胍

胍 U+80CD, 胍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-80CD ← 背 [U+80CC] CJK Unified Ideographs 胎 → [U+80CE]

Translingual

Han character

胍 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月竹女人 (BHVO), four-corner 7223₀, composition ⿰月瓜)

Derived characters

• 𨃆, 𦳍

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 978, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29368
• Dae Jaweon: page 1429, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2061, character 9
• Unihan data for U+80CD

Chinese

trad.		胍
simp. #		胍

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
瓜	*kʷraː
坬	*kʷraːs
窊	*qʷraː, *qʷraːs
畖	*qʷraː
搲	*qʷraːs
攨	*qʷraːs
孤	*kʷaː
苽	*kʷaː
胍	*kʷaː
泒	*kʷaː
呱	*kʷaː
觚	*kʷaː
柧	*kʷaː
罛	*kʷaː
軱	*kʷaː
菰	*kʷaː
箛	*kʷaː
狐	*ɡʷaː
弧	*ɡʷlaː

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʷaː) : semantic ⺼ + phonetic 瓜 (OC *kʷraː).

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English guanidine.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guā (gua¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guā
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gua
    • Wade–Giles: kua¹
    • Yale: gwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gua
    • Palladius: гуа (gua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaa¹
    • Yale: gwā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaː⁵⁵/

Definitions

胍

1. (organic chemistry) guanidine

Compounds

• 二甲雙胍／二甲双胍 (èrjiǎshuāngguā)
• 硝酸胍
• 雙胍／双胍 (shuāngguā)

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gū (gu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gū
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gu
    • Wade–Giles: ku¹
    • Yale: gū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gu
    • Palladius: гу (gu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu¹
    • Yale: gū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ku

Rime
Character	胍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古胡切
Baxter	ku
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuo/
Pan Wuyun	/kuo/
Shao Rongfen	/ko/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɔ/
Li Rong	/ko/
Wang Li	/ku/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	胍
Reading #	1/1
No.	4349
Phonetic component	瓜
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	孤
Old Chinese	/*kʷaː/

Definitions

胍

1. ^† large abdomen
2. ^† stoutness

References

• “胍”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

胍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. large abdomen
2. stoutness

Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: こ (ko)