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Translingual
Han character
咎 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹人口 (HOR) or 竹卜口 (HYR), four-corner 28604, composition ⿱处口(G) or ⿱⿺夂人口(TJK))
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 185, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3493
- Dae Jaweon: page 404, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 607, character 6
- Unihan data for U+548E
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 咎
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*kɯːw, *ɡɯwʔ
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| 鼛
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*kɯːw
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| 櫜
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*kɯːw
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| 倃
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*kɯːw, *ɡɯwʔ
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| 綹
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*ɡ·rɯwʔ
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| 麔
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*ɡɯwʔ
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| 晷
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*kʷrɯwʔ
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| 厬
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*kʷrɯwʔ
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Originally ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 夊 (“foot”) + 人 (“person”). Later 口 was added, making the modern form an ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 各 + 人.
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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咎
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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jiù
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ gjuwX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*(r)uʔ/
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| English
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fault, blame (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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咎
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| Reading #
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2/2
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| No.
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6988
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Phonetic
component
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咎
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Rime
group
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幽
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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舅
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡɯwʔ/
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Definitions
咎
- fault; defect; error; mistake
- calamity; misfortune
- to blame; to punish; to find fault
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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咎
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| Reading #
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1/2
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| No.
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6983
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Phonetic
component
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咎
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Rime
group
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幽
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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髙
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Old
Chinese
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/*kɯːw/
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Definitions
咎
- † Alternative form of 鼛 (gāo, “large drum”)
- a surname
- Alternative form of 皋 (gāo, “a surname”):
- used in 咎繇
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
咎
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- fault
- blame
Readings
Etymology
| For pronunciation and definitions of 咎 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 咎, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Korean
Hanja
咎 • (gu, go) (hangeul 구, 고, revised gu, go, McCune–Reischauer ku, ko)
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Vietnamese
Han character
咎: Hán Việt readings: cữu
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