Wiktionary

顧

See also: 顾 and 頋
顧 U+9867, 顧
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9867
← 顦
[U+9866] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 顨 →
[U+9868]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

顧 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+12, 21 strokes, cangjie input 竹土一月金 (HGMBC) or 戈土一月金 (IGMBC), four-corner 31286, composition ⿰雇頁)

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1409, character 38
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43689
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1928, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4392, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+9867

Chinese edit

trad. 顧
simp. 顾*
nonstandard simp. 𮸹
alternative forms 頋
 
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Glyph origin edit

Characters in the same phonetic series (戸) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
妒 *tqaːs
雇 *kʷaːs, *ɡʷaːʔ
顧 *kʷaːs
戽 *qʰʷaːʔ, *qʰʷaːs, *ɡʷaːʔ
戶 *ɡʷaːʔ
扈 *ɡʷaːʔ
帍 *ɡʷaːʔ
昈 *ɡʷaːʔ
滬 *ɡʷaːʔ
簄 *ɡʷaːʔ
齭 *skʰraʔ, *sqʰraʔ
所 *sqʰraʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʷaːs) : phonetic 雇 (OC *kʷaːs, *ɡʷaːʔ) + semantic 頁.

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Note: gou3 - surname.
Rime
Character 顧
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 古暮切
Baxter kuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kuoH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kuoH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/koH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kɔH/
Li
Rong 		/koH/
Wang
Li 		/kuH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kuoH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		gù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gu3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 顧
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		gù
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kuH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[k]ʷˁaʔ-s/ (~ *[k]ʷˁaʔ)
English look around

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 顧
Reading # 1/1
No. 5293
Phonetic
component 		戸
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		顧
Old
Chinese 		/*kʷaːs/

Definitions edit

顧

  1. to turn around and look; to look back
  2. to look at
    環顧／环顾  ―  huángù  ―  to look around
  3. to visit; to call on
  4. to patronize
    顧客／顾客  ―  gùkè  ―  customer
    光顧／光顾  ―  guānggù  ―  to patronize
  5. to take into consideration; to consider
    他總是不顧別人的感受。 [MSC, trad.]
    他总是不顾别人的感受。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā zǒngshì bù gù biérén de gǎnshòu. [Pinyin]
    He doesn't always consider others' feelings.
  6. to look after; to take care of; to attend to
  7. to treasure; to care for
    奮不顧身／奋不顾身  ―  fènbùgùshēn  ―  to dash ahead without regard to one's personal safety
  8. (literary) but
  9. (literary) on the contrary; instead
  10. a surname
    顧炎武／顾炎武  ―  Gù Yánwǔ  ―  Gu Yanwu (Chinese scholar-official during the latter part of the Ming dynasty into the early part of the Qing)

Compounds edit

Japanese edit

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Kanji edit

顧

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. look back, turn back, turn around
  2. remember, review, examine

Readings edit

Etymology edit

Kanji in this term
顧
こ
Grade: S
kan’on

The form 一(いっ)顧(こ) (ikko, “look back (once); reconsider”) is attested from the 11th century.

Pronunciation edit

Counter edit

顧(こ) or 顧(コ) • (-ko) 

  1. looks back, double-takes (often as 一(いっ)顧(こ) (ikko))
  2. (figurative, chiefly in the negative) care, concern; amount one cares
    それに一(いっ)顧(こ)もしない！
    Sore ni ikko mo shinai!
    I don't care a bit about that!

References edit

  1. ^ “顧”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎[1] (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024

Korean edit

Hanja edit

顧 (eumhun 돌아볼 고 (dorabol go))

  1. Hanja form? of 고 (“look back, look after”).
  2. Hanja form? of 고 (“reflect on”).

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

顧: Hán Nôm readings: cố, quáy

  1. trying
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