靠

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靠 U+9760, 靠
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9760
← 靟
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 靡 →

Translingual

Stroke order
15 strokes

Han character

靠 (Kangxi radical 175, 非+7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹土口中卜 (HGRLY), four-corner 24111, composition ⿱告非)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1382, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42604
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1896, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4087, character 17
  • Unihan data for U+9760

Chinese

trad. 靠
simp. # 靠
2nd round simp. 俈

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (告) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
造 *skʰuːɡs, *sɡuːʔ
慥 *skʰuːɡs
艁 *skʰuːɡs, *sɡuːʔ
糙 *skʰuːɡs
告 *kuːɡs, *kuːɡ
誥 *kuːɡs
郜 *kuːɡs, *kuːɡ
祰 *kʰuːʔ, *kuːɡ
靠 *kʰuːɡs
浩 *ɡuːʔ, *kuːb
晧 *ɡuːʔ
皓 *ɡuːʔ
窖 *kruːɡs
簉 *skʰruɡs
梏 *kruːɡ, *kuːɡ
硞 *kʰruːɡ, *kʰuːɡ
牿 *kuːɡ
鵠 *kuːɡ, *ɡuːɡ
酷 *kʰuːɡ
焅 *kʰuːɡ
嚳 *kʰuːɡ
頶 *ɡuːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰuːɡs) : phonetic 告 (OC *kuːɡs, *kuːɡ) + semantic 非.

Etymology

Compare perhaps Burmese ခု (hku., “to prop up, be filling”).[1]

Pronunciation

Note: khòa - 沙可 is used in the Mainland.
Note: gou6 - vernacular (俗).
Rime
Character 靠
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 苦到切
Baxter khawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kʰɑuH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʰɑuH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kʰɑuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kʰawH/
Li
Rong 		/kʰɑuH/
Wang
Li 		/kʰɑuH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kʰɑuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		kào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hou3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 靠
Reading # 1/1
No. 3809
Phonetic
component 		告
Rime
group 		奧
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		𩝝
Old
Chinese 		/*kʰuːɡs/

Definitions

靠

  1. to lean on; to recline
  2. to depend on; to rely on
  3. to trust; to have confidence in
  4. to come near to; to approach
  5. to keep to (a certain side)
  6. (euphemistic) Alternative form of 肏 (“to fuck”); frick
  7. (Northern Wu) approximately

Compounds

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-U Finals (9. a Prop; to Prop up)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 31

Japanese

Kanji

靠

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): こう (kō)
  • Kun: たがう (tagau, 靠う)、よる (yoru, 靠る)

Korean

Hanja

靠 • (go) (hangeul 고, revised go, McCune–Reischauer ko, Yale ko)

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Vietnamese

Han character

靠: Hán Nôm readings: kháo, khéo

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