掬

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掬 U+63AC, 掬
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63AC
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 掭 →

Translingual

Han character

掬 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手心火木 (QPFD), four-corner 57020, composition ⿰扌匊)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 440, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12290
  • Dae Jaweon: page 791, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1903, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+63AC

Chinese

trad. 掬
simp. # 掬
2nd round simp. 匊
alternative forms
 
揈
匊
𥸭
𥸶
𢱬
揈
匊
𥸭
𥸶
𢱬
𡙳
𥵱

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (匊) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
菊 *kuɡ
鞠 *kuɡ, *kʰuɡ, *ɡuɡ
掬 *kluɡ
匊 *kluɡ
鵴 *kuɡ, *ɡuɡ
椈 *kuɡ
諊 *kuɡ
踘 *kuɡ, *ɡuɡ
趜 *kuɡ, *ɡuɡ
蘜 *kuɡ
鞫 *kuɡ
巈 *kuɡ
麴 *kʰuɡ
毱 *ɡuɡ
驧 *ɡuɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kluɡ) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 匊 (OC *kluɡ).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • kiuh - vernacular (“to recoil; to slightly wrinkle”);
  • kiok - literary (“to struggle”).
    Rime
    Character 掬
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 見 (28)
    Final (韻) 東 (4)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 居六切
    Baxter kjuwk
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/kɨuk̚/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/kiuk̚/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/kiuk̚/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/kuwk̚/
    Li
    Rong         		/kiuk̚/
    Wang
    Li         		/kĭuk̚/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/ki̯uk̚/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		ju
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		guk1
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 掬
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 7007
    Phonetic
    component         		匊
    Rime
    group         		覺
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		菊
    Old
    Chinese         		/*kluɡ/

    Definitions

    掬

    1. (literary) to grasp or hold with both hands
      笑容可掬  ―  xiàoróngkějū  ―  to be radiant with smiles
    2. (Mainland China Hokkien) to recoil; to tighten; to draw back
    3. (Mainland China Hokkien) to slightly wrinkle; to crease a little
    4. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to struggle; to attempt

    Compounds

    Japanese

    Kanji

    掬

    (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

    1. scoop up water with the hand

    Readings

    Korean

    Hanja

    掬 • (guk) (hangeul 국, revised guk, McCune–Reischauer kuk, Yale kwuk)

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    掬: Hán Nôm readings: cúc

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