渠

渠 U+6E20, 渠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E20 ← 渟 [U+6E1F] CJK Unified Ideographs 渡 → [U+6E21]

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TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

渠 (radical 85 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水尸木 (ESD), four-corner 3190₄, composition ⿱洰木)

1. ditch, canal, channel, gutter

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 633, character 48
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17764
• Dae Jaweon: page 1040, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1645, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6E20

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ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.		渠

Glyph originEdit

Characters in the same phonetic series (巨) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
柜	*kaʔ
渠	*ɡa
磲	*ɡa
蕖	*ɡa
蟝	*ɡa
璖	*ɡa
巨	*ɡaʔ
距	*ɡaʔ
拒	*ɡaʔ
苣	*ɡaʔ
炬	*ɡaʔ
詎	*ɡaʔ, *ɡas
鉅	*ɡaʔ
秬	*ɡaʔ
粔	*ɡaʔ
駏	*ɡaʔ
歫	*ɡaʔ
矩	*kʷaʔ
榘	*kʷaʔ

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qú (qu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): keoi⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): kîr / kû / kî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: qú
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ü²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyu
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: keoi⁴
    • Yale: kèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koey⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kêu⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɵy̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kîr
    • Tâi-lô: kîr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɯ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kû
    • Tâi-lô: kû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ku²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî
    • Tâi-lô: kî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɡɨʌ/▼

Rime
Character	渠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	強魚切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨə̆/
Li Rong	/ɡiɔ/
Wang Li	/ɡĭo/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qú

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[ɡ](r)a/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡa/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	渠
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qú
Middle Chinese	‹ gjo ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ](r)a/
English	canal
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	渠
Reading #	1/1
No.	7042
Phonetic component	巨
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɡa/

NounEdit

渠

1. a passage that water or other liquids may flow along, and it is made by people: channel, ditch, canal, drain

   渠務 / 渠务  ―  qúwù  ―  drainage services

Proper nounEdit

渠

1. A surname​.

PronounEdit

渠

1. (literary) third person pronoun; he, she, it

   問渠哪得清如許，為有源頭活水來。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

   问渠哪得清如许，为有源头活水来。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: 朱熹, 觀書有感

   Wèn qú nǎ dé qīng rú xǔ, wèi yǒu yuántóu huóshuǐ lái. [Pinyin]

   [I want to] ask it [the pond] why it can be so clear. It is because running water continuously flows in.

SynonymsEdit

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

渠

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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ReadingsEdit

• On: きょ (kyo)
• Kun: みぞ (mizo), かれ (kare), なんぞ (nanzo)

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

渠 • (geo) (hangeul 거, revised geo, McCune-Reischauer kŏ, Yale ke)

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

• Hán Việt: cừ, gừa, khờ

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