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Translingual
Han character
軀 (Kangxi radical 158, 身+11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹尸口口 (HHSRR), four-corner 21216, composition ⿰身區)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1238, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38137
- Dae Jaweon: page 1712, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3812, character 22
- Unihan data for U+8EC0
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 摳
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*kʰoː, *kʰo
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| 彄
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*kʰoː
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| 剾
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*kʰoː, *qoː
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| 謳
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*qoː
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| 歐
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*qoː, *qoːʔ
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| 區
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*qoː, *kʰo
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| 鷗
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*qoː
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| 甌
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*qoː
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| 漚
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*qoː, *qoːs
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| 瞘
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*qoː
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| 嘔
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*qoː, *qoːʔ
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| 櫙
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*qoː
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| 膒
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*qoː
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| 蓲
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*qoː, *kʰu, *qo, *qos
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| 醧
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*qoː, *qas
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| 鏂
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*qoː
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| 毆
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*qoːʔ
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| 塸
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*qoːʔ
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| 貙
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*kʰl'o
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| 樞
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*kʰjo
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| 驅
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*kʰo, *kʰos
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| 軀
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*kʰo
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| 嶇
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*kʰo
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| 鰸
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*kʰo
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| 敺
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*kʰo
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| 傴
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*qoʔ
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| 嫗
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*qos
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| 饇
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*qos
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰo) : semantic 身 (“body”) + phonetic 區 (OC *qoː, *kʰo)
Etymology 1
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-kəw (“body; chest; thorax; corpse”) (STEDT). Cognate with Tibetan སྐུ (sku, “body”) and Burmese ကိုယ် (kuiy, “body”).
Pronunciation
Note:
- ku1 - vernacular;
- ki1 - literary.
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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軀
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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10607
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Phonetic
component
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區
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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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區
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰo/
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Definitions
軀
- human body
Compounds
Etymology 2
Probably the same as etymology 1 (Hsu, 2019). Lin (2007) considers it to be a contraction of 身軀／身躯 (sin-khu).
Pronunciation
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong)
Definitions
軀
- (Hokkien) body
- (Hokkien) Classifier for sets of clothing.
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
軀
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 躯)
- body
Readings
Definitions
| For pronunciation and definitions of 軀 – see the following entries.
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| (This term, 軀, is the kyūjitai of the above terms.)
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Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 軀 (MC khju). Recorded as Middle Korean 구 (kwu) (Yale: kwu) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource
軀 (eumhun 몸 구 (mom gu))
- Hanja form? of 구 (“body”).
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.
