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See also: 𫘽
U+9B20, 鬠
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B20

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 190, +13, 23 strokes, cangjie input 尸竹人一日 (SHOMA), four-corner 72606, composition )

Related characters

Further reading

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1456, character 55
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45597
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1988, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4536, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+9B20

Chinese

trad.
simp. 𫘽

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *koːbs, *ɡoːd) : semantic (appearance of long hair) + phonetic (OC *koːbs, *ɡoːbs)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (33)
Final () (64)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter hwat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦuɑt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷɑt̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣuɑt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwat̚/
Li
Rong
/ɣuɑt̚/
Wang
Li
/ɣuɑt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣuɑt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
huó
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wut6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
kuài
Middle
Chinese
‹ kwajH ›
Old
Chinese
/*ˁop-s/
English bind the hair in a knot

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2
No. 5504
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*koːbs/

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of (to bind one's hair)
    Synonym: 束髮束发 (shùfà)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (28)
Final () (26)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter kwajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kuɑiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʷɑiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuɑiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kwajH/
Li
Rong
/kuɑiH/
Wang
Li
/kuɑiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kuɑiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gui3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/2
No. 5521
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡoːd/

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of 𩩈 (kuài, to tie one's hair in bright colors)

References

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. to make a topknot
  2. type of ornamental hairpin

Readings

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese (MC hwat).

Hanja

(eumhun 결발할 (gyeolbalhal gwal))

  1. (literary) Hanja form? of (to bind one's hair).

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Việt readings: xoáy
: Nôm readings: xoáy

  1. chữ Hán form of xoáy (to make a topknot).
  2. Nôm form of xoáy (to swirl; to whirl).

Compounds

References