遺孤

See also: 遗孤

Chinese

		to lose; to leave behind	lone; lonely
trad. (遺孤)		遺	孤
simp. (遗孤)		遗	孤

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yígū

(Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄍㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ gu¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ûi-ko͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yígū
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄍㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yígu
  - Wade–Giles: i²-ku¹
  - Yale: yí-gū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yigu
  - Palladius: игу (igu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ ku⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai⁴ gu¹
  - Yale: wàih gū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ gu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ gu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ kuː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-ko͘
  - Tâi-lô: uî-koo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ui'kof
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ui²⁴⁻²² kɔ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: ywij|ywijH ku

Rime
Character	遺	遺	孤
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	以 (36)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)	脂 (16)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III	I
Fanqie	以追切	以醉切	古胡切
Baxter	ywij	ywijH	ku
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiuɪ/	/jiuɪ^H/	/kuo/
Pan Wuyun	/jʷi/	/jʷi^H/	/kuo/
Shao Rongfen	/juɪ/	/juɪ^H/	/ko/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jwi/	/jwi^H/	/kɔ/
Li Rong	/ui/	/ui^H/	/ko/
Wang Li	/jwi/	/jwi^H/	/ku/
Bernhard Karlgren	/wi/	/wi^H/	/kuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wéi	wèi	gū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai⁴	wai⁶	gu¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ](r)uj-s|[ɢ](r)uj kʷˤa/

(Zhengzhang): /*lul|luls kʷaː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	遺	遺	孤
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wèi	yí	gū
Middle Chinese	‹ ywij^H ›	‹ ywij ›	‹ ku ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ](r)uj-s/	/*[ɢ](r)uj/	/*kʷˁa/
English	to present	leave; reject	orphan
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	遺	遺	孤
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	4741	4745	4347
Phonetic component	貴	貴	瓜
Rime group	微	微	魚
Rime subdivision	3	3	0
Corresponding MC rime	惟	遺	孤
Old Chinese	/*lul/	/*luls/	/*kʷaː/

Noun

遺孤

orphan

Synonyms

孤兒／孤儿 (gū'ér)
(Cantonese) 孤兒仔／孤儿仔

Japanese

Kanji in this term
遺	孤
い Grade: 6	こ Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 遺孤 / 遗孤 (ywij ku, literally “leave + orphan”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いこ [íꜜkò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [iko̞]

Noun

遺(い)孤(こ) • (iko) ^{←ゐこ (wiko)^?}

orphan

References

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