匊

匊	U+530A, 匊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-530A

← 匉
[U+5309]

CJK Unified Ideographs

匋 →
[U+530B]

Translingual

Han character

匊 (Kangxi radical 20, 勹+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 心火木 (PFD), four-corner 2792₀, composition ⿹勹米)

Derived characters

婅, 㥌, 掬, 椈, 毱, 淗, 㹼, 龾, 𥮗, 粷, 菊, 䗇, 䜯, 趜, 踘, 躹, 𨨠, 鞠, 䪕, 𩛺, 𩣽, 䱡, 鵴, 麴 (麹), 𨿥

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 151, character 12
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2523
Dae Jaweon: page 340, character 18
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 259, character 1
Unihan data for U+530A

Chinese

trad.		匊
simp. ^#		匊
alternative forms		𦥑 ancient form

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 匊
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
菊	*kuɡ
鞠	kuɡ, kʰuɡ, *ɡuɡ
掬	*kluɡ
匊	*kluɡ
鵴	kuɡ, ɡuɡ
椈	*kuɡ
諊	*kuɡ
踘	kuɡ, ɡuɡ
趜	kuɡ, ɡuɡ
蘜	*kuɡ
鞫	*kuɡ
巈	*kuɡ
麴	*kʰuɡ
毱	*ɡuɡ
驧	*ɡuɡ

Clipping of 鞠 (Zhao, 2002; Wu, 2023).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jū (ju¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩ
Cantonese (Jyutping): guk¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jū
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyu
  - Wade–Giles: chü¹
  - Yale: jyū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiu
  - Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: guk¹
  - Yale: gūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: guk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: gug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiok
  - Tâi-lô: kiok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɔk̚³²/

Middle Chinese: kjuwk

Rime
Character	匊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居六切
Baxter	kjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuwk̚/
Li Rong	/kiuk̚/
Wang Li	/kĭuk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ju
Expected Cantonese Reflex	guk¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kluɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	匊
Reading #	1/1
No.	7008
Phonetic component
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	菊
Old Chinese	/*kluɡ/

Definitions

匊

Alternative and second-round simplified form of 掬 (jū, “(literary) to grasp or hold with both hands; handful”)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 匊 – see 鞠 (“leather ball used in games; to bend; to curve; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 鞠).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Korean

Hanja

匊 (eum 국 (guk))

clasp
grab
the palm of the hand
handful

Vietnamese

Han character

匊: Hán Việt readings: cúc

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