絝

See also: 绔 and 褲

絝 U+7D5D, 絝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D5D ← 絜 [U+7D5C] CJK Unified Ideographs 絞 → [U+7D5E]

Translingual

Han character

絝 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女火大一尸 (VFKMS), composition ⿰糹夸)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 922, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27420
• Dae Jaweon: page 1357, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3392, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7D5D

Chinese

trad.		絝
simp.		绔

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
侉	*qaːls
夸	*kʰʷraː
姱	*kʰʷraː
胯	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
跨	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
誇	*kʰʷraː
垮	*kʰʷraːʔ
銙	*kʰʷraːʔ
骻	*kʰʷraːʔ
咵	*kʰʷraːʔ
釫	*ɢʷraː, *qʷaː
摦	*ɡʷraːs
鮬	*pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː
嶀	*qʰʷl'aː
扝	*kʰʷaː, *qʷaː
刳	*kʰʷaː
郀	*kʰʷaː
挎	*kʰʷaː
袴	*kʰʷaːs
絝	*kʰʷaːs
褲	*kʰʷaːs
恗	*qʰaː
洿	*ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː
瓠	*ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs
鄠	*ɢʷlaːʔ
污	*qʷaː, *qʷaːs
杇	*qʷaː
圬	*qʷaː
鴮	*qʷaː
盓	*qʷaː
汙	*qʷaːs, *ɢʷa
樗	*qʰʷl'a
摴	*qʰʷl'a
荂	*pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa
雩	*qʰʷla, *ɢʷla
吁	*qʰʷa, *ɢʷas
盱	*qʰʷa
訏	*qʰʷa
扜	*qʰʷa, *qʷa
旴	*qʰʷa
冔	*qʰʷaʔ
紆	*qʷa
陓	*qʷa
迂	*qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa
虶	*qʷa
于	*ɢʷa
盂	*ɢʷa
竽	*ɢʷa
邘	*ɢʷa
玗	*ɢʷa
芋	*ɢʷa, *ɢʷas
杅	*ɢʷa
釪	*ɢʷa
骬	*ɢʷa
謣	*ɢʷla
宇	*ɢʷaʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kù (ku⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kù
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kù
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu⁴
    • Yale: kù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuh
    • Palladius: ку (ku)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu³
    • Yale: fu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³³/

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• Middle Chinese: khuH

Rime
Character	絝
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦故切
Baxter	khuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuoH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuoH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰoH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɔH/
Li Rong	/kʰoH/
Wang Li	/kʰuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰuoH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷaːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	絝
Reading #	1/1
No.	15671
Phonetic component	于
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	絝
Old Chinese	/*kʰʷaːs/

Definitions

絝

1. pants; trousers

Compounds

• 紈絝／纨绔 (wánkù)

 

Japanese

Kanji

絝

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): く (ku); こ (ko)
• Kun: ずぼん (zubon)