窠

窠	U+7AA0, 窠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7AA0

← 窟
[U+7A9F]

CJK Unified Ideographs

窡 →
[U+7AA1]

Translingual

Han character

窠 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 十金田木 (JCWD), four-corner 3090₄, composition ⿱穴果)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 866, character 37
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25556
Dae Jaweon: page 1294, character 35
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2732, character 20
Unihan data for U+7AA0

Chinese

trad.		窠
simp. ^#		窠

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
裸	*ɡ·roːlʔ
躶	*ɡ·roːlʔ
果	*kloːlʔ
菓	*kloːlʔ
猓	*kloːlʔ
輠	kloːlʔ, ɡloːlʔ, ɡroːlʔ, kʰluːls
裹	kloːlʔ, kloːls
蜾	*kloːlʔ
惈	*kloːlʔ
粿	*kloːlʔ
窠	*kʰloːl
稞	kʰloːl, ɡroːlʔ
課	kʰloːl, kʰloːls
髁	kʰloːl, kʰloːls, *kʰroːlʔ
棵	kʰloːl, kʰloːnʔ, *ɡloːnʔ
顆	*kʰloːlʔ
堁	kʰloːlʔ, kʰloːls, *kloːns
敤	kʰloːlʔ, kʰloːls
夥	qʰloːlʔ, ɡloːlʔ, *ɡroːlʔ
婐	qloːlʔ, kroːl
踝	*ɡroːlʔ
祼	*ɡluːlʔ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kē (ke¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fo¹ / wo¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): vo¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹khu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kē
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ke
  - Wade–Giles: kʻo¹
  - Yale: kē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ke
  - Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: fo¹ / wo¹
  - Yale: fō / wō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fo¹ / wo¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fo¹ / wo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː⁵⁵/, /wɔː⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: vo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /vᵘɔ³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹khu
  - MiniDict: khu^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹khu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰu⁵³/

Middle Chinese: khwa

Rime
Character	窠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦禾切
Baxter	khwa
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwa/
Li Rong	/kʰuɑ/
Wang Li	/kʰuɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰuɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuō
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fo¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰloːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	窠
Reading #	1/1
No.	4776
Phonetic component	果
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	科
Old Chinese	/*kʰloːl/

Definitions

窠

bird's nest in cave; nest
(literary) simple dwelling
(literary) empty space; pit; hole
alternative form of 棵 (“classifier for plants”)
- 秋風多，雨相和，簾外芭蕉三兩窠，夜長人奈何！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  秋风多，雨相和，帘外芭蕉三两窠，夜长人奈何！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 10th century, 李煜, Li Cyu, 長相思·雲一渦
  Qiūfēng duō, yǔ xiànghé, lián wài bājiāo sānliǎng kē, yè cháng rén nàihé! [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Compounds

不落窠臼 (bùluòkējiù)
印窠
壘窠兒 / 垒窠儿
打窠地
擘窠書 / 擘窠书 (bòkēshū)
私窠子
窠子
窠巢 (kēcháo)
窠羅圈 / 窠罗圈
窠臼 (kējiù)
臼窠 (jiùkē)

References

“窠”, 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

窠

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

On (unclassified): か (ka)
Kun: す (su)

Korean

Hanja

窠 (eum 과 (gwa))