估

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估 U+4F30, 估
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F30
← 伯
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 伱 →

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

估 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人十口 (OJR), four-corner 24260, composition ⿰亻古)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 96, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 467
  • Dae Jaweon: page 205, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 129, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+4F30

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 估

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (古) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
箇 *kaːls
個 *kaːls
居 *kɯ, *kas
橭 *kaː, *kʰaː
嫴 *kaː
姑 *kaː
辜 *kaː
酤 *kaː, *kaːs, *ɡaːʔ
蛄 *kaː
鴣 *kaː
沽 *kaː, *kaːʔ, *kaːs
盬 *kaː, *kaːʔ
古 *kaːʔ
罟 *kaːʔ
估 *kaːʔ
鈷 *kaːʔ
詁 *kaːʔ
牯 *kaːʔ
故 *kaːs
固 *kaːs
稒 *kaːɡs
痼 *kaːɡs
錮 *kaːɡs
鯝 *kaːɡs
棝 *kaːɡs
凅 *kaːɡs
枯 *kʰaː
軲 *kʰaː
跍 *kʰaː
骷 *kʰaː
苦 *kʰaːʔ, *kʰaːs
葫 *qʰaː, *ɡaː
餬 *ɡaː
瑚 *ɡaː
湖 *ɡaː
鶘 *ɡaː
猢 *ɡaː
醐 *ɡaː
糊 *ɡaː
箶 *ɡaː
蝴 *ɡaː
胡 *ɡaː
瓳 *ɡaː
怙 *ɡaːʔ
祜 *ɡaːʔ
岵 *ɡaːʔ
婟 *ɡaːʔ, *ɡaːɡs
楛 *ɡaːʔ
据 *ka
裾 *ka
琚 *ka
椐 *ka, *kas, *kʰa
鶋 *ka
蜛 *ka
崌 *ka
涺 *ka
腒 *ka, *ɡa
鋸 *kas
倨 *kas
踞 *kas
涸 *ɡaːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kaːʔ): semantic 亻 + phonetic 古 (OC *kaːʔ).

Pronunciation 1

Note: gou1 - alternative reading.
Rime
Character 估
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 公戸切
Baxter kuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kuoX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kuoX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/koX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kɔX/
Li
Rong 		/koX/
Wang
Li 		/kuX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kuoX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		gǔ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gu2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 估
Reading # 1/1
No. 4221
Phonetic
component 		古
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		古
Old
Chinese 		/*kaːʔ/

Definitions

估

  1. to estimate (an amount, value, etc.)
    高估  ―  gāogū  ―  overestimate
  2. (Cantonese) to guess
    估都估到㗎啦！
    gu2 dou1 gu2 dou3-2 gaa3 laa1!
    Any fool could have guessed correctly!
  3. (literary) price
  4. (literary) merchant; businessperson
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 猜 (“to guess”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 猜, 猜測, 猜想
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 猜
Taiwan 猜
Malaysia 猜
Singapore 猜
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 猜
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 猜, 揣
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 猜, 諳
Wuhan 猜
Guilin 猜
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 猜
Hefei 猜
Cantonese Guangzhou 估, 猜
Hong Kong 估
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 估
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 估
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 估
Taishan 估
Yangjiang 猜, 批
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 估
Singapore (Guangfu) 估
Gan Nanchang 猜
Hakka Meixian 揣, 猜, 估
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 揣
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 揣
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 揣
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 揣
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 揣
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 臆
Hong Kong 估
Jin Taiyuan 猜
Northern Min Jian'ou 估
Eastern Min Fuzhou 準, 猜
Southern Min Xiamen 臆, 猜
Quanzhou 臆
Jinjiang 臆
Shishi 臆
Zhangzhou 臆, 猜
Pinghe 臆
Zhao'an 臆
Taipei 猜, 臆
New Taipei (Sanxia) 臆
Kaohsiung 臆
Yilan 猜, 臆
Changhua (Lukang) 猜, 臆
Taichung 臆
Taichung (Wuqi) 臆
Tainan 臆
Taitung 臆
Hsinchu 臆
Kinmen 臆
Penghu (Magong) 臆
Penang (Hokkien) 猜, 阿甲
Singapore (Hokkien) 臆, 猜
Manila (Hokkien) 臆
Chaozhou 臆, 猜
Shantou 臆, 猜
Singapore (Teochew) 猜
Haikou 猜
Singapore (Hainanese) 猜
Wu Suzhou 猜
Wenzhou 猜
Xiang Changsha 估, 猜
Shuangfeng 估

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

估

  1. only used in 估衣 (gùyi, “secondhand clothes for sale”)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

估

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. price, business, selling

Readings

  • Go-on: く (ku)
  • Kan-on: こ (ko)
  • Kun: あきなう (akinau, 估う)、あたい (atai, 估い)

Korean

Hanja

估 (eum 고 (go))

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Vietnamese

Han character

估: Hán Nôm readings: cô, cố

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References

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