垢

Translingual

Han character

垢 (radical 32 土+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 土竹一口 (GHMR), four-corner 4216₁)

1. dirt, filth, stains
2. dirty

References

• KangXi: page 228, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5058
• Dae Jaweon: page 464, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 440, character 1
• Unihan data for U+57A2

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Cantonese

Hanzi

垢 (Yale gau3)

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Japanese

Kanji

垢

Readings

• On: こう (kō), く (ku), きく (kiku)
• Kun: あか (aka), はじ (haji)

Compounds

• 頭垢 (ふけ, fuke)

Noun

垢 (hiragana あか, romaji aka)

1. scum
2. dirt

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Korean

Hanja

垢 (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune-Reischauer ku)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

垢 (pinyin gòu (gou4), Wade-Giles kou⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

垢 (cấu, cáu)

Last modified on 15 March 2013, at 10:55