躬

Translingual

Han character

躬 (Kangxi radical 158, 身+3, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹弓 (HHN), four-corner 2722₇, composition ⿰身弓)

Derived characters

• 𡺺, 窮, 匑

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1237, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38038
• Dae Jaweon: page 1710, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3808, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8EAC

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kuŋ) : semantic 身 (“body”) + phonetic 弓 (OC *kʷɯŋ).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *guŋ (“body, back”). Compare Burmese အကောင် (a.kaung, “body”).

Pronunciation

Definitions

躬

1. body

   鞠躬  ―  jūgōng  ―  to bow (literally, “to bend one’s body”)

2. oneself
3. in person; personally

   • 臣本布衣，躬耕於南陽。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     臣本布衣，躬耕于南阳。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 227, 諸葛亮 (Zhūgě Liàng) (Zhuge Liang), 前出師表 (Former Chu Shi Biao)

     Chén běn bùyī, gōng gēng yú Nányáng.

     I was originally a commoner. I personally farmed in Nanyang.

   • 童子何知？躬逢勝餞。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     童子何知？躬逢胜饯。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: late 7th century CE, 王勃 (Wang Bo), 滕王閣序 (Preface to the Prince Teng Pavilion)

     Tóngzǐ hé zhī? Gōng féng shèng jiàn.

     As a child, what do I know? Yet I was able to personally attend this magnificent feast.

4. to stoop

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. body
2. self

Readings

• Go-on: く (ku); くう (kū)
• Kan-on: きゅう (kyū)^{←きゆう (kyuu, historical)}
• Kun: み (mi, 躬); みずから (mizukara, 躬)^{←みづから (midukara, 躬, historical)}; みずからする (mizukarasuru, 躬する)^{←みづからする (midukarasuru, 躬する, historical)}

Korean

Hanja

躬 • (gung) (hangeul 궁, revised gung, McCune–Reischauer kung, Yale kwung)

1. body
2. personally, in person

Vietnamese

Han character

躬: Hán Nôm readings: cung, còng

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