捄

Translingual

Han character

捄 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手戈十水 (QIJE), four-corner 5303₂, composition ⿰扌求)

1. long and curved

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 433, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12127
• Dae Jaweon: page 782, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1878, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6344

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡu, *ko) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 求 (OC *ɡu)

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

捄

1. ^† to put dirt in a basket

   • 捄之陾陾，度之薨薨。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Jū zhī réngréng, duó zhī hōnghōng.

     Crowds brought the earth in baskets; they threw it with shouts into the frames.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Definitions

捄

1. ^† long and curved

   • 有饛簋飧、有捄棘匕。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     有𱄈簋飧、有捄棘匕。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yǒu méng guǐsūn, yǒu qiú jíbǐ.

     Well loaded with millet were the dishes, and long and curved were spoons of thorn-wood.

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): きゅう (kyū); ぐ (gu)
• Kun: もる (moru)

Korean

Hanja

捄 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

捄: Hán Nôm readings: cứu

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References

• Nom Foundation