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U+4FC5, 俅
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FC5

[U+4FC4]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4FC6]

Translingual

Han character

(radical 9 +7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人戈十水 (OIJE), four-corner 23232, composition)

  1. ornamental cap

References

  • KangXi: page 104, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 668
  • Dae Jaweon: page 220, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 156, character 17
  • Unihan data for U+4FC5

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character


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 () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kus
*ɡu
*ɡu
*ɡu
*ɡu
*ɡu
*ɡu
*ɡu
*ɡu
*ɡu
*ɡu, *qʰu
絿 *ɡu
*ɡu
*ɡu
*ɡu, *ko
*ɡu

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (30)
Final () (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡiu/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/guw/
Li
Rong
/ɡiu/
Wang
Li
/ɡĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/gi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qiú
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 10568
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
𧚍
Old
Chinese
/*ɡu/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. ornamental cap

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(gu) (hangeul , revised gu, McCune-Reischauer ku)

  1. respectful
  2. polite