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Translingual
Han character
逑 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜戈十水 (YIJE), four-corner 33303, composition ⿺辶求)
- collect, unite
- match, pair
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1257, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38878
- Dae Jaweon: page 1743, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3835, character 11
- Unihan data for U+9011
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 救
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*kus
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| 求
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*ɡu
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| 球
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*ɡu
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| 逑
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*ɡu
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| 賕
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*ɡu
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| 蛷
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*ɡu
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| 莍
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*ɡu
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| 殏
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*ɡu
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| 梂
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*ɡu
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| 俅
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*ɡu
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| 脙
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*ɡu, *qʰu
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| 絿
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*ɡu
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| 銶
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*ɡu
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| 毬
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*ɡu
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| 捄
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*ɡu, *ko
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| 觩
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*ɡu
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡu) : semantic 辵 (“to walk”) + phonetic 求 (OC *ɡu).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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逑
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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qiú
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ gjuw ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡ(r)u/
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| English
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come together; mate (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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逑
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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10562
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Phonetic
component
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求
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Rime
group
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幽
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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𧚍
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡu/
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Definitions
逑
- (literary) spouse
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
逑
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- pair
- gather, meet
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
逑 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)
- collect, unite
- match, pair