靠

靠 (Kangxi radical 175, 非+7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹土口中卜 (HGRLY), four-corner 2411₁, composition ⿱告非)

• 𫣶, 𨘴, 𣞳, 㸆, 𨯕, 𮧈

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1382, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42604
• Dae Jaweon: page 1896, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4087, character 17
• Unihan data for U+9760

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰuːɡs): phonetic 告 (OC *kuːɡs, *kuːɡ) + semantic 非.

Compare perhaps Burmese ခု (hku., “to prop up, be filling”).^[1]

靠

1. to lean on; to recline
2. to depend on; to rely on
   • 1964, “大海航行靠舵手 [Sailing the Seas Depends on the Helmsman]”, 李郁文 [Li Yuwen] (lyrics), 王雙印 [Wang Shuangyin] (music):

     大海航行靠舵手，
     萬物生長靠太陽，
     雨露滋潤禾苗壯，
     幹革命靠的是毛澤東思想。 [MSC, trad.]
     大海航行靠舵手，
     万物生长靠太阳，
     雨露滋润禾苗壮，
     干革命靠的是毛泽东思想。 [MSC, simp.]

     Dàhǎi hángxíng kào duòshǒu,
     Wànwù shēngzhǎng kào tàiyáng,
     Yǔlù zīrùn hémiáo zhuàng,
     Gàn gémìng kào de shì Máozédōngsīxiǎng. [Pinyin]

     Sailing seas depends on the helmsman;
     Life and growth depend on the sun;
     Rain and dewdrops nourish the crops;
     Making revolution depends on Mao Zedong Thought.

3. to trust; to have confidence in
4. to come near to; to approach
5. to keep to (a certain side)
6. (euphemistic) alternative form of 肏 (“to fuck”); frick
7. (Northern Wu) approximately

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. lean on; rely on; recline (よる, もたれる) ^[1]
2. oppose; run against (たがう)

• On (unclassified): こう (kō)
• Kun: たがう (tagau, 靠う)、よる (yoru, 靠る)、もたれる (motareru, 靠れる)

靠 • (go) (hangeul 고, revised go, McCune–Reischauer ko, Yale ko)

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靠: Hán Nôm readings: kháo, khéo

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