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U+6263, 扣
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6263

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 64, +3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 手口 (QR), four-corner 56000, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 418, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11807
  • Dae Jaweon: page 765, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1829, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+6263

Chinese

simp. and trad.
alternative forms
button

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *kʰoːʔ, *kʰoːs) : semantic + phonetic (OC *kʰoːʔ).

Pronunciation


Note: kòur - (1) "knot"; (2) "button (knob or small disc serving as a fastener)".
Note:
  • khiò/khò͘ - literary;
  • khàu - vernacular;
  • khau - 摳 is used in the Mainland.
Note:
  • kao3 - literary;
  • ka3 - vernacular.

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    Initial () (29) (29)
    Final () (137) (137)
    Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open Open
    Division () I I
    Fanqie
    Baxter khuwX khuwH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /kʰəuX/ /kʰəuH/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /kʰəuX/ /kʰəuH/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /kʰəuX/ /kʰəuH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /kʰəwX/ /kʰəwH/
    Li
    Rong
    /kʰuX/ /kʰuH/
    Wang
    Li
    /kʰəuX/ /kʰəuH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /kʰə̯uX/ /kʰə̯uH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    kǒu kòu
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    hau2 hau3
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    No. 7492 7494
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0 0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    𡨥
    Old
    Chinese
    /*kʰoːʔ/ /*kʰoːs/

    Definitions

    1. to hold; to restrain; to grab (a horse)
    2. to rap; to strike; to pound
    3. to detain; to arrest
    4. to button; to fasten a button; to buckle; to clasp
    5. button (knob or small disc serving as a fastener)
        ―  niǔkòu  ―  button
    6. knot
    7. to subtract; to deduct (money, points, etc.)
    8. to accord with; to tally with; to conform to
    9. Classifier for discount.
    10. Alternative form of (kòu, to knock; to strike)
    11. a surname: Kou

    Synonyms

    • (to rap):
    • (to detain):
    • (button):
    • (to accord with):
    • (discount): (zhé)

    Compounds

    Further reading

    Japanese

    Kanji

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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    Readings

    Korean

    Etymology 1

    Hanja

    (eumhun 두드릴 (dudeuril gu))

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    Etymology 2

    Hanja

    (eumhun 두드릴 (dudeuril go))

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    : Hán Nôm readings: khấu, khẩu, khâu, kháu

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