刳

刳 U+5233, 刳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5233 ← 刲 [U+5232] CJK Unified Ideographs 刴 → [U+5234]

Translingual

Han character

刳 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 大尸中弓 (KSLN), four-corner 4220₀, composition ⿰夸刂)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 138, character 42
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1956
• Dae Jaweon: page 315, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 333, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5233

Chinese

simp. and trad.		刳

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
侉	*qaːls
夸	*kʰʷraː
姱	*kʰʷraː
胯	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
跨	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
誇	*kʰʷraː
垮	*kʰʷraːʔ
銙	*kʰʷraːʔ
骻	*kʰʷraːʔ
咵	*kʰʷraːʔ
釫	*ɢʷraː, *qʷaː
摦	*ɡʷraːs
鮬	*pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː
嶀	*qʰʷl'aː
扝	*kʰʷaː, *qʷaː
刳	*kʰʷaː
郀	*kʰʷaː
挎	*kʰʷaː
袴	*kʰʷaːs
絝	*kʰʷaːs
褲	*kʰʷaːs
恗	*qʰaː
洿	*ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː
瓠	*ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs
鄠	*ɢʷlaːʔ
污	*qʷaː, *qʷaːs
杇	*qʷaː
圬	*qʷaː
鴮	*qʷaː
盓	*qʷaː
汙	*qʷaːs, *ɢʷa
樗	*qʰʷl'a
摴	*qʰʷl'a
荂	*pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa
雩	*qʰʷla, *ɢʷla
吁	*qʰʷa, *ɢʷas
盱	*qʰʷa
訏	*qʰʷa
扜	*qʰʷa, *qʷa
旴	*qʰʷa
冔	*qʰʷaʔ
紆	*qʷa
陓	*qʷa
迂	*qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa
虶	*qʷa
于	*ɢʷa
盂	*ɢʷa
竽	*ɢʷa
邘	*ɢʷa
玗	*ɢʷa
芋	*ɢʷa, *ɢʷas
杅	*ɢʷa
釪	*ɢʷa
骬	*ɢʷa
謣	*ɢʷla
宇	*ɢʷaʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kū (ku¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khoa / ko͘

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu¹
    • Yale: fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoa / ko͘
    • Tâi-lô: khua / koo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoaf, kof
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰua⁴⁴/, /kɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰua³³/, /kɔ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰua⁴⁴/, /kɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰua⁴⁴/, /kɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰua⁴⁴/, /kɔ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: khu

Rime
Character	刳
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): /*kʰʷaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	刳
Reading #	1/1
No.	15665
Phonetic component	于
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	枯
Old Chinese	/*kʰʷaː/

Definitions

刳

1. (literary) to cut out; to dig; to rip up; to scoop out; to cut open

Japanese

Kanji

刳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. clear
2. serene
3. cold

Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: こ (ko)
• Kun: くる (kuru, 刳る); えぐる (eguru, 刳る)

Korean

Hanja

刳 (eum 고 (go))

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Vietnamese

Han character

刳: Hán Nôm readings: khô

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References

• Nom Foundation