韣

韣 U+97E3, 韣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-97E3 ← 韢 [U+97E2] CJK Unified Ideographs 韤 → [U+97E4]

Translingual

Han character

韣 (Kangxi radical 178, 韋+13, 22 strokes, cangjie input 木手田中戈 (DQWLI), four-corner 4652₇, composition ⿰韋蜀)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1395, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43217
• Dae Jaweon: page 1911, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4511, character 11
• Unihan data for U+97E3

Chinese

trad.		韣
simp.		𱂋

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
襡	*toːʔ, *toːɡs, *doːʔ, *doːɡ, *djoɡ
噣	*toːɡs, *tuɡs, *rtoːɡ, *tjoɡ
斣	*toːɡs
歜	*sdoːmʔ, *tʰjoɡ
斀	*rtoːɡ
孎	*rtoːɡ, *toɡ
濁	*rdoːɡ
鐲	*rdoːɡ, *zroːɡ, *djoɡ
鸀	*rdoːɡ, *tjoɡ
擉	*sʰroːɡ
獨	*doːɡ
髑	*doːɡ
韣	*doːɡ, *tjoɡ, *djoɡ
斸	*toɡ
钃	*toɡ
欘	*toɡ
躅	*doɡ
蠋	*doɡ, *tjoɡ
燭	*tjoɡ
囑	*tjoɡ
矚	*tjoɡ
屬	*tjoɡ, *djoɡ
属	*tjoɡ, *djoɡ
蠾	*tjoɡ, *djoɡ
觸	*tʰjoɡ
臅	*tʰjoɡ
觕	*sʰlaː, *zlaːʔ, *tʰjoɡ
蜀	*djoɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *doːɡ, *tjoɡ, *djoɡ) : semantic 韋 + phonetic 蜀 (OC *djoɡ)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dú (du²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): duk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dú
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dú
    • Wade–Giles: tu²
    • Yale: dú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwu
    • Palladius: ду (du)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: duk⁶
    • Yale: duhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: duwk, tsyowk, dzyowk

Rime
Character	韣	韣	韣
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	章 (23)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	東 (3)	鍾 (8)	鍾 (8)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III	III
Fanqie	徒谷切	之欲切	市玉切
Baxter	duwk	tsyowk	dzyowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/duk̚/	/t͡ɕɨok̚/	/d͡ʑɨok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/duk̚/	/t͡ɕiok̚/	/d͡ʑiok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/duk̚/	/t͡ɕiok̚/	/d͡ʑiok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəwk̚/	/cuawk̚/	/d͡ʑuawk̚/
Li Rong	/duk̚/	/t͡ɕiok̚/	/ʑiok̚/
Wang Li	/duk̚/	/t͡ɕĭwok̚/	/ʑĭwok̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱuk̚/	/t͡ɕi̯wok̚/	/ʑi̯wok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dú	zhu	shú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	duk6	zuk1	suk6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*doːɡ/, /*tjoɡ/, /*djoɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	韣	韣	韣
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	11821	11836	11845
Phonetic component	蜀	蜀	蜀
Rime group	屋	屋	屋
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	獨	燭	蜀
Old Chinese	/*doːɡ/	/*tjoɡ/	/*djoɡ/

Definitions

韣

1. (literary) bow case; bow cover
2. (literary, rare) Alternative form of 櫝／椟 (dú, “wooden case”)