估
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Translingual
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Han character
估 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人十口 (OJR), four-corner 24260, composition ⿰亻古)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 96, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 467
- Dae Jaweon: page 205, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 129, character 15
- Unihan data for U+4F30
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
估 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (古) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 箇 | *kaːls |
| 個 | *kaːls |
| 居 | *kɯ, *kas |
| 橭 | *kaː, *kʰaː |
| 嫴 | *kaː |
| 姑 | *kaː |
| 辜 | *kaː |
| 酤 | *kaː, *kaːs, *ɡaːʔ |
| 蛄 | *kaː |
| 鴣 | *kaː |
| 沽 | *kaː, *kaːʔ, *kaːs |
| 盬 | *kaː, *kaːʔ |
| 古 | *kaːʔ |
| 罟 | *kaːʔ |
| 估 | *kaːʔ |
| 鈷 | *kaːʔ |
| 詁 | *kaːʔ |
| 牯 | *kaːʔ |
| 故 | *kaːs |
| 固 | *kaːs |
| 稒 | *kaːɡs |
| 痼 | *kaːɡs |
| 錮 | *kaːɡs |
| 鯝 | *kaːɡs |
| 棝 | *kaːɡs |
| 凅 | *kaːɡs |
| 枯 | *kʰaː |
| 軲 | *kʰaː |
| 跍 | *kʰaː |
| 骷 | *kʰaː |
| 苦 | *kʰaːʔ, *kʰaːs |
| 葫 | *qʰaː, *ɡaː |
| 餬 | *ɡaː |
| 瑚 | *ɡaː |
| 湖 | *ɡaː |
| 鶘 | *ɡaː |
| 猢 | *ɡaː |
| 醐 | *ɡaː |
| 糊 | *ɡaː |
| 箶 | *ɡaː |
| 蝴 | *ɡaː |
| 胡 | *ɡaː |
| 瓳 | *ɡaː |
| 怙 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 祜 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 岵 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 婟 | *ɡaːʔ, *ɡaːɡs |
| 楛 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 据 | *ka |
| 裾 | *ka |
| 琚 | *ka |
| 椐 | *ka, *kas, *kʰa |
| 鶋 | *ka |
| 蜛 | *ka |
| 崌 | *ka |
| 涺 | *ka |
| 腒 | *ka, *ɡa |
| 鋸 | *kas |
| 倨 | *kas |
| 踞 | *kas |
| 涸 | *ɡaːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kaːʔ): semantic 亻 + phonetic 古 (OC *kaːʔ).
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kû
- Eastern Min (BUC): gū
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5ku
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: gū
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gu
- Wade–Giles: ku1
- Yale: gū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gu
- Palladius: гу (gu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: gǔ
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gǔ
- Wade–Giles: ku3
- Yale: gǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu
- Palladius: гу (gu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: gu3
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gu
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku⁵³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: gu2
- Yale: gú
- Cantonese Pinyin: gu2
- Guangdong Romanization: gu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /kuː³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: gu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kû
- Hakka Romanization System: guˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: gu1
- Sinological IPA: /ku²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘
- Tâi-lô: kóo
- Phofsit Daibuun: kor
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /kɔ⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: gou2 / gou1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kóu / kou
- Sinological IPA (key): /kou⁵²/, /kou³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
Note: gou1 - alternative reading.
- Middle Chinese: kuX
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*kaːʔ/
Definitions
估
- to estimate (an amount, value, etc.)
- 高估 ― gāogū ― overestimate
- (Cantonese) to guess
- (literary) price
- (literary) merchant; businessperson
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 猜 (“to guess”) [map]
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: gù
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gù
- Wade–Giles: ku4
- Yale: gù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guh
- Palladius: гу (gu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: gu3
- Yale: gu
- Cantonese Pinyin: gu3
- Guangdong Romanization: gu3
- Sinological IPA (key): /kuː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
估
- only used in 估衣 (gùyi, “secondhand clothes for sale”)
Compounds
- 估衣
- 估衣鋪 / 估衣铺
Japanese
Kanji
估
Readings
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