胯

胯 U+80EF, 胯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-80EF ← 胮 [U+80EE] CJK Unified Ideographs 胰 → [U+80F0]

Translingual

Han character

胯 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月大一尸 (BKMS), four-corner 7422₇, composition ⿰月夸)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 980, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29430
• Dae Jaweon: page 1432, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2066, character 15
• Unihan data for U+80EF

Chinese

trad.		胯
simp. #		胯
alternative forms		跨 袴 ancient 趶 𦚬 𡱼

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
侉	*qaːls
夸	*kʰʷraː
姱	*kʰʷraː
胯	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
跨	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
誇	*kʰʷraː
垮	*kʰʷraːʔ
銙	*kʰʷraːʔ
骻	*kʰʷraːʔ
咵	*kʰʷraːʔ
釫	*ɢʷraː, *qʷaː
摦	*ɡʷraːs
鮬	*pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː
嶀	*qʰʷl'aː
扝	*kʰʷaː, *qʷaː
刳	*kʰʷaː
郀	*kʰʷaː
挎	*kʰʷaː
袴	*kʰʷaːs
絝	*kʰʷaːs
褲	*kʰʷaːs
恗	*qʰaː
洿	*ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː
瓠	*ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs
鄠	*ɢʷlaːʔ
污	*qʷaː, *qʷaːs
杇	*qʷaː
圬	*qʷaː
鴮	*qʷaː
盓	*qʷaː
汙	*qʷaːs, *ɢʷa
樗	*qʰʷl'a
摴	*qʰʷl'a
荂	*pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa
雩	*qʰʷla, *ɢʷla
吁	*qʰʷa, *ɢʷas
盱	*qʰʷa
訏	*qʰʷa
扜	*qʰʷa, *qʷa
旴	*qʰʷa
冔	*qʰʷaʔ
紆	*qʷa
陓	*qʷa
迂	*qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa
虶	*qʷa
于	*ɢʷa
盂	*ɢʷa
竽	*ɢʷa
邘	*ɢʷa
玗	*ɢʷa
芋	*ɢʷa, *ɢʷas
杅	*ɢʷa
釪	*ɢʷa
骬	*ɢʷa
謣	*ɢʷla
宇	*ɢʷaʔ

Etymology

Uncertain. Compare with Burmese ခွ (hkwa., “crotch, fork, groin”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): kuà (kua⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄚˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ka⁴ / kua⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwaa³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khòa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuà
    • Wade–Giles: kʻua⁴
    • Yale: kwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuah
    • Palladius: куа (kua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ä⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ka⁴ / kua⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ka / kua
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰa²¹³/, /kʰua²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwaa³
    • Yale: kwa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwaa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kua³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰaː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòa
    • Tâi-lô: khuà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoax
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰua⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰua²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: khwae, khuH, khwaeH

Rime
Character	胯	胯	胯
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	溪 (29)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	麻 (99)	模 (23)	麻 (99)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Closed
Division (等)	II	I	II
Fanqie	苦瓜切	苦故切	苦化切
Baxter	khwae	khuH	khwaeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠua/	/kʰuoH/	/kʰˠuaH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷᵚa/	/kʰuoH/	/kʰʷᵚaH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰua/	/kʰoH/	/kʰuaH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwaɨ/	/kʰɔH/	/kʰwaɨH/
Li Rong	/kʰua/	/kʰoH/	/kʰuaH/
Wang Li	/kʰwa/	/kʰuH/	/kʰwaH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰwa/	/kʰuoH/	/kʰwaH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuā	kù	kuà
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faa1	fu3	faa3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷraː/, /*kʰʷraːs/, /*kʰʷaːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	胯	胯	胯
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	15650	15659	15673
Phonetic component	于	于	于
Rime group	魚	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	誇	跨	絝
Old Chinese	/*kʰʷraː/	/*kʰʷraːs/	/*kʰʷaːs/

Definitions

胯

1. crotch; groin; hip

Compounds

• 扭腰撒胯
• 納胯挪腰／纳胯挪腰
• 胯下 (kuàxià)
• 胯下之辱
• 胯骨 (kuàgǔ)
• 胯骨軸兒／胯骨轴儿
• 腰胯

 

Japanese

Kanji

胯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. crotch

Readings

• Go-on: く (ku); け (ke)
• Kan-on: か (ka); こ (ko)
• Kun: また (mata, 胯)

Noun

For pronunciation and definitions of 胯 – see the following entry.

【股また】S [noun] (anatomy) crotch, the space between the thighs [noun] fork in a tree, river, and so on Alternative spellings 叉, 俣

(This term, 胯, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

胯 • (gwa, go) (hangeul 과, 고, revised gwa, go, McCune–Reischauer kwa, ko, Yale kwa, ko)

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