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Translingual
Han character
呱 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口竹女人 (RHVO), four-corner 62030, composition ⿰口瓜)
- wail, crying of a child
- to swear at
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 182, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3454
- Dae Jaweon: page 401, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 604, character 10
- Unihan data for U+5471
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 瓜
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*kʷraː
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| 坬
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*kʷraːs
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| 窊
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*qʷraː, *qʷraːs
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| 畖
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*qʷraː
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| 搲
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*qʷraːs
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| 攨
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*qʷraːs
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| 孤
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*kʷaː
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| 苽
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*kʷaː
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| 胍
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*kʷaː
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| 泒
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*kʷaː
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| 呱
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*kʷaː
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| 觚
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*kʷaː
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| 柧
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*kʷaː
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| 罛
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*kʷaː
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| 軱
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*kʷaː
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| 菰
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*kʷaː
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| 箛
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*kʷaː
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| 狐
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*ɡʷaː
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| 弧
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*ɡʷlaː
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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呱
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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gū
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ku ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʷˁa/
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| English
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wail
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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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呱
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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4351
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Phonetic
component
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瓜
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Rime
group
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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孤
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʷaː/
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Definitions
呱
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Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
呱
(Hyōgai kanji)
- cry
Readings
Derived terms
Korean
Hanja
呱 • (go) (hangeul 고, revised go, McCune–Reischauer ko)
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Vietnamese
Han character
呱: Hán Nôm readings: oa
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