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佸

佸	U+4F78, 佸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F78

← 佷
[U+4F77]

CJK Unified Ideographs

佹 →
[U+4F79]

Translingual

Han character

佸 (radical 9 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人竹十口 (OHJR), four-corner 2226₄, composition ⿰亻舌)

to meet

References

KangXi: page 100, character 25

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 564

Dae Jaweon: page 213, character 3

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 149, character 5

Unihan data for U+4F78

Chinese

simp. and trad.		佸

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 佸

**Small seal script**
s05784

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
Liushutong (large seal) and
Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (桰) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
咶	qʰroːds, qʰroːds, *ɡroːd
話	*ɡroːds
刮	*kroːd
鴰	kroːd, koːd
趏	kroːd, kʰroːd
舌	ɡroːd, ɦbljed
姡	ɡroːd, ɡoːd
頢	ɡroːd, koːd
括	*koːd
活	koːd, ɡoːd
适	koːd, kʰoːd
栝	koːd, l̥ʰeːmʔ
佸	koːd, ɡoːd
髺	*koːd
聒	*koːd
銛	koːd, slem, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
葀	*koːd
懖	*koːd
筈	koːd, kʰoːd
萿	*koːd
蛞	*kʰoːd
闊	*kʰoːd
秳	*ɡoːd

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): huó (huo²)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kut³, wut⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: huó
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ
  - Wade-Giles: ho²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwo
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kut³, wut⁶
  - Yale: kut, wuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kut⁸, wut⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰuːt̚³/, /wuːt̚²/

Middle Chinese: /kuɑt̚/, /ɦuɑt̚/▼

Rime
Character	佸	佸
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	末 (64)	末 (64)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古活切	戸括切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑt̚/	/ɦuɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑt̚/	/ɦʷɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑt̚/	/ɣuɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwat̚/	/ɦwat̚/
Li Rong	/kuɑt̚/	/ɣuɑt̚/
Wang Li	/kuɑt̚/	/ɣuɑt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuɑt̚/	/ɣuɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guo	huó

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*koːd/, /*ɡoːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	佸	佸
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7571	7586
Phonetic component	桰	桰
Rime group	月	月
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	括	活
Old Chinese	/*koːd/	/*ɡoːd/

Definitions

佸

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Japanese

Kanji

佸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On: かつ (katsu), がち (gachi)

Kun: あう (au), あつまる (atsumaru), つとめるさま (tsutomerusama), いたる (itaru)

Korean

Hanja

佸 • ‎(gwal) (hangeul 괄, revised gwal, McCune-Reischauer kwal)

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