炬

炬	U+70AC, 炬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-70AC

← 炫
[U+70AB]

CJK Unified Ideographs

炭 →
[U+70AD]

Translingual

Han character

炬 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火尸尸 (FSS), four-corner 9181₇, composition ⿰火巨)

torch
candle

Derived characters

㮡

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 668, character 20
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18949
Dae Jaweon: page 1077, character 21
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2191, character 11
Unihan data for U+70AC

Chinese

trad.		炬
simp. ^#		炬

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
柜	*kaʔ
渠	*ɡa
磲	*ɡa
蕖	*ɡa
蟝	*ɡa
璖	*ɡa
巨	*ɡaʔ
距	*ɡaʔ
拒	*ɡaʔ
苣	*ɡaʔ
炬	*ɡaʔ
詎	ɡaʔ, ɡas
鉅	*ɡaʔ
秬	*ɡaʔ
粔	*ɡaʔ
駏	*ɡaʔ
歫	*ɡaʔ
矩	*kʷaʔ
榘	*kʷaʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡaʔ): semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 巨 (OC *ɡaʔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jù (ju⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kǐr / kū / kī / kîr

(Teochew, Peng'im): ge⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jù
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyù
  - Wade–Giles: chü⁴
  - Yale: jyù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuh
  - Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: geoi⁶
  - Yale: geuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: goey⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gêu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǐr
  - Tâi-lô: kǐr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɯ²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū
  - Tâi-lô: kū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ku
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ku³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ku²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī
  - Tâi-lô: kī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ki
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kîr
  - Tâi-lô: kîr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɯ²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ge⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳ̆
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɯ³⁵/

Middle Chinese: gjoX

Rime
Character	炬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	其吕切
Baxter	gjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨʌ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiɔ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiɔ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨə̆^X/
Li Rong	/ɡiɔ^X/
Wang Li	/ɡĭo^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯wo^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	geoi⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡaʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	炬
Reading #	1/1
No.	7051
Phonetic component	巨
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɡaʔ/
Notes	見史記，說文作苣

Definitions

炬

torch
candle

Compounds

一炬
付之一炬 (fùzhīyījù)
付諸一炬 / 付诸一炬 (fùzhūyījù)
火炬 (huǒjù)
炬火 (jùhuǒ)
目光如炬
蠟炬 / 蜡炬 (làjù)
麻炬

Japanese

Kanji

炬

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: ご (go)
Kan-on: きょ (kyo)
Kan’yō-on: こ (ko)
Kun: たいまつ (taimatsu, 炬)、ともしび (tomoshibi, 炬)、やく (yaku, 炬く)

Definitions

Kanji in this term
炬
たいまつ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 炬 – see the following entry.

【松明たいまつ】

[noun] a torch (stick with flame at one end)

[proper noun] a placename

Alternative spelling
炬火

(This term, 炬, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

炬 • (geo) (hangeul 거, revised geo, McCune–Reischauer kŏ, Yale ke)

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Vietnamese

Han character

炬: Hán Việt readings: cự

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