篌

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篌 U+7BCC, 篌
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7BCC
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Translingual

Han character

篌 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹人弓大 (HONK), four-corner 88234, composition ⿱𥫗侯)

  1. ancient musical instrument
  2. harp

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 893, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26272
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1320, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2993, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+7BCC

Chinese

trad. 篌
simp. # 篌

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (侯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
緱 *koː, *koː
侯 *ɡoː
喉 *ɡoː
猴 *ɡoː
瘊 *ɡoː
篌 *ɡoː
糇 *ɡoː
帿 *ɡoː
睺 *ɡoː, *ɡoːs
矦 *ɡoː
餱 *ɡoː
翭 *ɡoː
葔 *ɡoː
鄇 *ɡoː, *ɡoːs
鍭 *ɡoː, *ɡoːs
鯸 *ɡoː
候 *ɡoːs
堠 *ɡoːs

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 篌
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 侯 (137)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 戸鉤切
Baxter huw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦəu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦəu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦəw/
Li
Rong 		/ɣu/
Wang
Li 		/ɣəu/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ɣə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		hóu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hau4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 篌
Reading # 1/1
No. 5143
Phonetic
component 		侯
Rime
group 		侯
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡoː/
Notes 見史記

Definitions

篌

  1. a kind of bamboo
  2. used in 箜篌 (kōnghóu)

Japanese

Kanji

篌

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: ぐ (gu)
  • Kan-on: こう (kō)
  • Kan’yō-on: ご (go)

Korean

Hanja

篌 • (hu) (hangeul 후, revised hu, McCune–Reischauer hu, Yale hwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

篌: Hán Nôm readings: hầu

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