渠
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Translingual
Han character
渠 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水尸木 (ESD), four-corner 31904, composition ⿱洰木)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 633, character 48
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17764
- Dae Jaweon: page 1040, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1645, character 4
- Unihan data for U+6E20
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 渠 |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Small seal script |
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡa) : semantic 水 (“water”) + abbreviated phonetic 榘 (OC *kʷaʔ).
Etymology 1
| trad. | 渠 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 渠 | |
| 2nd round simp. | 洰 | |
- “ditch; canal; drain”
- From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-ka ~ *k(r)a (“path; way; channel; ditch”); probably the same word as 衢 (OC *ɡʷa, “passage”) (Schuessler, 2007). Cognate with Tibetan རྐ (rka, “gutter; channel; furrow”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
渠
Usage notes
Unlike 溝／沟 (gōu), which refers to both artificial and natural watercourses, 渠 (qú) refers only to artificial watercourses.
Compounds
- 共產主義渠／共产主义渠 (Gòngchǎn Zhǔyì Qú)
- 出渠
- 坑渠
- 幹渠／干渠
- 廣通渠／广通渠
- 斗渠
- 橫渠／横渠
- 橫渠學派／横渠学派
- 毛渠
- 水到渠成 (shuǐdàoqúchéng)
- 永濟渠／永济渠
- 河渠
- 流血成渠
- 渠務／渠务
- 渠口 (Qúkǒu)
- 渠帥／渠帅 (qúshuài)
- 渠水 (qúshuǐ)
- 渠江
- 渠渠
- 渠率
- 渠衝／渠冲
- 渠輩／渠辈
- 渠道 (qúdào)
- 渠魁 (qúkuí)
- 溝渠／沟渠 (gōuqú)
- 漕渠 (cáoqú)
- 灌溉渠
- 犀渠
- 白渠
- 石渠 (Shíqú)
- 義渠／义渠
- 血流成渠
- 軒渠／轩渠
- 轉死溝渠／转死沟渠
- 轉渠口／转渠口
- 通渠 (tōngqú)
- 通濟渠／通济渠
- 開渠穿井／开渠穿井
- 雝渠／雍渠 (yōngqú)
- 靈渠／灵渠 (Líng Qú)
- 黃渠／黄渠 (Huángqú)
Etymology 2
| trad. | 渠 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 渠 | |
| 2nd round simp. | 洰 | |
| alternative forms | 𠍲 佢 dialectal 伊 S. Sixian Hakka; Shanghainese | |
Attested since 4th to 5th century CE, preserved in many central and southern dialects (Schuessler, 2007). See 佢 and 伊.
Pronunciation
Definitions
渠
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 他 (“he”)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
渠 (eum 거 (geo))
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Vietnamese
Han character
渠: Hán Nôm readings: cừ, gừa, khờ, cự
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