See also:
U+6473, 摳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6473

[U+6472]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6474]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 64, +11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 手尸口口 (QSRR), four-corner 51016, composition )

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 451, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12638
  • Dae Jaweon: page 802, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1943, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+6473

Chinese edit

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
 

Etymology 1 edit

trad.
simp.

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ku (to take up; to lift; to prop up) (Coblin, 1986; Schuessler, 2007; STEDT).

Pronunciation edit


Note:
  • khau - vernacular;
  • kho͘/khio - literary.
  • Wu
  • Xiang

  • Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    Initial () (29) (29)
    Final () (24) (137)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Closed Open
    Division () III I
    Fanqie
    Baxter khju khuw
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /kʰɨo/ /kʰəu/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /kʰio/ /kʰəu/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /kʰio/ /kʰəu/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /kʰuə̆/ /kʰəw/
    Li
    Rong
    /kʰio/ /kʰu/
    Wang
    Li
    /kʰĭu/ /kʰəu/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /kʰi̯u/ /kʰə̯u/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    kōu
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    heoi1 hau1
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    No. 10579 10611
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0 0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*kʰoː/ /*kʰo/

    Definitions edit

    1. (literary) to lift (one's clothes)
    2. to dig out (with one's fingers or a pointed object)
    3. to carve; to cut
    4. to delve into; to study meticulously
    5. (colloquial) tight-fisted; stingy; miserly
    Synonyms edit
    • (to carve):
    • (to delve into):
    • (stingy):

    Compounds edit

    Etymology 2 edit

    trad.
    simp.
    alternative forms Cantonese
    Cantonese
    Eastern Min

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Pronunciation edit


    Definitions edit

    1. (Cantonese, Eastern Min) to mix
      [Cantonese]  ―  kau1 maai4 [Jyutping]  ―  to mix together
      [Cantonese]  ―  kau1 mai5 [Jyutping]  ―  (uncooked) rice of different types mixed together
    Synonyms edit

    Japanese edit

    Kanji edit

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

    1. raise
    2. lift up
    3. tight-fisted

    Readings edit

    Korean edit

    Hanja edit

    (gu) (hangeul , revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

    1. pull up, lift up

    Vietnamese edit

    Han character edit

    : Hán Nôm readings: khua, khu, so, , xua, đùa, khùa, khuá,

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