矻

矻	U+77FB, 矻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-77FB

← 矺
[U+77FA]

CJK Unified Ideographs

矼 →
[U+77FC]

Translingual

Han character

矻 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一口人弓 (MRON), four-corner 1861₇, composition ⿰石乞)

toil, slave away
busy

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 827, character 18
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24043
Dae Jaweon: page 1241, character 19
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2417, character 13
Unihan data for U+77FB

Chinese

simp. and trad.		矻

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
乞	kʰɯds, kʰɯd
盵	*kʰɯds
齕	ɡɯːd, ɡuːd
紇	ɡɯːd, ɡuːd
籺	*ɡɯːd
圪	ŋrɯd, ŋɯd
訖	*kɯd
吃	*kɯd
扢	kɯd, kuːd, *ɡuːd
疙	*ŋɯd
屹	*ŋɯd
仡	ŋɯd, hŋɯd
迄	*hŋɯd
釳	*hŋɯd
忔	*hŋɯd
汔	*hŋɯd
矻	*kʰuːd
麧	*ɡuːd

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kū, kù

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨ, ㄎㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngat⁶ / fat¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khut

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kū
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ku
  - Wade–Giles: kʻu¹
  - Yale: kū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ku
  - Palladius: ку (ku)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kù
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kù
  - Wade–Giles: kʻu⁴
  - Yale: kù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuh
  - Palladius: ку (ku)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ngat⁶ / fat¹
  - Yale: ngaht / fāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngat⁹ / fat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: nged⁶ / fed¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐt̚²/, /fɐt̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khut
  - Tâi-lô: khut
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qud
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰut̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰut̚⁵/

Middle Chinese: khwot

Rime
Character	矻
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	沒 (56)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦骨切
Baxter	khwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuət̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuot̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwət̚/
Li Rong	/kʰuət̚/
Wang Li	/kʰuət̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰuət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ku
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fat¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰuːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	矻
Reading #	1/1
No.	10093
Phonetic component	乞
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	窟
Old Chinese	/*kʰuːd/

Definitions

矻

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Compounds

孜孜矻矻 (zīzīkūkū)
矻睜睜 / 矻睁睁
矻矻 (kūkū)

References

“矻”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

矻

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

Go-on: こち (kochi)
Kan-on: こつ (kotsu)
On: くち (kuchi)、かつ (katsu)、かち (kachi)
Kun: いし (ishi)、はたらく (hataraku, 矻く)

Korean

Hanja

矻 • (gol) (hangeul 골, revised gol, McCune–Reischauer kol, Yale kol)

stone