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Translingual
Han character
牸 (Kangxi radical 93, 牛+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹手十弓木 (HQJND), four-corner 23547, composition ⿰牜字)
- the female of certain animals
- to bring forth young of animals
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 700, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20012
- Dae Jaweon: page 1113, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1810, character 1
- Unihan data for U+7278
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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孜
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*ʔslɯ
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仔
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*ʔslɯ, *ʔslɯʔ
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孖
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*ʔslɯ, *zlɯs
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子
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*ʔslɯʔ
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虸
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*ʔslɯʔ
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耔
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*ʔslɯʔ
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秄
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*ʔslɯʔ
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杍
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*ʔslɯʔ
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籽
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*ʔslɯʔ
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字
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*zlɯs
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茡
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*zlɯs
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芓
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*zlɯs
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牸
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*zlɯs
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李
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*rɯʔ
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Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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牸
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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17868
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Phonetic component
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子
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Rime group
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之
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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字
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Old Chinese
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/*zlɯs/
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Definitions
牸
- cow
子欲速富,當畜五牸。 [MSC, trad.]
子欲速富,当畜五牸。 [MSC, simp.]- From: c. 3rd century BCE 孔鮒 Kong Fu , 《孔叢子》Kongcongzi The Many Masters Kong
- Zǐ yù sù fù, dāng xù wǔ zì.
- If you want to be rich quickly, you should raise five cows!
- female of certain animals
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
牸
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
牸 • (ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune–Reischauer cha, Yale ca)
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