彄

彄	U+5F44, 彄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F44

← 彃
[U+5F43]

CJK Unified Ideographs

彅 →
[U+5F45]

Translingual

Han character

彄 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 弓尸口口 (NSRR), four-corner 1121₆, composition ⿰弓區)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 360, character 36
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9853
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1001, character 18
Unihan data for U+5F44

Chinese

trad.		彄
simp.		𫸩

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 彄
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
摳	kʰoː, kʰo
彄	*kʰoː
剾	kʰoː, qoː
謳	*qoː
歐	qoː, qoːʔ
區	qoː, kʰo
鷗	*qoː
甌	*qoː
漚	qoː, qoːs
瞘	*qoː
嘔	qoː, qoːʔ
櫙	*qoː
膒	*qoː
蓲	qoː, kʰu, qo, qos
醧	qoː, qas
鏂	*qoː
毆	*qoːʔ
塸	*qoːʔ
貙	*kʰl'o
樞	*kʰjo
驅	kʰo, kʰos
軀	*kʰo
嶇	*kʰo
鰸	*kʰo
敺	*kʰo
傴	*qoʔ
嫗	*qos
饇	*qos

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰoː): semantic 弓 (“bow”) + phonetic 區 (OC *qoː, *kʰo)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kōu (kou¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kau¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kou
  - Wade–Giles: kʻou¹
  - Yale: kōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kou
  - Palladius: коу (kou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: kau¹
  - Yale: kāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: keo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: khuw

Rime
Character	彄
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	恪侯切
Baxter	khuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰəu/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰəu/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəw/
Li Rong	/kʰu/
Wang Li	/kʰəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hau¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰoː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	彄
Reading #	1/1
No.	10580
Phonetic component	區
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*kʰoː/

Definitions

彄

(literary) nock at both ends of a bow
(literary) ring; ring -like object

Compounds

彄環 / 𫸩环

Japanese

Kanji

彄

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): こう (kō)、く (ku)
Kun: ゆはず (yuhazu)、ゆがけ (yugake)