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Translingual
Han character
弧 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+5 in Chinese, 弓+6 in Japanese, 8 strokes in Chinese, 9 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 弓竹女人 (NHVO), four-corner 12230, composition ⿰弓瓜)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 357, character 34
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9757
- Dae Jaweon: page 674, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 993, character 3
- Unihan data for U+5F27
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 瓜
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*kʷraː
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| 坬
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*kʷraːs
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| 窊
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*qʷraː, *qʷraːs
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| 畖
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*qʷraː
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| 搲
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*qʷraːs
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| 攨
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*qʷraːs
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| 孤
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*kʷaː
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| 苽
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*kʷaː
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| 胍
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*kʷaː
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| 泒
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*kʷaː
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| 呱
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*kʷaː
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| 觚
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*kʷaː
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| 柧
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*kʷaː
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| 罛
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*kʷaː
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| 軱
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*kʷaː
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| 菰
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*kʷaː
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| 箛
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*kʷaː
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| 狐
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*ɡʷaː
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| 弧
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*ɡʷlaː
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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弧
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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hú
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ hu ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʷˁa/
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| English
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bow; bend, curved
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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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弧
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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4359
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Phonetic
component
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瓜
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Rime
group
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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胡
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡʷlaː/
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Definitions
弧
- wooden bow
- arc, crescent
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
弧
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
- arc
Readings
Compounds
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 孤 (hu, “arc”).
Pronunciation
Noun
弧 • (ko)
- arc
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
弧 • (ho) (hangeul 호, McCune–Reischauer ho, Yale ho)
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Vietnamese
Han character
弧: Hán Nôm readings: hồ
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References