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Translingual
Han character
耦 (Kangxi radical 127, 耒+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手木田中月 (QDWLB), four-corner 56927, composition ⿰耒禺)
- plow side by side
- team of two
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 964, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28952
- Dae Jaweon: page 1412, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2774, character 8
- Unihan data for U+8026
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 齵
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*ŋoː, *ŋo
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| 偶
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*ŋoːʔ, *ŋoːs
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| 耦
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*ŋoːʔ
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| 藕
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*ŋoːʔ
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| 髃
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*ŋoːʔ, *ŋo
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| 蕅
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*ŋoːʔ
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| 愚
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*ŋo
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| 隅
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*ŋo
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| 禺
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*ŋo, *ŋos
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| 湡
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*ŋo
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| 堣
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*ŋo
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| 嵎
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*ŋo
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| 鰅
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*ŋo, *ŋoŋ
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| 鍝
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*ŋo
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| 遇
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*ŋos
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| 寓
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*ŋos
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| 庽
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*ŋos
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| 媀
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*ŋos
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| 喁
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*ŋoŋ
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| 顒
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*ŋoŋ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋoːʔ): semantic 耒 (“tilling tool”) + phonetic 禺 (OC *ŋo, *ŋos), paired working in the fields.
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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耦
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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ǒu
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ nguwX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋˁ(r)oʔ/
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| English
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pair (n.)
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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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耦
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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15914
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Phonetic
component
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禺
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Rime
group
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侯
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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藕
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋoːʔ/
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Definitions
耦
- (archaic) to plow side-by-side
- pair; couple (two humans as a unit)
長沮、桀溺耦而耕，孔子過之，使子路問津焉。
长沮、桀溺耦而耕，孔子过之，使子路问津焉。 - From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Chángjǔ, Jiénì ǒu ér gēng, Kǒngzǐ guò zhī, shǐ Zǐlù wènjīn yān.
- Changju and Jieni were at work in the field as a pair, when Confucius passed by them, and sent Zilu to inquire for the ford from them.
- alternative form of 偶 (ǒu, “match; pair; couple; even; etc.”)
Compounds
References
- “耦”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “耦”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 169.
Japanese
Kanji
耦
(Hyōgai kanji)
- plow side by side
- team of two
Readings
Korean
Hanja
耦 • (u) (hangeul 우, revised u, McCune–Reischauer u, Yale wu)
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