衢

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衢 U+8862, 衢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8862
← 衡
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 衣 →

Translingual

Han character

衢 (Kangxi radical 144, 行+18, 24 strokes, cangjie input 竹人月土弓 (HOBGN), four-corner 21221, composition ⿴行瞿 or ⿲彳瞿亍)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1110, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34090
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1575, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 852, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8862

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 衢

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (瞿) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
瞿 *kʷas, *ɡʷa
衢 *ɡʷa
氍 *ɡʷa
癯 *ɡʷa
蠷 *ɡʷa
臞 *ɡʷa, *ɡʷas
欋 *ɡʷa
鸜 *ɡʷa
灈 *ɡʷa
躣 *ɡʷa
忂 *ɡʷa
戵 *ɡʷa
鑺 *ɡʷa
懼 *ɡʷas

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷa) : semantic 行 + phonetic 瞿 (OC *kʷas, *ɡʷa).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 衢
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 虞 (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 其俱切
Baxter gju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɡɨo/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɡio/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɡio/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/guə̆/
Li
Rong 		/ɡio/
Wang
Li 		/ɡĭu/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/gi̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		keoi4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 衢
Reading # 1/1
No. 7139
Phonetic
component 		瞿
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		衢
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡʷa/

Definitions

衢

  1. highway
  2. thoroughfare
  3. intersection

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

衢

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. crossroads

Readings

  • On (unclassified): く (ku)
  • Kun: みち (michi)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
衢
ちまた
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 衢 – see the following entry.
【ちまた】
fork in the road
alley
(figuratively) the "town" (in metaphors for popularity, as in English talk of the town and Chinese 街談巷議／街谈巷议)
Alternative spellings
巷, 岐
(This term, 衢, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

衢 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

  1. highway
  2. thoroughfare, intersection

Vietnamese

Han character

衢: Hán Nôm readings: cù

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