軀

See also: 躯

軀	U+8EC0, 軀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8EC0

← 躿
[U+8EBF]

CJK Unified Ideographs

軁 →
[U+8EC1]

Translingual

Han character

軀 (Kangxi radical 158, 身+11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹尸口口 (HHSRR), four-corner 2121₆, composition ⿰身區)

Derived characters

𨊘

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1238, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38137
Dae Jaweon: page 1712, character 9
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3812, character 22
Unihan data for U+8EC0

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 軀
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
摳	kʰoː, kʰo
彄	*kʰoː
剾	kʰoː, qoː
謳	*qoː
歐	qoː, qoːʔ
區	qoː, kʰo
鷗	*qoː
甌	*qoː
漚	qoː, qoːs
瞘	*qoː
嘔	qoː, qoːʔ
櫙	*qoː
膒	*qoː
蓲	qoː, kʰu, qo, qos
醧	qoː, qas
鏂	*qoː
毆	*qoːʔ
塸	*qoːʔ
貙	*kʰl'o
樞	*kʰjo
驅	kʰo, kʰos
軀	*kʰo
嶇	*kʰo
鰸	*kʰo
敺	*kʰo
傴	*qoʔ
嫗	*qos
饇	*qos

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰo): semantic 身 (“body”) + phonetic 區 (OC *qoː, *kʰo)

Etymology 1

trad.		軀
simp.		躯

Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-kəw (“body; chest; thorax; corpse”) (STEDT). Cognate with Tibetan སྐུ (sku, “body”) and Burmese ကိုယ် (kuiy, “body”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qū (qu¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩ
Cantonese (Jyutping): keoi¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khi
Northern Min (KCR): kṳ́
Eastern Min (BUC): kṳ̆
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khu / khi

(Teochew, Peng'im): ku¹

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): ku¹ / ki¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹chiu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qū
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyu
  - Wade–Giles: chʻü¹
  - Yale: chyū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiu
  - Palladius: цюй (cjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: keoi¹
  - Yale: kēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: koey¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: kêu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɵy̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khi
  - Hakka Romanization System: ki
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ki⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi⁵⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: kṳ́
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰy⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: kṳ̆
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰy⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khu
  - Tâi-lô: khu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qw
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰu³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰu⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khi
  - Tâi-lô: khi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qy
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ku¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu³³/
- (Leizhou)
  - Leizhou Pinyin: ku¹ / ki¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰu³⁵/, /kʰi³⁵/

Note:

ku1 - vernacular;
ki1 - literary.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹chiu
  - MiniDict: chiu^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹qy
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰy⁵³/

Middle Chinese: khju

Rime
Character	軀
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	豈俱切
Baxter	khju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰio/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰuə̆/
Li Rong	/kʰio/
Wang Li	/kʰĭu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	heoi¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰo/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	軀
Reading #	1/1
No.	10607
Phonetic component	區
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	區
Old Chinese	/*kʰo/

Definitions

軀

human body

Compounds

七尺軀 / 七尺躯
全軀 / 全躯
千金軀 / 千金躯
孱軀 / 孱躯
捐軀 / 捐躯 (juānqū)
捐軀報國 / 捐躯报国
捐軀殞首 / 捐躯殒首
捐軀濟難 / 捐躯济难
捐軀疆場 / 捐躯疆场
捐軀赴難 / 捐躯赴难
斷首捐軀 / 断首捐躯
灰軀糜骨 / 灰躯糜骨
為國捐軀 / 为国捐躯
病軀 / 病躯 (bìngqū)
碎首糜軀 / 碎首糜躯
萬金之軀 / 万金之躯
糜軀碎首 / 糜躯碎首
彪軀虎體 / 彪躯虎体
血肉之軀 / 血肉之躯 (xuèròuzhīqū)
賤軀 / 贱躯
身軀 / 身躯 (shēnqū)
軀命 / 躯命
軀幹 / 躯干 (qūgàn)
軀幹骨 / 躯干骨
軀殼 / 躯壳 (qūqiào)
軀老 / 躯老
軀體 / 躯体 (qūtǐ)
頑軀 / 顽躯

Etymology 2

trad.		軀
simp.		躯
alternative forms		襲／袭套須／须

Probably the same as etymology 1 (Hsu, 2019). Lin (2007) considers it to be a contraction of 身軀／身躯 (sin-khu).

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): su

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su
  - Tâi-lô: su
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sw
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Kinmen): /su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Lukang): /su³³/

Definitions

軀

(Hokkien) body
(Hokkien) Classifier for sets of clothing.
- 2021, “送予你的歌”‎^[1]performed by 蕭煌奇:
  
  挔幾軀你的衫　三兩工洗過曝過閣曝 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  挔几躯你的衫　三两工洗过曝过阁曝 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  hiahⁿ kúi su lí ê saⁿ, saⁿ-nn̄g kang sé--kòe pha̍k--kòe koh pha̍k [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Compounds

合軀 / 合躯 (Hokkien)
圍軀裙 / 围躯裙 (Hokkien)
身軀 / 身躯 (Hokkien)

References

“軀”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
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Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	躯
Print standard	軀

Kanji

軀

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 躯)

body

Readings

Go-on: く (ku)
Kan-on: く (ku)
Kun: からだ (karada, 軀)、み (mi, 軀)、むくろ (mukuro, 軀)、もくろ (mokuro, 軀)

Definitions

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

【躯】H	[kanji] hyōgai kanji [kanji] a body [kanji] a corpse [kanji] a snag, a dead tree Kanji reading: く, からだ, み, むくろ, もくろ

(This term, 軀, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 軀 (MC khju). Recorded as Middle Korean 구 (kwu) (Yale: kwu) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource

軀 (eumhun 몸 구 (mom gu))

hanja form^? of 구 (“body”)

Compounds

거구 (巨軀, geogu)
구간 (軀幹, gugan)
체구 (體軀, chegu)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]