匤

匤 U+5324, 匤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5324 ← 匣 [U+5323] CJK Unified Ideographs 匥 → [U+5325]

Translingual

Han character

匤 (Kangxi radical 22, 匚+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 尸一土戈 (SMGI), composition ⿷匚玉)

Derived characters

• 筺

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 153, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2613
• Dae Jaweon: page 345, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 84, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5324

Chinese

simp. and trad.		匤

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
珏	*kŋroːɡ
砡	*ŋuɡ
匤	*kʰoɡ
玉	*ŋoɡ
鳿	*ŋoɡ
頊	*ŋoɡ, *hŋoɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qū (qu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kuk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qū
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü¹
    • Yale: chyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiu
    • Palladius: цюй (cjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kuk¹
    • Yale: kūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: kug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khjowk

Rime
Character	匤
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	燭 (8)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	丘玉切
Baxter	khjowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɨok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰiok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰuawk̚/
Li Rong	/kʰiok̚/
Wang Li	/kʰĭwok̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰi̯wok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	huk1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰoɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	匤
Reading #	1/1
No.	15970
Phonetic component	玉
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	曲
Old Chinese	/*kʰoɡ/

Definitions

匤

1. small box, case, coffer

Synonyms

• 匣子 (xiázi)

Japanese

Kanji

匤

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. box

Readings

• On (unclassified): きゃく (kyaku); こく (koku)
• Kun: はこ (hako)