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Translingual
Han character
窟 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 十金尸山山 (JCSUU), four-corner 30272, composition ⿱穴屈)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 866, character 33
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25552
- Dae Jaweon: page 1294, character 32
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2734, character 14
- Unihan data for U+7A9F
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 聉
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*r̥ʰuːlʔ, *ŋrɯd, *ʔr'uːd, *ŋruːd
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| 贅
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*kljods
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| 祟
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*sqʰluds
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| 出
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*kʰljuds, *kʰljud
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| 茁
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*ʔl'ɯd, *skruːd, *skrod, *skrud
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| 欪
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*qʰlɯd, *l̥ʰud
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| 貀
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*ŋr'uːd
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| 袦
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*ŋr'oːd
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| 咄
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*ʔl'oːd, *ʔl'uːd
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| 柮
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*sɡloːd, *ʔl'uːd
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| 拙
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*kljod
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| 炪
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*kljod, *l̥ʰud
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| 掘
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*ɡlod, *ɡlud
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| 鈯
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*l'uːd
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| 啒
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*kluːd, *qʰluːd
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| 淈
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*kluːd, *ɡluːd
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| 窟
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*kʰluːd
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| 泏
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*kʰluːd, *ʔl'ud
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| 堀
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*kʰluːd, *ɡlud
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| 胐
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*kʰluːd
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| 窋
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*ʔl'ud
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| 絀
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*ʔl'ud
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| 黜
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*l̥ʰud
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| 屈
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*klud, *kʰlud
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| 趉
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*klud
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| 鶌
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*klud
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| 詘
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*kʰlud
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| 倔
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*ɡlud
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| 崛
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*ɡlud, *ŋɡlud
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰluːd) : semantic 穴 (“hole; cave”) + phonetic 屈 (OC *klud, *kʰlud).
Etymology
Pronunciation
Note:
- Meixian:
- kiud5 - literary;
- fud5 - vernacular.
Note:
- kug4 - literary;
- kuh4/uh4 - vernacular.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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窟
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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kū
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ khwot ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁut/
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| English
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cave, hole
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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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窟
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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1565
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Phonetic
component
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出
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Rime
group
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物
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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窟
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰluːd/
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Definitions
窟
- cave; hole; cavity
- 石窟 ― shíkū ― rock cave
- 狡兔三窟 ― jiǎotùsānkū ― a crafty person has more than one hideout (literally, “a crafty rabbit has three burrows”)
- den; lair; a place where a certain kind of people or things gather
- 魔窟 ― mókū ― place occupied by sinister forces
- 貧民窟／贫民窟 ― pínmínkū ― slum
- (Hokkien) depression; dip; hollow
- (Hokkien) Classifier for holes, cavities, or hollows.
- (obsolete) house made of earth
Synonyms
- (depression): 凹陷 (āoxiàn)
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
窟
(Jōyō kanji)
- hole, cave
Readings
Definitions
| For pronunciation and definitions of 窟 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 窟, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 窟 (MC khwot).
| Historical Readings
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| Dongguk Jeongun Reading
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| Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 |
코ᇙ〮 (Yale: khwólq)
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| Middle Korean
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| Text |
Eumhun
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| Gloss (hun) |
Reading
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| Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 |
구무 (Yale: kwùmwù) |
굴〮 (Yale: kwúl)
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Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
- Phonetic hangul:
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Hanja
Wikisource
窟 (eumhun 굴 굴 (gul gul))
- hanja form? of 굴 (“cave; hole”)
Compounds
- See the hangul entry at 굴 (gul) for compounds of 窟.
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
窟: Hán Nôm readings: quật
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