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Translingual
Han character
顧 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁 +12, 21 strokes, cangjie input 竹土一月金 (HGMBC ) or 戈土一月金 (IGMBC ), four-corner 31286 , composition ⿰雇 頁 )
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 1409 , character 38
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43689
Dae Jaweon: page 1928, character 5
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4392, character 11
Unihan data for U+9867
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
妒
*tqaːs
雇
*kʷaːs, *ɡʷaːʔ
顧
*kʷaːs
戽
*qʰʷaːʔ, *qʰʷaːs, *ɡʷaːʔ
戶
*ɡʷaːʔ
扈
*ɡʷaːʔ
帍
*ɡʷaːʔ
昈
*ɡʷaːʔ
滬
*ɡʷaːʔ
簄
*ɡʷaːʔ
齭
*skʰraʔ, *sqʰraʔ
所
*sqʰraʔ
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *kʷaːs ) : phonetic 雇 ( OC *kʷaːs, *ɡʷaːʔ) + semantic 頁 .
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
顧
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
gù
Middle Chinese
‹ kuH ›
Old Chinese
/*ʷˁaʔ-s/ (~ *ʷˁaʔ)
English
look around
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
顧
Reading #
1/1
No.
5293
Phonetic component
戸
Rime group
魚
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
顧
Old Chinese
/*kʷaːs/
Definitions
顧
to turn around and look ; to look back
to look at
環顧 / 环顾 ― huángù ― to look around
to visit ; to call on
to patronize
顧 客/ 顾 客 ― gù kè ― customer
光顧 / 光顾 ― guānggù ― to patronize
to take into consideration ; to consider
他 總是 不 顧 別人 的 感受 。 [MSC , trad. ] 他 总是 不 顾 别人 的 感受 。 [MSC , simp. ] Tā zǒngshì bù gù biérén de gǎnshòu. He doesn't always consider others' feelings.
to look after ; to take care of; to attend to
to treasure ; to care for
奮不顧 身 / 奋不顾 身 ― fènbùgù shēn ― to dash ahead without regard to one's personal safety
( literary ) but
( literary ) on the contrary ; instead
a surname
顧 炎 武 / 顾 炎 武 ― Gù Yánwǔ ― Gu Yanwu (Chinese scholar-official during the latter part of the Ming dynasty into the early part of the Qing )
Compounds
Japanese
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Shinjitai
顧
Kyūjitai [ 1]
顧󠄁 顧 +󠄁
? (Adobe-Japan1 )
顧󠄃 顧 +󠄃
? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji
顧
(Jōyō kanji )
look back, turn back, turn around
remember , review , examine
Readings
Etymology
The form 一( いっ ) 顧( こ ) ( ikko , “ look back (once); reconsider ” ) is attested from the 11th century.
Pronunciation
Counter
顧( こ ) or 顧( コ ) • (-ko )
looks back, double-takes ( often as 一( いっ ) 顧( こ ) ( ikko ) )
( figurative , chiefly in the negative ) care , concern ; amount one cares
それに一( いっ ) 顧( こ ) もしない! Sore ni ikko mo shinai! I don't care a bit about that!
References
Korean
Hanja
顧 (eumhun 돌아볼 고 ( dorabol go ) )
hanja form? of 고 ( “ look back , look after ” )
hanja form? of 고 ( “ reflect on ” )
Vietnamese
Han character
顧 : Hán Nôm readings: cố , quáy
trying