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Translingual
Han character
糾 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+2 in Chinese, 糸+3 in Japanese, 8 strokes in Chinese, 9 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 女火女中 (VFVL), four-corner 22900, composition ⿰糹丩)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 915, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27227
- Dae Jaweon: page 1342, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3362, character 2
- Unihan data for U+7CFE
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 艽
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*krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw, *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
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| 芁
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*kriːw
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| 荍
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*ɡiw
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| 叫
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*kiːws
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| 訆
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*kiːws
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| 嘂
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*kiːws
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| 收
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*qʰljɯw, *qʰljɯws
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| 糾
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*kɯw, *krɯwʔ
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| 朻
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*kɯw, *krɯw, *krɯwʔ
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| 丩
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*kɯw, *krɯw
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| 赳
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*krɯw, *krɯwʔ
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| 虬
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*ɡrɯw
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| 虯
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*ɡrɯw
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| 觓
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*ɡrɯw
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Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kɯw, *krɯwʔ) : phonetic 丩 (OC *kɯw, *krɯw, “to entangle”) + semantic 糹／纟 (“silk”). Originally written 丩.
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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糾
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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jiū
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ kjiwX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*k<r>iwʔ/
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| English
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plait, unite
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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糾
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糾
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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6923
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6929
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Phonetic
component
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丩
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丩
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Rime
group
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幽
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幽
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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鳩
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糾
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Old
Chinese
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/*kɯw/
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/*krɯwʔ/
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| Notes
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丩今分化字
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Definitions
糾
- to investigate; to inspect
- to correct
- to entwine; to wind
- to gather; to amass; to assemble
- to inform against; to inform on
- (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to contract; to shrink; to tense; to taut (of muscles, etc.)
- (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, specifically) to shrink due to absorbing water (of cloth, etc.)
- (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, specifically) to become skinny, contracted, or disappear (caused by some reason)
Synonyms
- (to contract, to shrink due to absorbing water, to become skinny): (Hokkien) 勼 (jiū)
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
糾
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
- twist, ask, investigate, verify
Readings
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 糾 (MC kjiwX).
Hanja
Wikisource
糾 (eumhun 꼴 규 (kkol gyu))
- Hanja form? of 규 (“twist, writhe”).
- Hanja form? of 규 (“investigate, inspect”).
Compounds
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.
Vietnamese
Chữ Hán
糾: Hán Nôm readings: củ
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