佝

佝 U+4F5D, 佝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F5D ← 作 [U+4F5C] CJK Unified Ideographs 佞 → [U+4F5E]

Translingual

Han character

佝 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人心口 (OPR), four-corner 2722₀, composition ⿰亻句)

1. rickets

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 99, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 520
• Dae Jaweon: page 211, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 137, character 6
• Unihan data for U+4F5D

Chinese

simp. and trad.		佝

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 佝
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Small seal script s05850
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

	Old Chinese
勾	*koː, *koːs
鉤	*koː
鴝	*koː, *ɡo
句	*koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo
夠	*koː, *koːs, *kʰoː
枸	*koː, *koːʔ, *koʔ
軥	*koː, *koːs, *ɡo
狗	*koːʔ
苟	*koːʔ
岣	*koːʔ, *ko
笱	*koːʔ
玽	*koːʔ
耇	*koːʔ
豿	*koːʔ, *qʰroːɡ
敂	*koːʔ
怐	*koːs, *kʰoːs, *qʰoːs, *kos
雊	*koːs
竘	*kʰoːʔ, *kʰoʔ
齁	*qʰoː
呴	*qʰoːʔ, *qʰos
蚼	*qʰoːʔ, *ɡo
豞	*qʰoːs
訽	*qʰoːs, *ɡoːs
佝	*qʰoːs
拘	*ko
駒	*ko
眗	*ko
跔	*ko
鮈	*ko
痀	*ko
蒟	*koʔ, *kos
絇	*kos, *ɡo
邭	*kos
劬	*ɡo
朐	*ɡo
鼩	*ɡo
斪	*ɡo
翑	*ɡo
葋	*ɡo
姁	*ɡo, *qʰo, *qʰoʔ, *qʰos
欨	*qʰo, *qʰoʔ
喣	*qʰoʔ
煦	*qʰoʔ, *qʰos
昫	*qʰos

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰoːs) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 句 (OC *koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōu, kòu (gou¹, kou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡ, ㄎㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau³ / keoi¹ / gau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gou
    • Wade–Giles: kou¹
    • Yale: gōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gou
    • Palladius: гоу (gou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kòu
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou⁴
    • Yale: kòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kow
    • Palladius: коу (kou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kau³ / keoi¹ / gau¹
    • Yale: kau / kēui / gāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau³ / koey¹ / gau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: keo³ / kêu¹ / geo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯³³/, /kʰɵy̯⁵⁵/, /kɐu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xuwH

Rime
Character	佝
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	呼漏切
Baxter	xuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/həuH/
Pan Wuyun	/həuH/
Shao Rongfen	/xəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/həwH/
Li Rong	/xuH/
Wang Li	/xəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/xə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hau3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰoːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	佝
Reading #	1/1
No.	7090
Phonetic component	句
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	蔻
Old Chinese	/*qʰoːs/
Notes	說文佝另一音義

Definitions

佝

1. Used in 佝僂／佝偻 (gōulóu).

Compounds

• 佝僂／佝偻 (gōulóu)
• 佝僂病／佝偻病 (gōulóubìng)
• 佝腰

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kòu (kou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kòu
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou⁴
    • Yale: kòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kow
    • Palladius: коу (kou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kau³
    • Yale: kau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: keo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯³³/

Definitions

佝

1. Only used in 佝瞀.

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jū (ju¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyu
    • Wade–Giles: chü¹
    • Yale: jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiu
    • Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵⁵/

Definitions

佝

1. Alternative form of 拘 (jū)

Japanese

Kanji

佝

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: こう (kō)、く (ku)
• Kun: せむし (semushi, 佝)

Korean

Hanja

佝 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku)

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