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疚

疚

Translingual

Han character

疚 (radical 104 疒+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 大弓人 (KNO), four-corner 0018₇, composition ⿸疒久)

chronic disease, chronic illness
sorrow

References

KangXi: page 769, character 13

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22033

Dae Jaweon: page 1179, character 16

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2661, character 2

Unihan data for U+759A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		疚

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (久) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
畂	*ɡʷ·rɯs
久	*kʷlɯʔ
灸	kʷlɯʔ, kʷlɯs
玖	*kʷlɯʔ
疚	*kʷlɯs
柩	*ɡʷlɯs
羑	*ɡʷ·lɯʔ

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jiù (jiu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gau³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiù
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ
  - Wade-Giles: chiu⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiow
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gau³
  - Yale: gau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gau³
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³³/

Middle Chinese: /kɨu^H/▼

Rime
Character	疚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居祐切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kiu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kiəu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuw^H/
Li Rong	/kiu^H/
Wang Li	/kĭəu^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯ə̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiù

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*kʷlɯs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	疚
Reading #	1/1
No.	6973
Phonetic component	久
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	救
Old Chinese	/*kʷlɯs/

Definitions

疚

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Compounds

內疚／内疚 (nèijiù)
內省不疚／内省不疚
在疚

愧疚
歉疚 (qiànjiù)
疚心

疚心疾首
疚懷／疚怀
負疚／负疚

Japanese

Kanji

疚

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On: きゅう (kyū)

Kun: やむ (yamu), やましい (yamashii)

Korean

Hanja

疚 • ‎(gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune-Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

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