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U+88FE, 裾
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-88FE

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 145, +8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 中尸十口 (LSJR), four-corner 37264, composition )

  1. lapel, border of garment
  2. hem, hemline
  3. skirt

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1119, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34382
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1586, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3100, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+88FE

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ka) : semantic (clothes) + phonetic (OC *kɯ, *kas).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter kjo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɨʌ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kiɔ/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiɔ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɨə̆/
Li
Rong
/kiɔ/
Wang
Li
/kĭo/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ki̯wo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
geoi1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 4266
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ka/

Definitions

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Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. bottom hem
  2. the edge or end of something

Readings

  • Go-on: (ko)
  • Kan-on: きょ (kyo)
  • Kun: すそ (suso, , Jōyō)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
すそ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
すそ
the bottom edge of a piece of clothing
more specifically, the hem of a piece of clothing
(historical) an additional piece of fabric added along the bottom edge of formal robes
foothill, the edge of a mountain
the downstream area of a river
the bottom edge or end of something, such as one's hair or a bounded region on a go board
the lower legs and feet of a person's body
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
きょ
Grade: S
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese (MC kjo).

Pronunciation

Noun

(きょ) (kyo

  1. (historical) in the formal wear of court nobles, the end portion of an obi sash that is pulled through the knot and left hanging in back

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

(geo) (hangeul , revised geo, McCune–Reischauer kŏ, Yale ke)

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