⁵³/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ku̿
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khò͘
    • Tâi-lô: khòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qox
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kou³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khòu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰou²¹³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷaːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	褲
Reading #	1/1
No.	15672
Phonetic component	于
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	絝
Old Chinese	/*kʰʷaːs/
Notes	袴今字

Definitions

褲

1. pants; trousers (Classifier: 條／条 c)

Compounds

• 牛仔褲／牛仔裤 (niúzǎikù)
• 褲兜／裤兜 (kùdōu)
• 褲兜儿／裤兜儿
• 褲子／裤子 (kùzi)
• 褲帶／裤带
• 褲筒／裤筒
• 褲管／裤管 (kùguǎn)

• 褲線／裤线
• 褲腰／裤腰 (kùyāo)
• 褲腳／裤脚 (kùjiǎo)
• 褲腳兒／裤脚儿
• 褲腿／裤腿 (kùtuǐ)
• 褲腿兒／裤腿儿
• 褲衩／裤衩 (kùchǎ)

• 褲衩兒／裤衩儿
• 褲襠／裤裆 (kùdāng)
• 褲襪／裤袜
• 褲頭／裤头
• 褲頭兒／裤头儿
• 靴褲／靴裤

References

• “Entry #11920”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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Japanese

Kanji

褲

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 袴)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こ (ko)
• Kun: ずぼん (zubon), はかま (hakama)

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Korean

Etymology 1

Hanja

褲 (eumhun 바지 고 (baji go))

1. trousers, pants (US)
2. crotch, groin

Etymology 2

Hanja

褲 (eumhun 사타구니 과 (sataguni gwa))

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Vietnamese

Han character

褲 (khố)

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