跍

Translingual

Han character

跍 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口一十口 (RMJR), four-corner 6416₀, composition ⿰𧾷古)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1223, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37451
• Dae Jaweon: page 1695, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3693, character 12
• Unihan data for U+8DCD

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		跍
alternative forms		𫏁 Sichuan 沽 Sichuan 竘 Min Nan

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

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): kū (ku¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gu¹ / ku²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): ku²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kû
• Eastern Min (BUC): kŭ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khû

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ku⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹khu
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kū
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ku
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu¹
    • Yale: kū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ku
    • Palladius: ку (ku)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: gu¹ / ku²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gu / ku
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵/, /kʰu²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fu¹
    • Yale: fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: ku²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu²⁴/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kû
    • Hakka Romanization System: gu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ku²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khû
    • Tâi-lô: khû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: quu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰu²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ku⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹khu
    • MiniDict: khu^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹khu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰu⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: gu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: khu

Rime
Character	跍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦胡切
Baxter	khu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuo/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuo/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɔ/
Li Rong	/kʰo/
Wang Li	/kʰu/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	跍
Reading #	1/1
No.	4240
Phonetic component	古
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	枯
Old Chinese	/*kʰaː/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 跍

1. ^† (Jilu Mandarin, Jianghuai Mandarin, Southwestern Mandarin, Hakka, Gan, Min, Wu, Xiang) to squat
2. (Southwestern Mandarin, Xiang) to stay (somewhere)
3. (Southern Min, figurative) to surrender; to yield

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蹲 (“to squat”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蹲
Mandarin	Beijing	蹲
	Taiwan	蹲
	Jinan	跍堆, 跍蹲, 蹲
	Xi'an	趷蹴, 蹴, 蹲
	Wuhan	跍
	Chengdu	跍
	Yangzhou	蹲
	Hefei	蹲
Cantonese	Guangzhou	踎
	Hong Kong	踎
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	踎
	Macau	踎
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	踎
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	䟵
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	踎
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	踎
	Foshan	踎
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	踎
	Foshan (Shunde)	踎
	Foshan (Sanshui)	踎
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	踎
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	踎
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	踎
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	踎
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	踎
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	踎
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	踎
	Taishan	踎
	Kaiping (Chikan)	踎
	Enping (Niujiang)	踎
	Heshan (Yayao)	踎
	Dongguan	踎, 冬
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	踎
	Yangjiang	踎
	Nanning	踎
	Yulin	踎
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	踎
Gan	Nanchang	跍, 蹲
Hakka	Meixian	蹲, 𨁏
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	跍
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	跍
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	踎
	Conghua (Lütian)	跍
	Jiexi	跍
	Changting	𨁏
	Ninghua	𨁏
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	跍
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	跍
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	跍
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	跍
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	跍
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	跍
	Hong Kong	跍
	Senai (Huiyang)	跍
Jin	Taiyuan	圪蹴, 蹲
Northern Min	Jian'ou	跍嚕
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蹲, 跍
Southern Min	Xiamen	跍
	Quanzhou	跍
	Zhangzhou	跍
	Taipei	跍
	Kaohsiung	跍
	Singapore (Hokkien)	跍
	Manila (Hokkien)	跍
	Chaozhou	跍
	Shantou	跍
	Jieyang	跍
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	跍
	Leizhou	跍
Wu	Shanghai	跍, 蹲
	Suzhou	蹲, 伏
	Wenzhou	𧺤, 彎
Xiang	Changsha	跍
	Shuangfeng	蹲