幗

See also: 帼

幗	U+5E57, 幗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E57

← 幖
[U+5E56]

CJK Unified Ideographs

幘 →
[U+5E58]

Translingual

Han character

幗 (Kangxi radical 50, 巾+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中月田戈一 (LBWIM), four-corner 4620₀, composition ⿰巾國)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 336, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9057
Dae Jaweon: page 643, character 6
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 752, character 5
Unihan data for U+5E57

Chinese

trad.		幗
simp.		帼

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
幗	kʷɯːɡs, kʷrɯːɡ
慖	kʷɯːɡs, kʷrɯːɡ
簂	*kʷɯːɡs
蔮	*kʷɯːɡs
國	*kʷɯːɡ
或	*ɡʷɯːɡ
惑	*ɡʷɯːɡ
蜮	ɡʷɯːɡ, ɢʷrɯɡ
閾	*qʰʷrɯɡ
緎	qʰʷrɯɡ, ɡʷrɯɡ
淢	qʰʷrɯɡ, ɡʷrɯɡ
域	*ɢʷrɯɡ
罭	*ɢʷrɯɡ
棫	*ɡʷrɯɡ
琙	*ɡʷrɯɡ
魊	*ɡʷrɯɡ
馘	*kʷrɯːɡ
聝	*kʷrɯːɡ
膕	*kʷrɯːɡ
摑	*kʷrɯːɡ
漍	*kʷrɯːɡ
嘓	*kʷrɯːɡ
蟈	*kʷrɯːɡ
掝	*qʰʷrɯːɡ
彧	*qʷrɯɡ
稶	*qʷɯɡ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guó (guo²)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwok³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷koq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guó
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guó
  - Wade–Giles: kuo²
  - Yale: gwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwo
  - Palladius: го (go)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gwok³
  - Yale: gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: guog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːk̚³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷koq
  - MiniDict: koh^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴koq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /koʔ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: kwojH, kweak

Rime
Character	幗	幗
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	麥 (120)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	古對切	古獲切
Baxter	kwojH	kweak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuʌi^H/	/kˠwɛk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kuoi^H/	/kʷᵚæk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɒi^H/	/kuɐk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwəj^H/	/kwəɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/kuᴀi^H/	/kuɛk̚/
Wang Li	/kuɒi^H/	/kwæk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuɑ̆i^H/	/kwæk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guì	guo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gui³	gwak¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʷɯːɡs/, /*kʷrɯːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	幗	幗
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5543	5564
Phonetic component	或	或
Rime group	代	職
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	憒	蟈
Old Chinese	/*kʷɯːɡs/	/*kʷrɯːɡ/

Definitions

幗

(historical) women's headgear; women's hair ornament
巾幗／巾帼 ― jīnguó ― woman

Compounds

巾幗 / 巾帼 (jīnguó)
巾幗英雄 / 巾帼英雄 (jīnguóyīngxióng)
巾幗鬚眉 / 巾帼须眉
幗匪 / 帼匪

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	帼
Print standard	幗

Kanji

幗

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 帼)

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Readings

On (unclassified): かく (kaku)
Kun: かみかざり (kamikazari, 幗り)、ちきりこうぶり (chikirikōburi)

Vietnamese

Han character

幗: Hán Nôm readings: quắc, vức

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References

Nom Foundation