佸

佸	U+4F78, 佸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F78

← 佷
[U+4F77]

CJK Unified Ideographs

佹 →
[U+4F79]

Translingual

Han character

佸 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人竹十口 (OHJR), four-corner 2226₄, composition ⿰亻舌)

Derived characters

𮢍

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 100, character 25
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 564
Dae Jaweon: page 213, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 149, character 5
Unihan data for U+4F78

Chinese

simp. and trad.		佸
alternative forms		𠈲

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 佸
Small seal script s05784
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (桰) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
咶	qʰroːds, qʰroːds, *ɡroːd
話	*ɡroːds
刮	*kroːd
鴰	kroːd, koːd
趏	kroːd, kʰroːd
舌	ɡroːd, ɦbljed
姡	ɡroːd, ɡoːd
頢	ɡroːd, koːd
括	*koːd
活	koːd, ɡoːd
适	koːd, kʰoːd
栝	koːd, l̥ʰeːmʔ
佸	koːd, ɡoːd
髺	*koːd
聒	*koːd
銛	koːd, slem, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
葀	*koːd
懖	*koːd
筈	koːd, kʰoːd
萿	*koːd
蛞	*kʰoːd
闊	*kʰoːd
秳	*ɡoːd

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huó (huo²)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kut³ / wut⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huó
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huó
  - Wade–Giles: huo²
  - Yale: hwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwo
  - Palladius: хо (xo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: kut³ / wut⁶
  - Yale: kut / wuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kut⁸ / wut⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: kud³ / wud⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuːt̚³/, /wuːt̚²/

Middle Chinese: kwat, hwat

Rime
Character	佸	佸
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	末 (64)	末 (64)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古活切	戸括切
Baxter	kwat	hwat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑt̚/	/ɦuɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑt̚/	/ɦʷɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑt̚/	/ɣuɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwat̚/	/ɦwat̚/
Li Rong	/kuɑt̚/	/ɣuɑt̚/
Wang Li	/kuɑt̚/	/ɣuɑt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuɑt̚/	/ɣuɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guo	huó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gut³	wut⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*koːd/, /*ɡoːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	佸	佸
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7571	7586
Phonetic component	桰	桰
Rime group	月	月
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	括	活
Old Chinese	/*koːd/	/*ɡoːd/

Definitions

佸

(literary) to meet
- 君子于役、不日不月、曷其有佸。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Jūnzǐ yú yì, bù rì bù yuè, hé qí yǒu huó. [Pinyin]
  My husband is away on service,
  Not for days [merely] or for months.
  When will he come back to me?

Japanese

Kanji

佸

(Hyōgai kanji)

to meet

Readings

On (unclassified): かつ (katsu)、がち (gachi)
Kun: あう (au, 佸う)

Korean

Hanja

佸 • (gwal) (hangeul 괄, revised gwal, McCune–Reischauer kwal)

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