祛

See also: 袪

祛 U+795B, 祛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-795B ← 祚 [U+795A] CJK Unified Ideographs 祜 → [U+795C]

Translingual

Han character

祛 (radical 113, 示+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈火土戈 (IFGI), four-corner 3423₁, composition ⿰礻去)

References

• KangXi: page 841, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24670
• Dae Jaweon: page 1260, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2390, character 23
• Unihan data for U+795B

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		祛
alternative forms		佉

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
佉	*kʰal
呿	*kʰal, *kʰas, *kʰab
抾	*kʰɯ, *kʰɯ, *kʰab
弆	*kaʔ, *kʰaʔ
祛	*kʰa
袪	*kʰa
阹	*kʰa
胠	*kʰa, *kʰas, *kʰab
魼	*kʰa, *kʰl'aːb
去	*kʰaʔ, *kʰas
麮	*kʰaʔ, *kʰas
鼁	*kʰas
砝	*kaːb, *kab
劫	*kab, *kab
鉣	*kab
蜐	*kab, *kab
怯	*kʰab

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qū (qu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): keoi¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): kui¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kia
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): khu / khir / khi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ku¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): qy (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qū
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: keoi¹
    • Yale: kēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɵy̯⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: kui¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰui³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kia
    • Hakka Romanization System: gia
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gia⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯a⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khu
    • Tâi-lô: khu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰu⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khir
    • Tâi-lô: khir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khi
    • Tâi-lô: khi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ku¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: qy (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰa/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	祛
Reading #	1/1
No.	10679
Phonetic component	去
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*kʰa/

Definitions

祛

1. expel, remove, disperse, exorcise

Compounds

• 祛塵風／祛尘风
• 祛寒
• 祛疑
• 祛病

• 祛痰 (qūtán)
• 祛痰劑／祛痰剂
• 祛痰潤肺／祛痰润肺
• 祛蠹除奸

• 祛退
• 祛除 (qūchú)
• 祛風／祛风
• 祛風除熱／祛风除热

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Japanese

Kanji

祛

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. expel
2. disperse
3. exorcise

Readings

• Go-on: こ (ko)
• Kan-on: きょ (kyo)
• Kun: はらう (harau, 祛う)

Compounds

• 祛痰 (きょたん) (kyotan): expectoration

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Korean

Hanja

祛 • (geo) (hangeul 거, revised geo, McCune–Reischauer kŏ, Yale ke)

1. shiver
2. exorcise