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.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kào (kao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kaau³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kho
• Eastern Min (BUC): kó̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khò͘ / khò / khòa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kao³ / gou⁶

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵khau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kào
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kào
    • Wade–Giles: kʻao⁴
    • Yale: kàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaw
    • Palladius: као (kao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kaau³
    • Yale: kaau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kaau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaːu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kho
    • Hakka Romanization System: ko
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ko⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰo⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kó̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɔ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khò͘
    • Tâi-lô: khòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qox
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khò
    • Tâi-lô: khò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰo²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰo¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòa
    • Tâi-lô: khuà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoax
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kʰua²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰua¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰua⁴¹/

Note: khòa - 沙可 is used in the Mainland.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kao³ / gou⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khàu / kŏu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰau²¹³/, /kou³⁵/

Note: gou6 - vernacular (俗).

• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵khau
    • MiniDict: khau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²khau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰɔ³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: khawH

Rime
Character	靠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦到切
Baxter	khawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɑuH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɑuH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɑuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰawH/
Li Rong	/kʰɑuH/
Wang Li	/kʰɑuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰɑuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hou3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰuːɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	靠
Reading #	1/1
No.	3809
Phonetic component	告
Rime group	奧
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	𩝝
Old Chinese	/*kʰuːɡs/

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

(uncommon “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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