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U+7AA0, 窠
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7AA0

[U+7A9F]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+7AA1]

Translingual

Han character

(radical 116 +8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 十金田木 (JCWD), four-corner 30904)

  1. bird’s nest in cave
  2. nest
  3. house
  4. division
  5. vacancy
  6. pit, hole

References

  • KangXi: page 866, character 37
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25556
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1294, character 35
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2732, character 20
  • Unihan data for U+7AA0

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*ɡ·roːlʔ
*ɡ·roːlʔ
*kloːlʔ
*kloːlʔ
*kloːlʔ
*kloːlʔ, *ɡloːlʔ, *ɡroːlʔ, *kʰluːls
*kloːlʔ, *kloːls
*kloːlʔ
*kloːlʔ
粿 *kloːlʔ
*kʰloːl
*kʰloːl, *ɡroːlʔ
*kʰloːl, *kʰloːls
*kʰloːl, *kʰloːls, *kʰroːlʔ
*kʰloːl, *kʰloːnʔ, *ɡloːnʔ
*kʰloːlʔ
*kʰloːlʔ, *kʰloːls, *kloːns
*kʰloːlʔ, *kʰloːls
*qʰloːlʔ, *ɡloːlʔ, *ɡroːlʔ
*qloːlʔ, *kroːl
*ɡroːlʔ
*ɡluːlʔ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (29)
Final () (95)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰuɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰuɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰuɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰwa/
Li
Rong
/kʰuɑ/
Wang
Li
/kʰuɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰuɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kuō
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 4776
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰloːl/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 不落窠臼
  • 印窠
  • 壘窠兒垒窠儿
  • 打窠地
  • 擘窠書擘窠书
  • 私窠子
  • 窠子
  • 窠巢 (kēcháo)
  • 窠羅圈窠罗圈
  • 窠臼
  • 臼窠

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. nest
  2. hole
  3. indentation
  4. den

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(gwa) (hangeul , revised gwa, McCune-Reischauer kwa, Yale kwa)

  1. nest
  2. hole
  3. indentation
  4. den