軀
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See also: 躯
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Translingual
Han character
軀 (Kangxi radical 158, 身+11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹尸口口 (HHSRR), four-corner 21216, composition ⿰身區)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1238, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38137
- Dae Jaweon: page 1712, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3812, character 22
- Unihan data for U+8EC0
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 軀 | |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰo) : semantic 身 (“body”) + phonetic 區 (OC *qoː, *kʰo)
Etymology 1
| trad. | 軀 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 躯 | |
Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-kəw (“body; chest; thorax; corpse”) (STEDT). Cognate with Tibetan སྐུ (sku, “body”) and Burmese ကိုယ် (kuiy, “body”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): keoi1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khi
- Northern Min (KCR): kṳ́
- Eastern Min (BUC): kṳ̆
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1chiu
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cyu
- Wade–Giles: chʻü1
- Yale: chyū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiu
- Palladius: цюй (cjuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: keoi1
- Yale: kēui
- Cantonese Pinyin: koey1
- Guangdong Romanization: kêu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɵy̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khi
- Hakka Romanization System: ki
- Hagfa Pinyim: ki4
- Sinological IPA: /kʰi⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: kṳ́
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰy⁵⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: kṳ̆
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰy⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
Note:
- ku1 - vernacular;
- ki1 - literary.
- Middle Chinese: khju
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*kʰo/
Definitions
軀
Compounds
Etymology 2
| trad. | 軀 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 躯 | |
| alternative forms | 襲／袭 套 須／须 | |
Probably the same as etymology 1 (Hsu, 2019). Lin (2007) considers it to be a contraction of 身軀／身躯 (sin-khu).
Pronunciation
Definitions
軀
Compounds
References
- “Entry #12652”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
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Japanese
| 躯 | |
| 軀 |
Kanji
軀
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 躯)
Readings
Definitions
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| 軀 |
| むくろ Hyōgai |
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Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 軀 (MC khju). Recorded as Middle Korean 구 (kwu) (Yale: kwu) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
