釦

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See also: 扣
釦 U+91E6, 釦
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-91E6
← 釥
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 釧 →

Translingual

Han character

釦 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+3, 11 strokes, cangjie input 金口 (CR), four-corner 86100, composition ⿰釒口)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1296, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40175
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1800, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4171, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+91E6

Chinese

trad. 釦/扣
simp. 扣
nonstandard simp. 𬬪

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 釦
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (口) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
口 *kʰoːʔ
叩 *kʰoːʔ
扣 *kʰoːʔ, *kʰoːs
釦 *kʰoːʔ
筘 *kʰoːs

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Rime
Character 釦
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 侯 (137)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 苦后切
Baxter khuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kʰəuX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʰəuX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kʰəuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kʰəwX/
Li
Rong 		/kʰuX/
Wang
Li 		/kʰəuX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kʰə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		kǒu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hau2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 釦
Reading # 1/1
No. 7493
Phonetic
component 		口
Rime
group 		侯
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		口
Old
Chinese 		/*kʰoːʔ/

Definitions

釦

  1. button (knob or small disc serving as a fastener)
  2. (archery) metal loop at the nock point of a bow string
  3. to engrave; to decorate

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

釦

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. button

Readings

  • Go-on: く (ku)
  • Kan-on: こう (kō)
  • Kun: ボタン (botan, 釦)

Definitions

Kanji in this term
釦
ぼたん
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 釦 – see the following entry.
【ボタン】
a button (clothing)
a button (mechanical device)
Alternative spelling
鈕
(This term, 釦, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

釦 • (gu) (hangeul 구)

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Vietnamese

Han character

釦: Hán Nôm readings: khấu, khẩu

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