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Translingual

Han character

(radical 181 +2, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大弓一月金 (KNMBC), four-corner 41086)

  1. cheekbone

References

  • KangXi: page 1399, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43339
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1915, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4356, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+9804

Chinese

trad.
simp. 𬱓

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kʰuː
*kʰuː, *kʰu, *ɡu
*krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw, *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
*qʰruː
*ku
*ku
*kuʔ
*kus
*ɡu
*ɡu
*ɡu
*ɡu
*ɡu
*ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
*ɡu, *kʷrɯwʔ
*ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
*ɡu
*ɡu
*ɡu
*ɡu
*kʷrɯwʔ
*kʷrɯwʔ
氿 *kʷrɯwʔ
*kʷrɯwʔ
*kuɡ
*qʰʷoɡ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (30) (30)
Final () (18) (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () Chongniu III III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡˠiuɪ/ /ɡɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡʷᵚi/ /ɡiu/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡiuɪ/ /ɡiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/gjwi/ /guw/
Li
Rong
/ɡjui/ /ɡiu/
Wang
Li
/ɡwi/ /ɡĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/gwi/ /gi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kuí qiú
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
kuí
Middle
Chinese
‹ gwij ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɡ]ʷru/
English cheek bone, bones of the face

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 # 1/2 2/2
No. 6949 6965
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 2
Corresponding
MC rime
𧚍
Old
Chinese
/*ɡu/ /*ɡʷrɯw/
Notes

Definitions

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