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Translingual
Han character
癯 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+18, 23 strokes, cangjie input 大月山土 (KBUG), composition ⿸疒瞿)
- thin, emaciated
- worn, tired
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 783, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22634
- Dae Jaweon: page 1192, character 28
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2704, character 8
- Unihan data for U+766F
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 瞿
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*kʷas, *ɡʷa
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| 衢
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*ɡʷa
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| 氍
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*ɡʷa
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| 癯
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*ɡʷa
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| 蠷
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*ɡʷa
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| 臞
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*ɡʷa, *ɡʷas
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| 欋
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*ɡʷa
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| 鸜
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*ɡʷa
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| 灈
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*ɡʷa
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| 躣
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*ɡʷa
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| 忂
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*ɡʷa
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| 戵
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*ɡʷa
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| 鑺
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*ɡʷa
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| 懼
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*ɡʷas
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷa) : semantic 疒 (“illness; injury; disability”) + phonetic 瞿 (OC *kʷas, *ɡʷa)
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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癯
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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7141
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Phonetic
component
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瞿
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Rime
group
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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衢
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡʷa/
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| Notes
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同臞
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Definitions
癯
- Alternative form of 臞 (qú, “thin; emaciated; weary”)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
癯
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- thin
- emaciated
- worn
- tired
Readings
Korean
Hanja
癯 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)
- thin
- emaciated