夠

See also: 够

夠 U+5920, 夠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5920 ← 够 [U+591F] CJK Unified Ideographs 夡 → [U+5921]

Translingual

Han character

夠 (Kangxi radical 36, 夕+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 弓弓心口 (NNPR), four-corner 2722₀, composition ⿰多句)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 247, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5777
• Dae Jaweon: page 491, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 864, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5920

Usage notes

This character is listed in the Kangxi dictionary as an alternative form of 够.

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Chinese

trad.		夠/够
simp.		够
alternative forms		彀 勾

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
勾	*koː, *koːs
鉤	*koː
鴝	*koː, *ɡo
句	*koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo
夠	*koː, *koːs, *kʰoː
枸	*koː, *koːʔ, *koʔ
軥	*koː, *koːs, *ɡo
狗	*koːʔ
苟	*koːʔ
岣	*koːʔ, *ko
笱	*koːʔ
玽	*koːʔ
耇	*koːʔ
豿	*koːʔ, *qʰroːɡ
敂	*koːʔ
怐	*koːs, *kʰoːs, *qʰoːs, *kos
雊	*koːs
竘	*kʰoːʔ, *kʰoʔ
齁	*qʰoː
呴	*qʰoːʔ, *qʰos
蚼	*qʰoːʔ, *ɡo
豞	*qʰoːs
訽	*qʰoːs, *ɡoːs
佝	*qʰoːs
拘	*ko
駒	*ko
眗	*ko
跔	*ko
鮈	*ko
痀	*ko
蒟	*koʔ, *kos
絇	*kos, *ɡo
邭	*kos
劬	*ɡo
朐	*ɡo
鼩	*ɡo
斪	*ɡo
翑	*ɡo
葋	*ɡo
姁	*ɡo, *qʰo, *qʰoʔ, *qʰos
欨	*qʰo, *qʰoʔ
喣	*qʰoʔ
煦	*qʰoʔ, *qʰos
昫	*qʰos

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *koː, *koːs, *kʰoː) : semantic 多 + phonetic 句 (OC *koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gòu (gou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gau³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): geu¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kieu
• Eastern Min (BUC): gáiu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kàu / kiò / kò͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gou³ / gao³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gòu
    • Wade–Giles: kou⁴
    • Yale: gòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gow
    • Palladius: гоу (gou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gau³
    • Yale: gau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: geu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /keu³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kieu
    • Hakka Romanization System: gieu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gieu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯eu̯⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gáiu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑu²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàu
    • Tâi-lô: kàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaux
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kau¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiò
    • Tâi-lô: kiò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kioix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kio⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘
    • Tâi-lô: kòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kox
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔ²¹/

Note:

• kàu - vernacular;
• kiò/kò͘ - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: gou³ / gao³
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kòu / kàu
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou²¹³/, /kau²¹³/

Note:

• gou3 - literary;
• gao3 - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: khuw, kuw

Rime
Character	夠	夠
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	恪侯切	古侯切
Baxter	khuw	kuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰəu/	/kəu/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰəu/	/kəu/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰəu/	/kəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəw/	/kəw/
Li Rong	/kʰu/	/ku/
Wang Li	/kʰəu/	/kəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰə̯u/	/kə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kōu	gōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hau1	gau1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*koː/, /*koːs/, /*kʰoː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	夠	夠	夠
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	7065	7077	7082
Phonetic component	句	句	句
Rime group	侯	侯	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	鉤	遘	彄
Old Chinese	/*koː/	/*koːs/	/*kʰoː/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 夠

1. to be enough; to be sufficient; to reach or achieve a desired level

   我的錢不夠。／我的钱不够。  ―  Wǒ de qián bùgòu.  ―  I don't have enough money.

   一個就夠了。／一个就够了。  ―  Yīge jiù gòu le.  ―  One is enough.

   他們說沒吃夠。／他们说没吃够。  ―  Tāmen shuō méi chī gòu.  ―  They say that they're still hungry. (lit. They say that they didn't eat enough.)

2. to reach

   夠不著／够不著  ―  gòu bù zhù  ―  can't reach

3. to have enough of something; to have a sufficient amount of something

   夠嗮嘢食／够嗮嘢食 [Cantonese]  ―  gau³ saai³ je⁵ sik⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  having plenty of things to eat

   佢唔夠膽食鳳爪。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢唔够胆食凤爪。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ m⁴ gau³ daam² sik⁶ fung⁶ zaau². [Jyutping]

   He doesn't have enough guts to try chicken feet.

   我夠了。／我够了。  ―  Wǒ gòu le.  ―  I'm fine./I don't need more.

4. (with negative connotations) quite; impressively

   你們真的是夠厲害了！ [MSC, trad.]
   你们真的是够厉害了！ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐmen zhēnde shì gòu lìhài le! [Pinyin]

   You lot are ridiculous!

