顧

See also: 顾 and 頋

Translingual

Han character

顧 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+12, 21 strokes, cangjie input 竹土一月金 (HGMBC) or 戈土一月金 (IGMBC), four-corner 3128₆, composition ⿰雇頁)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1409, character 38
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43689
• Dae Jaweon: page 1928, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4392, character 11
• Unihan data for U+9867

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Chinese

trad.		顧
simp.		顾*
alternative forms		頋

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
妒	*tqaːs
雇	*kʷaːs, *ɡʷaːʔ
顧	*kʷaːs
戽	*qʰʷaːʔ, *qʰʷaːs, *ɡʷaːʔ
戶	*ɡʷaːʔ
扈	*ɡʷaːʔ
帍	*ɡʷaːʔ
昈	*ɡʷaːʔ
滬	*ɡʷaːʔ
簄	*ɡʷaːʔ
齭	*skʰraʔ, *sqʰraʔ
所	*sqʰraʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʷaːs) : phonetic 雇 (OC *kʷaːs, *ɡʷaːʔ) + semantic 頁.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): gù (gu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gu⁴

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gu³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gu¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): gu⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ku

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gu⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): gu³
• Northern Min (KCR): gu̿
• Eastern Min (BUC): gó
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kò͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gu³ / gou³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵ku
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gù
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gù
    • Wade–Giles: ku⁴
    • Yale: gù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guh
    • Palladius: гу (gu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: gu⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gu³
    • Yale: gu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: gu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ku
    • Hakka Romanization System: gu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ku⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ku⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: gu³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ku⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gu̿
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘
    • Tâi-lô: kòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kox
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gu³ / gou³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kù / kòu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹³/, /kou²¹³/

Note: gou3 - surname.

• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵ku
    • MiniDict: ku^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ku
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ku³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: gu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁴⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kuH

Rime
Character	顧
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古暮切
Baxter	kuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuoH/
Pan Wuyun	/kuoH/
Shao Rongfen	/koH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɔH/
Li Rong	/koH/
Wang Li	/kuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuoH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gu3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʷˤaʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷaːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	顧
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gù
Middle Chinese	‹ kuH ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʷˁaʔ-s/ (~ *[k]ʷˁaʔ)
English	look around
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	顧
Reading #	1/1
No.	5293
Phonetic component	戸
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	顧
Old Chinese	/*kʷaːs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 顧

1. to regard; to concern
2. to look back
3. to look at
4. to look after
5. a surname

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

顧

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: こ (ko, Jōyō)
• Kun: かえりみる (kaerimiru, 顧みる, Jōyō)

Suffix

Counter

1. (often as 一顧 ikko) looks back, double-takes
   1. (figuratively, often followed by neg. form of する suru) amount of cares

      それに一(いっ)顧(こ)もしない！

      Sore ni ikko mo shinai!

      I don't care a bit about that!

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Korean

Hanja

顧 • (go) (hangeul 고)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 顧 (cố)

1. trying