句

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

句 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 心口 (PR), four-corner 2762₀, composition ⿹勹口)

1. Shuowen Jiezi radical №51

Derived characters

• 佝 呴 坸 姁 岣 㣘 怐 拘 昫 朐 枸 泃 狗 玽 㽛 眗 竘 絇(𰬆) 翑 胊 䑦 蚼 袧 訽 豞 豿 䝭(𫎧) 跔 軥(𰺁) 䣱 鉤(钩/𰽭) 䧁 䬲(𬲯) 駒(驹) 鮈(𬶋) 鼩 齁 齣(𱌮/𫠚) 夠 䞤 劬 敂 斪 欨 㲒 邭 雊 䪷 鴝(鸲) 䵶(𱌁) 够 䅓 痀 笱 耇/耈 苟 茍
• 𫲢 𢂁 𣧬 𤖵 𤘽 𫞮 𪿕 𥘮 𦍵 𦕙 𮍘 𧯠 𨈳 𩉿 𩐝 𪀊 𡳏 𢊙 𠣫 𠹪 𡌲 𭪹 𥢀 𪵙 𨒡 𪓞 𪚶 𠛎 𢼒 𤫱 𦐛 𠴦 𭇕 𠣪 𡱈 𢩁 𧙎 𡊦 𢎅 𥩮 𦊒 𠷜 𦲆 𣕽 𦓂 𭴔 𪓟
• 𰴏(𫌩)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 171, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3234
• Dae Jaweon: page 382, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 571, character 3
• Unihan data for U+53E5

• Unihan data for U+F906

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo) : semantic 丩 (“to entangle”) + phonetic 口 (OC *kʰoːʔ), which may represent the tip of a big nail.

The 丩 component, originally two entangled ropes, now resembles the unrelated 勹.

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

句

1. sentence; phrase
2. Classifier for sentences.

   他一共也沒說幾句話。 [MSC, trad.]
   他一共也没说几句话。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā yīgòng yě méi shuō jǐ jù huà.

   He didn't say much.

   一句「多謝」都冇 [Cantonese, trad.]
   一句「多谢」都冇 [Cantonese, simp.]

   jat¹ geoi³ “do¹ ze⁶” dou¹ mou⁵

   without even a word of "thank you"

3. (Cantonese; formal in Hong Kong) Classifier for hours.

Synonyms

• (sentence): 句子 (jùzi)

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

句

1. ^† to bend; to curve
2. ^† Alternative form of 鉤／钩 (gōu, “hook”)
3. ^† to be polite and modest
4. ^† to arrest; to capture
5. ^† to examine
6. (historical geometry) Alternative form of 勾 (“the shorter leg of a right triangle”)
7. a surname

Coordinate terms

• (geometry): 股 (gǔ)

Compounds

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

句

1. Used in 句當／句当, alternative form of 勾當／勾当
2. ^† Alternative form of 彀 (gòu, “to draw a bow”)
3. a surname

Pronunciation 4

Definitions

句

1. ^† Alternative form of 絇／𰬆 (jù, “a kind of shoe ornament or decoration”)

Compounds

References

• "冤句音义考" , 《山东方志》 , 山东省情网 , Jinan: Shandong Provincial Archives, 2006. (in Chinese)
• Tian Miao's "A Formal System of the Gougu Method" in The History of Mathematical Proof in Ancient Traditions, pp. 386–7.
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00497
• “句”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: く (ku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: く (ku, Jōyō); こう (kō)
• Nanori: すく (suku)

Compounds

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 句 (kju^H, “phrase”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) く​ (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

Noun

句(く) • (ku) 

1. a short section from a longer text:
   1. a phrase or clause
   2. a sentence or line
   3. a passage or paragraph
   4. a verse from a song
   5. a stanza from a poem

Counter

句(く) • (-ku) 

1. counter for stanzas from a poem or for haiku

References

Korean

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

句

Wikisource

句 (eumhun 글귀 구 (geulgwi gu))

1. Hanja form^? of 구 (“sentence; phrase”).

Compounds

• 구두 (句讀, gudu, “periods and commas, sentences and clauses”)
• 구두점 (句讀點, gudujeom, “punctuation mark”)

Vietnamese

Han character

句: Hán Việt readings: câu, cú, cấu

1. chữ Hán form of câu (“sentence, expression, line”).
2. chữ Hán form of cú (“sentence, expression, line”).

Compounds

References