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Translingual
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Han character
仇 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 人大弓 (OKN), four-corner 24217, composition ⿰亻九)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 91, character 15
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 355
- Dae Jaweon: page 193, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 109, character 3
- Unihan data for U+4EC7
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 仇
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
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Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
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| Small seal script
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Transcribed ancient scripts
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Transcribed ancient scripts
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:
- Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
- Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
- Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
- Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
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Old Chinese
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| 尻
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*kʰuː
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| 訄
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*kʰuː, *kʰu, *ɡu
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| 艽
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*krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw, *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
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| 虓
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*qʰruː
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| 鳩
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*ku
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| 勼
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*ku
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| 九
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*kuʔ
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| 究
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*kus
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| 仇
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*ɡu
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| 鼽
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*ɡu
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| 犰
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*ɡu
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| 叴
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*ɡu
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| 厹
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*ɡu
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| 頄
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*ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
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| 朹
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*ɡu, *kʷrɯwʔ
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| 馗
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*ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
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| 扏
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*ɡu
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| 訅
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*ɡu
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| 釚
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*ɡu
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| 肍
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*ɡu
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| 軌
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*kʷrɯwʔ
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| 宄
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*kʷrɯwʔ
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| 氿
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*kʷrɯwʔ
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| 匭
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*kʷrɯwʔ
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| 泦
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*kuɡ
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| 旭
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*qʰʷoɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡu) : semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 九 (OC *kuʔ) – spouse.
Pronunciation 1
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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仇
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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qiú
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ gjuw ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*(r)u/
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| English
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mate (*n.)
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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仇
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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6944
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Phonetic
component
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九
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Rime
group
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幽
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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𧚍
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡu/
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Definitions
仇
- hatred; enmity; resentment
- enemy; foe; adversary
- to make reprisals; to retaliate
- to proofread; to check against the original
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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仇
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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qiú
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ gjuw ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*(r)u/
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| English
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mate (*n.)
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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仇
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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6944
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Phonetic
component
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九
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Rime
group
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幽
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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𧚍
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡu/
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Definitions
仇
- companion; peer
- spouse; mate
- a surname
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
仇
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
Readings
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
仇 • (ada)
- foe, enemy
Etymology 2
Noun
仇 • (kataki)
- Alternative form of 敵
References
Korean
Hanja
仇 (eum 구 (gu))
- enemy
- hate, hatred
- enmity
Vietnamese
Han character
仇: Hán Nôm readings: cừu
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