See also:
U+866F, 虯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-866F

[U+866E]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8670]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 142, +2, 8 strokes, cangjie input 中戈女中 (LIVL), four-corner 52100, composition )

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1076, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32810
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1545, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2833, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+866F

Chinese edit

trad.
simp.
alternative forms

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
   

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ɡrɯw) : semantic + phonetic (OC *kɯw, *krɯw).

Etymology edit

Coblin (1986) compares this to Tibetan ཀླུ (klu, serpent, naga), yet see (OC *kreːw); most likely etymology is "twisting, wriggling" (Carr, 1990; Schuessler, 2007). Note (OC *kɯw, *krɯwʔ) "to twist, plait, wind, entwine".

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (30)
Final () (138)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter gjiw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡiɪu/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡɨu/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡieu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/gjiw/
Li
Rong
/ɡiĕu/
Wang
Li
/ɡiəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/gieu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qiú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
kau4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 6933
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡrɯw/

Definitions edit

  1. (mythology) young dragon with horns
  2. twisted
  3. (Hokkien) stingy; miserly; overly frugal; thrifty

Synonyms edit

Compounds edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. young dragon

Readings edit

(Can we verify(+) this pronunciation?)

Compounds edit

Etymology edit

Kanji in this term
みずち
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Noun edit

(みずち) (mizuchiみづち (miduti)?

  1. Alternative spelling of (mizuchi): a mythical dragon-like beast

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(eum (gyu))

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: , , cầu

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