齲

See also: 龋 and 𮯌

齲	U+9F72, 齲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F72

← 齱
[U+9F71]

CJK Unified Ideographs

齳 →
[U+9F73]

Translingual

Traditional	齲
Shinjitai (extended)	𮯌
Simplified	龋

Han character

齲 (Kangxi radical 211, 齒+9, 24 strokes, cangjie input 卜山竹中月 (YUHLB), four-corner 2272₇, composition ⿰齒禹)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1535, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48716
Dae Jaweon: page 2073, character 32
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4798, character 1
Unihan data for U+9F72

Chinese

trad.		齲
simp.		龋

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
踽	kʷaʔ, kʰʷaʔ
萭	kʷaʔ, ɢʷaʔ
聥	kʷaʔ, ɢʷaʔ
楀	kʷaʔ, ɢʷaʔ
齲	*kʰʷaʔ
禹	*ɢʷaʔ
瑀	*ɢʷaʔ
鄅	*ɢʷaʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰʷaʔ): semantic 齒 (“teeth”) + phonetic 禹 (OC *ɢʷaʔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǔ (qu³)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: chʻü³
  - Yale: chyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheu
  - Palladius: цюй (cjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: geoi²
  - Yale: géui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: goey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khú
  - Tâi-lô: khú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: quo
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰu⁵⁵⁴/

Middle Chinese: khjuX

Rime
Character	齲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	驅雨切
Baxter	khjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɨo^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰio^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰio^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰuə̆^X/
Li Rong	/kʰio^X/
Wang Li	/kʰĭu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰi̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	heoi²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷaʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	齲
Reading #	1/1
No.	15958
Phonetic component	禹
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*kʰʷaʔ/

Definitions

齲

(dentistry) decay; cavity

Compounds

低齲齒性 / 低龋齿性 (dī qǔchǐxìng)
蚛齲 / 蚛龋
防齲 / 防龋 (fángqǔ)
齒齲 / 齿龋 (chǐqǔ)
齲洞 / 龋洞 (qǔdòng)
齲痛 / 龋痛 (qǔtòng)
齲蠹 / 龋蠹 (qǔdù)
齲齒 / 龋齿 (qǔchǐ)
齲齒性 / 龋齿性 (qǔchǐxìng)
齲齒笑 / 龋齿笑

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	𮯌
Print standard	齲

Kanji

齲

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𮯌)

decayed tooth
cavity

Readings

Go-on: く (ku)
Kan-on: く (ku)
Kan’yō-on: う (u)
Kun: むしば (mushiba)

Korean

Hanja

齲 • (u) (hangeul 우, revised u, McCune–Reischauer u, Yale wu)

decayed tooth