   夠嗮煩／够嗮烦 [Cantonese]  ―  gau³ saai³ faan⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  annoying to a remarkable extent

5. (Hakka) serious; hardworking
6. (Hakka) arrogant
7. (dialectal Cantonese, including Taishanese) tired

   alt. forms: 疚 (jiù)

Synonyms

• (to be enough): (Xinzhou Jin) 足沿
• (Hakka) 罅 (la)

Dialectal synonyms of 累 (“tired”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		疲倦, 疲乏, 疲累, 疲憊, 疲勞
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	累, 乏
	Taiwan	累
	Malaysia	累
	Singapore	累
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	累, 乏
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	乏
	Xi'an	乏, 累
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	乏
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	累
	Wuhan	累
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	累, 痿
	Hefei	累
Cantonese	Guangzhou	攰
	Hong Kong	攰
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	攰
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	攰
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	攰
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	攰
	Macau	攰
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	攰
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	攰
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	疚
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	攰
	Foshan	攰
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	疚
	Foshan (Shunde)	攰
	Foshan (Sanshui)	疚攰
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	疚攰
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	疓
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	疓
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	疚, 攰
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	疚, 攰
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	疚
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	疚
	Taishan	疚, 攰, 疓
	Kaiping (Chikan)	疚, 攰
	Enping (Niujiang)	疚, 攰
	Heshan (Yayao)	疚算
	Dongguan	攰
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	攰
	Qingyuan	攰
	Fogang	攰
	Yingde (Hanguang)	攰
	Yangshan	攰
	Lianshan (Butian)	累
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	攰
	Shaoguan	攰
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	攰
	Renhua	攰
	Lechang	攰
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	攰
	Sihui	攰
	Guangning	攰
	Deqing	攰
	Huaiji	攰
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	疓, 攰
	Yunfu	攰
	Xinxing	疓
	Luoding	攰
	Yunan (Pingtai)	攰
	Yangjiang	攰, 疓
	Xinyi	攰
	Lianjiang	攰
	Nanning	攰
	Wuzhou	攰
	Yulin	攰, 累
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	攰
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	攰
	Singapore (Guangfu)	攰
Gan	Nanchang	累
Hakka	Meixian	𤸁, 渴
	Xingning	𤸁
	Huidong (Daling)	𤸁
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	𤸁
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	𤸁
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	𤸁
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	𤸁
	Wengyuan	𤸁
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	𤸁
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	𤸁
	Liannan	𤸁
	Jiexi	渴
	Luhe	悿 Hetian, 渴 Xintian
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	悿
	Changting	累
	Wuping	𤸁
	Wuping (Yanqian)	𤸁
	Wuping (Pingyu)	𤸁
	Liancheng	𤸁
	Ninghua	累
	Ningdu	累
	Ruijin	𤸁
	Shangyou (Shexi)	𤸁
	Tonggu (Sandu)	累
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	𤸁, 悿
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	𤸁, 悿
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	悿
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	悿, 𤸁
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	悿
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	悿
	Hong Kong	𤸁
	Xinyi (Sihe)	𤸁
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	𤸁
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	𤸁
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	𤸁
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	𤸁
	Mengshan (Xihe)	𤸁
	Luchuan	𤸁
	Senai (Huiyang)	𤸁
	Kuching (Hepo)	𤺪
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	渴
	Singkawang	渴
Huizhou	Jixi	吃力
Jin	Taiyuan	乏, 累
	Xinzhou	累
Northern Min	Jian'ou	累, 軟
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	弱
Southern Min	Xiamen	𤺪, 厭
	Quanzhou	𤺪, 厭
	Zhangzhou	𤺪, 厭
	Zhao'an	厭, 悿
	Taipei	悿
	Taipei (Wanhua)	悿, 𤺪
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	悿, 𤺪
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	悿
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	悿, 𤺪
	Kaohsiung	悿
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	悿, 𤺪
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	悿
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	悿, 𤺪
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	悿
	Yilan	悿, 懶
	Yilan (Toucheng)	悿, 𤺪
	Changhua (Lukang)	悿
	Taichung	𤺪
	Taichung (Wuqi)	悿
	Tainan	悿, 𤺪
	Tainan (Anping)	悿, 𤺪
	Taitung	悿
	Hsinchu	悿, 𤺪
	Kinmen	悿
	Penghu (Magong)	悿, 𤺪
	Penghu (Xiyu)	悿, 𤺪
	Penang (Hokkien)	𤺪
	Singapore (Hokkien)	𤺪
	Manila (Hokkien)	𤺪
	Chaozhou	乏, 累
	Shantou	乏, 𤺪
	Shantou (Chenghai)	乏
	Jieyang	乏
	Haifeng	悿
	Bangkok (Teochew)	乏
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	乏
	Singapore (Teochew)	𤺪, 累, 乏
	Leizhou	乏
	Wenchang	乏
	Haikou	乏
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	瞓
Wu	Shanghai	吃力, 衰瘏
	Suzhou	吃力
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	吃力
	Ningbo	着力, 吃力 rare
	Wenzhou	㾯, 吃力
Xiang	Changsha	傫
	Shuangfeng	鶴累

References

• “夠”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

夠

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: こう (kō)
• Kun: あつまる (atsumaru, 夠まる)、おおい (ōi, 夠い)^{←おほい (ofoi, 夠い, historical)}

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Vietnamese

Han character

夠: Hán Việt readings: cú, cấu, hú
夠: Nôm readings: cấu

1. chữ Hán form of cú (“to reach a goal or satisfaction”).