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Translingual
Han character
媾 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女廿廿月 (VTTB), four-corner 45457, composition ⿰女冓)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 268, character 28
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6597
- Dae Jaweon: page 536, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1070, character 9
- Unihan data for U+5ABE
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 溝
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*koː
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| 篝
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*koː
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| 鞲
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*koː
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| 韝
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*koː, *kʰoː
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| 褠
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*koː
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| 冓
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*koː, *koːs
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| 構
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*koːs
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| 購
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*koːs
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| 媾
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*koːs
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| 覯
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*koːs
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| 遘
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*koːs, *koːs
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| 煹
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*koːs
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| 搆
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*koːs
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| 講
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*kroːŋʔ
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| 耩
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*kroːŋʔ
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| 傋
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*kroːŋʔ, *qʰroːŋʔ
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| 斠
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*kroːɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *koːs) : semantic 女 (“female”) + phonetic 冓 (OC *koː, *koːs).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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媾
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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gòu
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ kuwH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*kˁ(r)o-s/
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| English
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2nd marriage
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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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媾
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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4193
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Phonetic
component
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冓
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Rime
group
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侯
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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遘
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Old
Chinese
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/*koːs/
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Definitions
媾
- (originally) to marry in a cousin marriage (to cement the relationship between families); (in general) to marry
- to dote on
- to make peace; to reach agreement; to negotiate peace
- to copulate; to have sexual intercourse
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
媾
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- sex, coitus
- intimacy, relation
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
媾 (eum 구 (gu))
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Vietnamese
Han character
媾: Hán Nôm readings: cấu
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References