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掬

掬

Translingual

Han character

掬 (radical 64 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手心火木 (QPFD), four-corner 57020, composition ⿰扌匊)

  1. to grasp or hold with both hands

References

  • KangXi: page 440, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12290
  • Dae Jaweon: page 791, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1903, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+63AC

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 掬

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (匊) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
菊 *kuɡ
鞠 *kuɡ, *kʰuɡ, *ɡuɡ
掬 *kluɡ
匊 *kluɡ
鵴 *kuɡ, *ɡuɡ
椈 *kuɡ
諊 *kuɡ
踘 *kuɡ, *ɡuɡ
趜 *kuɡ, *ɡuɡ
蘜 *kuɡ
鞫 *kuɡ
巈 *kuɡ
麴 *kʰuɡ
毱 *ɡuɡ
驧 *ɡuɡ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 掬
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 屋 (4)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 居六切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kɨuk̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kiuk̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kiuk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kuwk̚/
Li
Rong		 /kiuk̚/
Wang
Li		 /kĭuk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ki̯uk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 ju
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 掬
Reading # 1/1
No. 7007
Phonetic
component		 匊
Rime
group		 覺
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 菊
Old
Chinese		 /*kluɡ/

Definitions

掬

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Compounds

  • 憨狀可掬／憨状可掬
  • 掬弄
  • 掬水
  • 掬飲／掬饮

Japanese

Kanji

掬

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

掬 • ‎(guk) (hangeul 국, revised guk, McCune-Reischauer ****, Yale kwuk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

掬 (cúc)

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