靠

Translingual

Han character

靠 (Kangxi radical 175, 非+7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹土口中卜 (HGRLY), four-corner 2411₁, composition ⿱告非)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1382, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42604
• Dae Jaweon: page 1896, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4087, character 17
• Unihan data for U+9760

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Chinese

trad.		靠
simp. #		靠
alternative forms		俈 second round simplified

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
造	*skʰuːɡs, *sɡuːʔ
慥	*skʰuːɡs
艁	*skʰuːɡs, *sɡuːʔ
糙	*skʰuːɡs
告	*kuːɡs, *kuːɡ
誥	*kuːɡs
郜	*kuːɡs, *kuːɡ
祰	*kʰuːʔ, *kuːɡ
靠	*kʰuːɡs
浩	*ɡuːʔ, *kuːb
晧	*ɡuːʔ
皓	*ɡuːʔ
窖	*kruːɡs
簉	*skʰruɡs
梏	*kruːɡ, *kuːɡ
硞	*kʰruːɡ, *kʰuːɡ
牿	*kuːɡ
鵠	*kuːɡ, *ɡuːɡ
酷	*kʰuːɡ
焅	*kʰuːɡ
嚳	*kʰuːɡ
頶	*ɡuːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰuːɡs) : phonetic 告 (OC *kuːɡs, *kuːɡ) + semantic 非.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 靠

1. to lean on; to recline
2. to depend on; to rely on
3. to trust; to have confidence in
4. to come near to; to approach
5. to keep to (a certain side)
6. (euphemistic) (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 肏 (cào, “to fuck”).

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

靠

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō)
• Kun: たがう (tagau, 靠う); よる (yoru, 靠る)

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Korean

Hanja

靠 • (go) (hangeul 고, revised go, McCune–Reischauer ko, Yale ko)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 靠 (kháo, khéo)

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