See also:
U+6473, 摳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6473

[U+6472]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6474]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 64, +11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 手尸口口 (QSRR), four-corner 51016, composition )

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 451, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12638
  • Dae Jaweon: page 802, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1943, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+6473

Chinese edit

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
 

Etymology 1 edit

trad.
simp.

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ku (to take up; to lift; to prop up) (Coblin, 1986; Schuessler, 2007; STEDT).

Pronunciation edit


Note:
  • khau - vernacular;
  • kho͘/khio - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (29) (29)
Final () (24) (137)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter khju khuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰɨo/ /kʰəu/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰio/ /kʰəu/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰio/ /kʰəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰuə̆/ /kʰəw/
Li
Rong
/kʰio/ /kʰu/
Wang
Li
/kʰĭu/ /kʰəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰi̯u/ /kʰə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kōu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
heoi1 hau1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 10579 10611
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰoː/ /*kʰo/

Definitions edit

  1. (literary) to lift (one's clothes)
  2. to dig out (with one's fingers or a pointed object)
  3. to carve; to cut
  4. to delve into; to study meticulously
  5. (colloquial) tight-fisted; stingy; miserly
Synonyms edit
  • (to carve):
  • (to delve into):
  • (stingy):

Compounds edit

Etymology 2 edit

trad.
simp.
alternative forms Cantonese
Cantonese
Eastern Min

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

Pronunciation edit


Definitions edit

  1. (Cantonese, Eastern Min) to mix
    [Cantonese]  ―  kau1 maai4 [Jyutping]  ―  to mix together
    [Cantonese]  ―  kau1 mai5 [Jyutping]  ―  (uncooked) rice of different types mixed together
Synonyms edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. raise
  2. lift up
  3. tight-fisted

Readings edit

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(gu) (hangeul , revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

  1. pull up, lift up

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: khua, khu, so, , xua, đùa, khùa, khuá,

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