庫

See also: 库 and 厙

庫	U+5EAB, 庫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5EAB

← 庪
[U+5EAA]

CJK Unified Ideographs

庬 →
[U+5EAC]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

庫 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈十田十 (IJWJ), four-corner 0025₆, composition ⿸广車)

References edit

Kangxi Dictionary: page 346, character 14
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9330
Dae Jaweon: page 656, character 11
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 884, character 10
Unihan data for U+5EAB

Chinese edit

trad.		庫
simp.		库

Glyph origin edit

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

	Old Chinese
車	kʰlja, kla
硨	*kʰlja
厙	*qʰljaːs
庫	*kʰaːs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰaːs) : semantic 广 (“cliff”) + phonetic 車 (OC *kʰlja, *kla) – a carriage under a house built to depend on a cliff

Etymology edit

According to Karlgren (1956), cognate with 車 (OC *kʰlja, *kla, “carriage”) (< "storehouse for carriages").

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): kù (ku⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ku⁴

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): кў (kw, III)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fu³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): fu¹
Gan (Wiktionary): ku³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): khu

(Meixian, Guangdong): ku⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): ku³
Northern Min (KCR): ku̿
Eastern Min (BUC): kó
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khò͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): kou³

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): keu³ / ku³
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹khu
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ku⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kù
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kù
  - Wade–Giles: kʻu⁴
  - Yale: kù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuh
  - Palladius: ку (ku)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: ku⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ku
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: кў (kw, III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu³
  - Yale: fu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu³
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: fu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: ku³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khu
  - Hakka Romanization System: ku
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ku⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰu⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ku⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰu⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ku³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /kʰxu⁴⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ku̿
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: kó
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰou²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khò͘
  - Tâi-lô: khòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qox
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔ²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kou³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khòu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰou²¹³/
- (Leizhou)
  - Leizhou Pinyin: keu³ / ku³
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰɛu²¹/, /kʰu²¹/

Note:

keu3 - vernacular;
ku3 - literary.

Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ¹khu
  - MiniDict: khu^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹khu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰu⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: ku⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁴⁵/

Middle Chinese: khuH

Rime
Character	庫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦故切
Baxter	khuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuo^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuo^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰo^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɔ^H/
Li Rong	/kʰo^H/
Wang Li	/kʰu^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰuo^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʰˤa-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	庫
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kù
Middle Chinese	‹ khu^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʰˁa-s/
English	arsenal; storehouse
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	庫
Reading #	1/1
No.	1314
Phonetic component	車
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	絝
Old Chinese	/*kʰaːs/

Definitions edit

庫

warehouse; storehouse
- 1996, 《新標點和合本》 [Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation], 聯合聖經公會, 路加福音 [Luke] 12:24:
  
  你想烏鴉，也不種也不收，又沒有倉又沒有庫，神尚且養活牠。你們比飛鳥是何等地貴重呢！ [MSC, trad.]
  你想乌鸦，也不种也不收，又没有仓又没有库，神尚且养活它。你们比飞鸟是何等地贵重呢！ [MSC, simp.]
  Nǐ xiǎng wūyā, yě bù zhǒng yě bù shōu, yòu méiyǒu cāng yòu méiyǒu kù, Shén shàngqiě yǎnghuó tā. Nǐmen bǐ fēiniǎo shì héděng de guìzhòng ne! [Pinyin]
  Consider the ravens: they don’t sow, they don’t reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds! [World English Bible]
(physics) Short for 庫侖／库仑 (kùlún, “coulomb (unit of electrical charge)”).
(programming) library
a surname: Ku

Descendants edit

→ Mongolian: хүү (xüü)

Compounds edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

庫

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

warehouse

Readings edit

Go-on: く (ku, Jōyō ^†)
Kan-on: こ (ko, Jōyō)
Kan’yō-on: く (ku, Jōyō ^†)
Kun: くら (kura, 庫)

Korean edit

Hanja edit

庫 (eumhun 곳집 고 (gotjip go))

Hanja form^? of 고 (“warehouse, storehouse”).
Hanja form^? of 고 (“armory”).

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

庫: Hán Nôm readings: khố, kho, khó

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