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Translingual

Han character

(radical 75 +11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 木尸一竹 (DSMH), four-corner 47922, composition)

  1. bending branches, bent limbs

References

  • KangXi: page 550, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15445
  • Dae Jaweon: page 938, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1285, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+6A1B

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*ruːw
*ruːw, *rɯːws
*ɡ·ruːw, *krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw
賿 *rrɯːw, *rrɯːwʔ
*rrɯːw
*krɯːw, *krɯːws, *kʰrɯːw
*krɯːw
*krɯːw, *rɯw
*riw, *rɯːw
*riws, *rɯːw, *rɯwʔ
*rɯːw, *rɯːws, *rɯws
*rɯːw, *rɯw
*rɯːw
*rɯːw
*ɡ·rɯːw, *ɡ·rɯws
*rɯːw, *rɯːwɢ
*rɯːwʔ, *rɯwɢ
*rɯːwʔ
*mɡlɯw, *rɯwɢs, *mɡrɯw, *ɡrɯw
*mlɯw, *mɡrɯw, *mrɯws, *mlɯwɢ
*rɯw, *rɯwɢs, *rɯwɢ
*rɯw
*rɯw, *rɯws
*rɯw, *rɯw
*rɯwɢs, *rɯwɢ
*r̥ʰɯw
*ɡlɯw, *ɡrɯw
*mrɯws
*ɡ·rɯw, *ɡrɯw, *ɡrɯwʔ
*krɯw
*ruːwɢ, *rɯwɢ
*rɯwɢ
*rɯwɢ
*rɯwɢ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (138)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kiɪu/
Pan
Wuyun
/kɨu/
Shao
Rongfen
/kieu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kjiw/
Li
Rong
/kiĕu/
Wang
Li
/kiəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kieu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiū
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jiū jiū
Middle
Chinese
‹ kjiw › ‹ kjiw ›
Old
Chinese
/*k-riw/ (dialect: *k-r- > *kr-) /*k-riw/ (dialect: > *k-r- > *kr-)
English down-curving (branch) twist (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 8394
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*krɯw/

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(gyu) (hangeul , revised gyu, McCune-Reischauer kyu, Yale kyu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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References