胍

胍	U+80CD, 胍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-80CD

← 背
[U+80CC]

CJK Unified Ideographs

胎 →
[U+80CE]

Translingual

Han character

胍 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月竹女人 (BHVO), four-corner 7223₀, composition ⿰月瓜)

Derived characters

𨃆, 𦳍

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 978, character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29368
Dae Jaweon: page 1429, character 14
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2061, character 9
Unihan data for U+80CD

Chinese

trad.		胍
simp. ^#		胍

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
瓜	*kʷraː
坬	*kʷraːs
窊	qʷraː, qʷraːs
畖	*qʷraː
搲	*qʷraːs
攨	*qʷraːs
孤	*kʷaː
苽	*kʷaː
胍	*kʷaː
泒	*kʷaː
呱	*kʷaː
觚	*kʷaː
柧	*kʷaː
罛	*kʷaː
軱	*kʷaː
菰	*kʷaː
箛	*kʷaː
狐	*ɡʷaː
弧	*ɡʷlaː

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʷaː): semantic ⺼ + phonetic 瓜 (OC *kʷraː).

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English guanidine.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guā (gua¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guā
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gua
  - Wade–Giles: kua¹
  - Yale: gwā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gua
  - Palladius: гуа (gua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gwaa¹
  - Yale: gwā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gua¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaː⁵⁵/

Definitions

胍

(organic chemistry) guanidine

Compounds

二甲雙胍 / 二甲双胍 (èrjiǎshuāngguā)
硝酸胍
雙胍 / 双胍 (shuāngguā)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gū (gu¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gū
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gu
  - Wade–Giles: ku¹
  - Yale: gū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gu
  - Palladius: гу (gu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gu¹
  - Yale: gū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: ku

Rime
Character	胍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古胡切
Baxter	ku
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuo/
Pan Wuyun	/kuo/
Shao Rongfen	/ko/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɔ/
Li Rong	/ko/
Wang Li	/ku/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gu¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʷaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	胍
Reading #	1/1
No.	4349
Phonetic component	瓜
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	孤
Old Chinese	/*kʷaː/

Definitions

胍

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) large abdomen
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) stoutness

References

“胍”, 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

胍

(Hyōgai kanji)

large abdomen
stoutness

Readings

Go-on: く (ku)
Kan-on: こ (ko)