冓

See also: 黃, 黄, 再, and 爯

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Translingual

Han character

冓 (Kangxi radical 13, 冂+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿廿土月 (TTGB), four-corner 5555₇, composition ⿱井再 or ⿱𠀎冉)

Derived characters

傋, 媾, 搆, 溝 (沟), 㗕, 㡚, 𤠰, 構 (构), 煹, 䐟, 𢲱, 䃓, 褠, 耩, 講 (讲), 購 (购), 鞲, 韝, 遘, 斠, 覯, 顜, 㝤, 篝

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 129, character 25
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1540
Dae Jaweon: page 291, character 16
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 100, character 17
Unihan data for U+5193

Chinese

simp. and trad.		冓

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 冓
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (冓) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
溝	*koː
篝	*koː
鞲	*koː
韝	koː, kʰoː
褠	*koː
冓	koː, koːs
構	*koːs
購	*koːs
媾	*koːs
覯	*koːs
遘	koːs, koːs
煹	*koːs
搆	*koːs
講	*kroːŋʔ
耩	*kroːŋʔ
傋	kroːŋʔ, qʰroːŋʔ
斠	*kroːɡ

Pictogram (象形) – blocks of wood.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gòu (gou⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gau³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gòu
  - Wade–Giles: kou⁴
  - Yale: gòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gow
  - Palladius: гоу (gou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gau³
  - Yale: gau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: geo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³³/

Middle Chinese: kuwH

Rime
Character	冓
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古候切
Baxter	kuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kəu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kəu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kəu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəw^H/
Li Rong	/ku^H/
Wang Li	/kəu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kə̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gau³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤ(r)o-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*koːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	冓
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gòu
Middle Chinese	‹ kuw^H ›
Old Chinese	/*kˁ(r)o-s/
English	中冓 inner chamber
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] 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	冓
Reading #	2/2
No.	4196
Phonetic component	冓
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	遘
Old Chinese	/*koːs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 冓

crossly accumulated woods

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōu (gou¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄡ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gou
  - Wade–Giles: kou¹
  - Yale: gōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gou
  - Palladius: гоу (gou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: kuw

Rime
Character	冓
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古侯切
Baxter	kuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kəu/
Pan Wuyun	/kəu/
Shao Rongfen	/kəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəw/
Li Rong	/ku/
Wang Li	/kəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gau¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*koː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	冓
Reading #	1/2
No.	4190
Phonetic component	冓
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	鉤
Old Chinese	/*koː/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 冓

(deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 溝／沟 (“a numeral that refers to 10³² or others”).

Japanese

Kanji

冓

(Hyōgai kanji)

To combine, to join up, to join together, to dovetail together.

Readings

On (unclassified): こう (kō)
Kun: くむ (kumu)、くみあわす (kumiawasu)、かまえる (kamaeru)

Korean

Hanja

冓 (eum 구 (gu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

冓: Hán Nôm readings: cấu

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