幗

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See also: 帼
幗 U+5E57, 幗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E57
← 幖
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 幘 →

Translingual

Han character

幗 (Kangxi radical 50, 巾+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中月田戈一 (LBWIM), four-corner 46200, composition ⿰巾國)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 336, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9057
  • Dae Jaweon: page 643, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 752, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5E57

Chinese

trad. 幗
simp. 帼

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (或) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
幗 *kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ
慖 *kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ
簂 *kʷɯːɡs
蔮 *kʷɯːɡs
國 *kʷɯːɡ
或 *ɡʷɯːɡ
惑 *ɡʷɯːɡ
蜮 *ɡʷɯːɡ, *ɢʷrɯɡ
閾 *qʰʷrɯɡ
緎 *qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ
淢 *qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ
域 *ɢʷrɯɡ
罭 *ɢʷrɯɡ
棫 *ɡʷrɯɡ
琙 *ɡʷrɯɡ
魊 *ɡʷrɯɡ
馘 *kʷrɯːɡ
聝 *kʷrɯːɡ
膕 *kʷrɯːɡ
摑 *kʷrɯːɡ
漍 *kʷrɯːɡ
嘓 *kʷrɯːɡ
蟈 *kʷrɯːɡ
掝 *qʰʷrɯːɡ
彧 *qʷrɯɡ
稶 *qʷɯɡ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 幗 幗
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 灰 (42) 麥 (120)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) I II
Fanqie 古對切 古獲切
Baxter kwojH kweak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kuʌiH/ /kˠwɛk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kuoiH/ /kʷᵚæk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kuɒiH/ /kuɐk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kwəjH/ /kwəɨjk̚/
Li
Rong 		/kuᴀiH/ /kuɛk̚/
Wang
Li 		/kuɒiH/ /kwæk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kuɑ̆iH/ /kwæk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		guì guo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gui3 gwak1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 幗 幗
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 5543 5564
Phonetic
component 		或 或
Rime
group 		代 職
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		憒 蟈
Old
Chinese 		/*kʷɯːɡs/ /*kʷrɯːɡ/

Definitions

幗

  1. (historical) women's headgear; women's hair ornament
    巾幗／巾帼  ―  jīnguó  ―  woman

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended)

帼

Kyūjitai

幗

Kanji

幗

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 帼)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): かく (kaku)
  • Kun: かみかざり (kamikazari, 幗り)、ちきりこうぶり (chikirikōburi)

Vietnamese

Han character

幗: Hán Nôm readings: quắc, vức

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References

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