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Translingual
Han character
逅 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹一口 (YHMR), four-corner 32306, composition ⿺辶后)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1256, character 29
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38848
- Dae Jaweon: page 1741, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3830, character 1
- Unihan data for U+9005
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 垢
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*koːʔ
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| 詬
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*koːʔ, *kʰoːs, *qʰoːs
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| 茩
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*koːʔ
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| 姤
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*koːs
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| 銗
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*ɡoː
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| 骺
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*ɡoː
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| 后
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*ɡoːʔ, *ɡoːs
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| 垕
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*ɡoːʔ
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| 郈
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*ɡoːʔ
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| 逅
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*ɡoːs
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| 鲘
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| 缿
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*ɡoːs, *ɡroːŋʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡoːs) : semantic 辵 + phonetic 后 (OC *ɡoːʔ, *ɡoːs).
Etymology
Cognate with 遘 (OC *koːs, *koːs, “to meet”)，覯 (OC *koːs, “to come across”).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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逅
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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hòu
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ huwH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁro-s/
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| English
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邂逅 xièhòu carefree (Odes 94.1– 2, 118.2)
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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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逅
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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5171
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Phonetic
component
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后
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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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𠋫
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡoːs/
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Definitions
逅
- Only used in 邂逅 (xièhòu).
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
逅
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
逅 • (hu) (hangeul 후, revised hu, McCune–Reischauer hu, Yale hwu)
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