俅

俅 U+4FC5, 俅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FC5 ← 俄 [U+4FC4] CJK Unified Ideographs 俆 → [U+4FC6]

Translingual

Han character

俅 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人戈十水 (OIJE), four-corner 2323₂, composition ⿰亻求)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 104, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 668
• Dae Jaweon: page 220, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 156, character 17
• Unihan data for U+4FC5

Chinese

simp. and trad.		俅

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 俅
Small seal script s05665
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 (求) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
救	*kus
求	*ɡu
球	*ɡu
逑	*ɡu
賕	*ɡu
蛷	*ɡu
莍	*ɡu
殏	*ɡu
梂	*ɡu
俅	*ɡu
脙	*ɡu, *qʰu
絿	*ɡu
銶	*ɡu
毬	*ɡu
捄	*ɡu, *ko
觩	*ɡu

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡu) : semantic 人 (“man”) + phonetic 求 (OC *ɡu)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiú (qiu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cióu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiu²
    • Yale: chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyou
    • Palladius: цю (cju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kau⁴
    • Yale: kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: keo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: gjuw

Rime
Character	俅
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	巨鳩切
Baxter	gjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/guw/
Li Rong	/ɡiu/
Wang Li	/ɡĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡu/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	俅
Reading #	1/1
No.	10568
Phonetic component	求
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	𧚍
Old Chinese	/*ɡu/

Definitions

俅

1. ^† appearance of headwear and decorative wear

Compounds

• 俅俅

 

Japanese

Kanji

俅

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. ornamental cap

Readings

• Go-on: ぐ (gu)
• Kan-on: きゅう (kyū)^{←きう (kiu, historical)}
• Kun: いただく (itadaku, 俅く)

Compounds

• 高俅(こうきゅう) (kōkyū)

Korean

Hanja

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

1. respectful
2. polite