佝

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佝 U+4F5D, 佝
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F5D
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Translingual

Han character

佝 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人心口 (OPR), four-corner 27220, composition ⿰亻句)

  1. rickets

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 99, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 520
  • Dae Jaweon: page 211, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 137, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+4F5D

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 佝

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 佝
Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Small seal script

s05850

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).
Characters in the same phonetic series (句) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
勾 *koː, *koːs
鉤 *koː
鴝 *koː, *ɡo
句 *koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo
夠 *koː, *koːs, *kʰoː
枸 *koː, *koːʔ, *koʔ
軥 *koː, *koːs, *ɡo
狗 *koːʔ
苟 *koːʔ
岣 *koːʔ, *ko
笱 *koːʔ
玽 *koːʔ
耇 *koːʔ
豿 *koːʔ, *qʰroːɡ
敂 *koːʔ
怐 *koːs, *kʰoːs, *qʰoːs, *kos
雊 *koːs
竘 *kʰoːʔ, *kʰoʔ
齁 *qʰoː
呴 *qʰoːʔ, *qʰos
蚼 *qʰoːʔ, *ɡo
豞 *qʰoːs
訽 *qʰoːs, *ɡoːs
佝 *qʰoːs
拘 *ko
駒 *ko
眗 *ko
跔 *ko
鮈 *ko
痀 *ko
蒟 *koʔ, *kos
絇 *kos, *ɡo
邭 *kos
劬 *ɡo
朐 *ɡo
鼩 *ɡo
斪 *ɡo
翑 *ɡo
葋 *ɡo
姁 *ɡo, *qʰo, *qʰoʔ, *qʰos
欨 *qʰo, *qʰoʔ
喣 *qʰoʔ
煦 *qʰoʔ, *qʰos
昫 *qʰos

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰoːs) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 句 (OC *koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo).

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 佝
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 侯 (137)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 呼漏切
Baxter xuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/həuH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/həuH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/xəuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/həwH/
Li
Rong 		/xuH/
Wang
Li 		/xəuH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/xə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		hòu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hau3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 佝
Reading # 1/1
No. 7090
Phonetic
component 		句
Rime
group 		侯
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		蔻
Old
Chinese 		/*qʰoːs/
Notes 說文佝另一音義

Definitions

佝

  1. Used in 佝僂／佝偻 (gōulóu).

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

佝

  1. Only used in 佝瞀.

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

佝

  1. Alternative form of 拘 (jū)

Japanese

Kanji

佝

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

佝 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku)

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