姤

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See also: ䷫
姤 U+59E4, 姤
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59E4
← 姣
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 姥 →

Translingual

Han character

姤 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女竹一口 (VHMR), four-corner 42461, composition ⿰女后)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 260, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6215
  • Dae Jaweon: page 526, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1045, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+59E4

Chinese

trad. 姤
simp. # 姤

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (后) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
垢 *koːʔ
詬 *koːʔ, *kʰoːs, *qʰoːs
茩 *koːʔ
姤 *koːs
銗 *ɡoː
骺 *ɡoː
后 *ɡoːʔ, *ɡoːs
垕 *ɡoːʔ
郈 *ɡoːʔ
逅 *ɡoːs
鲘
缿 *ɡoːs, *ɡroːŋʔ

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 姤
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 侯 (137)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 古候切
Baxter kuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kəuH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kəuH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kəuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kəwH/
Li
Rong 		/kuH/
Wang
Li 		/kəuH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		gòu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gau3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 姤
Reading # 1/1
No. 5163
Phonetic
component 		后
Rime
group 		侯
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		遘
Old
Chinese 		/*koːs/

Definitions

姤

  1. † Alternative form of 遘 (gòu, “to meet; to encounter”)
  2. (literary) good; fine
  3. (literary) evil
  4. † to copulate
  5. 44th hexagram of the I Ching, "meet" (䷫)

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 姤 – see 妒 (“to be jealous of her husband or another woman; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 妒).

References

Japanese

Kanji

姤

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: く (ku)
  • Kan-on: こう (kō)
  • Kun: あう (au, 姤う)、みめよい (mimeyoi, 姤い)、みにくい (minikui)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

姤: Hán Nôm readings: cạu

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