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U+6C42, 求
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C42

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Stroke order
7 strokes

Han character

(Kangxi radical 85, +2, 7 strokes, cangjie input 戈十水 (IJE), four-corner 43132, composition ⿺⿻)

Descendants

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 604, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17105
  • Dae Jaweon: page 998, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1547, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+6C42

Chinese

simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) of a centipede. Original form of (OC *ɡu).

Etymology

Likely cognate with (OC *kus, “to save, help”), Burmese ကူ (ku, to help) (STEDT).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (30)
Final () (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter gjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡiu/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/guw/
Li
Rong
/ɡiu/
Wang
Li
/ɡĭəu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/gi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qiú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
kau4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
qiú
Middle
Chinese
‹ gjuw ›
Old
Chinese
/*(r)u/
English seek

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 # 1/1
No. 10560
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
𧚍
Old
Chinese
/*ɡu/
Notes

Definitions

  1. to seek; to look for
    月亮代表歌詞 [MSC, trad.]
    月亮代表歌词 [MSC, simp.]
    qiú “Yuèliàng Dàibiǎo Wǒ de Xīn” de gēcí
    looking for the lyrics to "The Moon Represents My Heart"
  2. to beg; to request; to implore
      ―  qiú tā bié zǒu  ―  begged for him to not leave
  3. to request; to ask for
  4. to require; to demand
  5. to covet; to seek (fame, riches)
  6. to attract
  7. a surname

Synonyms

  • (to seek):
  • (to beg):

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. request, wish

Readings

Compounds

Proper noun

(もとむ) (Motomu

  1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 구할 (guhal gu))

  1. hanja form? of (request, wish)

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: cầu

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