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U+5920, 夠
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5920

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 36, +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 弓弓心口 (NNPR), four-corner 27220, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 247, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5777
  • Dae Jaweon: page 491, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 864, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5920

Usage notes

This character is listed in the Kangxi dictionary as an alternative form of .

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

Etymology 1

trad. /
simp.
alternative forms

Pronunciation


Note:
  • kàu - vernacular;
  • kiò/kò͘ - literary.
Note:
  • gou3 - literary;
  • gao3 - vernacular.

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    Initial () (29) (28)
    Final () (137) (137)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open Open
    Division () I I
    Fanqie
    Baxter khuw kuw
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /kʰəu/ /kəu/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /kʰəu/ /kəu/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /kʰəu/ /kəu/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /kʰəw/ /kəw/
    Li
    Rong
    /kʰu/ /ku/
    Wang
    Li
    /kʰəu/ /kəu/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren
    /kʰə̯u/ /kə̯u/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    kōu gōu
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    hau1 gau1
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
    No. 7065 7077 7082
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0 0 0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*koː/ /*koːs/ /*kʰoː/

    Definitions

    1. to be enough; to be sufficient; to reach or achieve a desired level
        ―  Wǒ de qián bùgòu.  ―  I don't have enough money.
      一個一个  ―  Yīge jiù gòu le.  ―  One is enough.
      他們他们  ―  Tāmen shuō méi chī gòu.  ―  They say that they're still hungry. (lit. They say that they didn't eat enough.)
    2. to reach
        ―  gòu bù zháo  ―  can't reach
    3. to have enough of something; to have a sufficient amount of something
      [Cantonese]  ―  gau3 saai3 je5 sik6   ―  having plenty of things to eat
      鳳爪 [Cantonese, trad.]
      凤爪 [Cantonese, simp.]
      keoi5 m4 gau3 daam2 sik6 fung6 zaau2.
      He doesn't have enough guts to try chicken feet.
        ―  gòu le.  ―  I'm fine./I don't need more.
    4. (with negative connotations) quite; impressively
      你們真的厲害 [MSC, trad.]
      你们真的厉害 [MSC, simp.]
      Nǐmen zhēnde shì gòu lìhài le!
      You lot are ridiculous!
      [Cantonese]  ―  gau3 saai3 faan4   ―  annoying to a remarkable extent
    5. (Cantonese) also
      英文 [Cantonese, trad.]
      英文 [Cantonese, simp.]
      hou2 lek1 me1? ngo5 gau3 sik1 jing1 man4-2 laa1.
      You're so smart! I also know English.
    6. (Hakka) serious; hardworking
    7. (Hakka) arrogant
    8. (Teochew) whole; entire
      [Teochew]  ―  gao3 rig8 [Peng'im]  ―  whole day
    Synonyms
    • (to be enough): (Xinzhou Jin) 足沿
    • (Hakka) (la)

    Compounds

    Etymology 2

    trad. /
    simp.

    Pronunciation

    Definitions

    1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of (tired)

    References

    Japanese

    Kanji

    (Hyōgai kanji)

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    Readings

    • Go-on: (ku)
    • Kan-on: こう ()
    • Kun: あつまる (atsumaru, 夠まる)おおい (ōi, 夠い)おほい (ofoi, 夠い, historical)

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    : Hán Việt readings: [1][2][3], cấu[1], [1]
    : Nôm readings: cấu[4][5]

    1. chữ Hán form of (to reach a goal or satisfaction).

    References