獨孤

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (獨孤)		獨	孤
simp. (独孤)		独	孤
anagram		孤獨／孤独

Etymology

From Xianbei.

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dúgū

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄍㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): duk⁶ gu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dúgū
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄍㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dúgu
    • Wade–Giles: Tu²-ku¹
    • Yale: Dú-gū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dwugu
    • Palladius: Дугу (Dugu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ ku⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: duk⁶ gu¹
    • Yale: duhk gū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁹ gu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dug⁶ gu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚² kuː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: duwk ku

Rime
Character	獨	孤
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	東 (3)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	徒谷切	古胡切
Baxter	duwk	ku
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/duk̚/	/kuo/
Pan Wuyun	/duk̚/	/kuo/
Shao Rongfen	/duk̚/	/ko/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəwk̚/	/kɔ/
Li Rong	/duk̚/	/ko/
Wang Li	/duk̚/	/ku/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱuk̚/	/kuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dú	gū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	duk6	gu1

Proper noun

獨孤

1. a surname from Xianbei

   獨孤求敗／独孤求败  ―  Dúgū Qiúbài  ―  Dugu Qiubai (character in the novel The Return of the Condor Heroes)

Korean

Hanja in this term
獨	孤

Proper noun

獨孤 • (Dokgo) (hangeul 독고)

1. Hanja form^? of 독고 (“a surname”).