炬

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炬 U+70AC, 炬
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-70AC
← 炫
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 炭 →

Translingual

Han character

炬 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火尸尸 (FSS), four-corner 91817, composition ⿰火巨)

  1. torch
  2. candle

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 668, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18949
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1077, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2191, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+70AC

Chinese

trad. 炬
simp. # 炬

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (巨) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
柜 *kaʔ
渠 *ɡa
磲 *ɡa
蕖 *ɡa
蟝 *ɡa
璖 *ɡa
巨 *ɡaʔ
距 *ɡaʔ
拒 *ɡaʔ
苣 *ɡaʔ
炬 *ɡaʔ
詎 *ɡaʔ, *ɡas
鉅 *ɡaʔ
秬 *ɡaʔ
粔 *ɡaʔ
駏 *ɡaʔ
歫 *ɡaʔ
矩 *kʷaʔ
榘 *kʷaʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡaʔ) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 巨 (OC *ɡaʔ).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 炬
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 其吕切
Baxter gjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɡɨʌX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɡiɔX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɡiɔX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/gɨə̆X/
Li
Rong 		/ɡiɔX/
Wang
Li 		/ɡĭoX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/gi̯woX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		geoi6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 炬
Reading # 1/1
No. 7051
Phonetic
component 		巨
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡaʔ/
Notes 見史記，說文作苣

Definitions

炬

  1. torch
  2. candle

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

炬

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: ご (go)
  • Kan-on: きょ (kyo)
  • Kan’yō-on: こ (ko)
  • Kun: たいまつ (taimatsu, 炬)、ともしび (tomoshibi, 炬)、やく (yaku, 炬く)

Definitions

Kanji in this term
炬
たいまつ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 炬 – see the following entry.
【松明たいまつ】
a torch (stick with flame at one end)
a placename
Alternative spelling
炬火
(This term, 炬, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

炬 • (geo) (hangeul 거, revised geo, McCune–Reischauer kŏ, Yale ke)

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Vietnamese

Han character

炬: Hán Việt readings: cự

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