篝

篝	U+7BDD, 篝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7BDD

← 篜
[U+7BDC]

CJK Unified Ideographs

篞 →
[U+7BDE]

Translingual

Han character

篝 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 竹廿廿月 (HTTB), four-corner 8855₇, composition ⿱𥫗冓)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 894, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26320
Dae Jaweon: page 1321, character 9
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2997, character 3
Unihan data for U+7BDD

Chinese

trad.		篝
simp. ^#		篝

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
溝	*koː
篝	*koː
鞲	*koː
韝	koː, kʰoː
褠	*koː
冓	koː, koːs
構	*koːs
購	*koːs
媾	*koːs
覯	*koːs
遘	koːs, koːs
煹	*koːs
搆	*koːs
講	*kroːŋʔ
耩	*kroːŋʔ
傋	kroːŋʔ, qʰroːŋʔ
斠	*kroːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *koː): semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 冓 (OC *koː, *koːs).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōu (gou¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gau¹ / kau¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gou
  - Wade–Giles: kou¹
  - Yale: gōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gou
  - Palladius: гоу (gou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gau¹ / kau¹
  - Yale: gāu / kāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gau¹ / kau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: geo¹ / keo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯⁵⁵/, /kʰɐu̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: kuw

Rime
Character	篝
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古侯切
Baxter	kuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kəu/
Pan Wuyun	/kəu/
Shao Rongfen	/kəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəw/
Li Rong	/ku/
Wang Li	/kəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gau¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤ(r)o/

(Zhengzhang): /*koː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	篝
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gōu
Middle Chinese	‹ kuw ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁ(r)o/
English	bamboo cage
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	篝
Reading #	1/1
No.	4186
Phonetic component	冓
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	鉤
Old Chinese	/*koː/

Definitions

篝

bamboo basket; bamboo frame; bamboo cage

Compounds

篝屋
篝火 (gōuhuǒ)
篝火狐鳴 / 篝火狐鸣
篝燈 / 篝灯
衣篝

References

“篝”, 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

篝

(Hyōgai kanji)

bamboo basket

Readings

Go-on: く (ku, 篝)
Kan-on: こう (kō, 篝)
Kun: かがり (kagari, 篝)、ふせご (fusego, 篝)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
篝
かがり Hyōgai
kun'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かがり [kàgárí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ka̠ɡa̠ɾʲi]

Noun

篝(かがり) • (kagari)

brazier (iron basket for a fire)
Synonym: 篝籠 (kagarikago)
watchfire, fishing fire, bonfire
Synonym: 篝火 (kagaribi)
synonym of 篝屋 (kagariya, “watchfire guardhouse”)

Usage notes

This term is usually written in kanji in formal or technical contexts (e.g., in a newspaper or in official documentation). In informal contexts, however, it is generally written in hiragana.

Derived terms

篝(かがり)筏(いかだ) (kagarīkada)
篝(かがり)灯(どう)籠(ろう) (kagaridōrō)
篝(かがり)船(ぶね) (kagaribune)
捨(す)て篝(かがり) (sutekagari)
花(はな)篝(かがり) (hanakagari)
虫(むし)篝(かがり) (mushikagari)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

篝 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

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[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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