估

估

估 U+4F30, 估 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F30 ← 伯 [U+4F2F] CJK Unified Ideographs 伱 → [U+4F31]

Translingual

Han character

估 (radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人十口 (OJR), four-corner 2426₀, composition ⿰亻古)

References

• KangXi: page 96, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 467
• Dae Jaweon: page 205, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 129, character 15
• Unihan data for U+4F30

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		估

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (古) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
箇	*kaːls
個	*kaːls
居	*kɯ, *kas
橭	*kaː, *kʰaː
嫴	*kaː
姑	*kaː
辜	*kaː
酤	*kaː, *kaːs, *ɡaːʔ
蛄	*kaː
鴣	*kaː
沽	*kaː, *kaːʔ, *kaːs
盬	*kaː, *kaːʔ
古	*kaːʔ
罟	*kaːʔ
估	*kaːʔ
鈷	*kaːʔ
詁	*kaːʔ
牯	*kaːʔ
故	*kaːs
固	*kaːs
稒	*kaːɡs
痼	*kaːɡs
錮	*kaːɡs
鯝	*kaːɡs
棝	*kaːɡs
凅	*kaːɡs
枯	*kʰaː
軲	*kʰaː
跍	*kʰaː
骷	*kʰaː
苦	*kʰaːʔ, *kʰaːs
葫	*qʰaː, *ɡaː
餬	*ɡaː
瑚	*ɡaː
湖	*ɡaː
鶘	*ɡaː
猢	*ɡaː
醐	*ɡaː
糊	*ɡaː
箶	*ɡaː
蝴	*ɡaː
胡	*ɡaː
瓳	*ɡaː
怙	*ɡaːʔ
祜	*ɡaːʔ
岵	*ɡaːʔ
婟	*ɡaːʔ, *ɡaːɡs
楛	*ɡaːʔ
据	*ka
裾	*ka
琚	*ka
椐	*ka, *kas, *kʰa
鶋	*ka
蜛	*ka
崌	*ka
涺	*ka
腒	*ka, *ɡa
鋸	*kas
倨	*kas
踞	*kas
涸	*ɡaːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kaːʔ) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 古 (OC *kaːʔ).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): gū, gǔ (gu¹, gu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨ, ㄍㄨˇ

  (Chengdu, SP): gu³

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): gu²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gu²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kû
• Min Dong (BUC): gū
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): kó͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gou² / gou¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): ku (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gū
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ
    • Wade–Giles: ku¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gu
    • IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: gǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ
    • Wade–Giles: ku³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu
    • IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: gu³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gu
    • IPA ^(key): /ku⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu²
    • Yale: gú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu²
    • IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gu²
    • IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kû
    • Hakka Romanization System: gu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gu¹
    • IPA: /ku²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gū
    • IPA ^(key): /ku³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘
    • Tâi-lô: kóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gou² / gou¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kóu / kou
    • IPA ^(key): /kou⁵²/, /kou³³/

Note: gou1 - alternative reading.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: ku (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /kv̩ʷ³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /kuo^X/▼

Rime
Character	估
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	公戸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuoX/
Pan Wuyun	/kuoX/
Shao Rongfen	/koX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɔX/
Li Rong	/koX/
Wang Li	/kuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuoX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gǔ

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*kaːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	估
Reading #	1/1
No.	4221
Phonetic component	古
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	古
Old Chinese	/*kaːʔ/

Definitions

估

1. to guess; to estimate

See also

• 猜 (cāi)

Compounds

Derived terms from 估

估中 估倒 估倧 估價／估价 (gūjià) 估價單／估价单 估價行／估价行 估喝 估單／估单 估堆兒／估堆儿 估客 估摸 (gūmo)

估測／估测 估稅／估税 估算 (gūsuàn) 估著眼 估計／估计 (gūjì) 估量 (gūliáng) 低估 (dīgū) 公估局 勘估 彈斤估兩／弹斤估两 彈觔估兩／弹觔估两

抄估 掂斤估兩／掂斤估两 推估 略估 評估／评估 (pínggū) 論斤估兩／论斤估两 資產重估／资产重估 難以估計／难以估计 預估／预估 (yùgū) 高估 (gāogū)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gù (gu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gù
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ
    • Wade–Giles: ku⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guh
    • IPA ^(key): /ku⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu³
    • Yale: gu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu³
    • IPA ^(key): /kuː³³/

Definitions

估

1. Only used in 估衣 (gùyi, “secondhand clothes for sale”).

Compounds

Derived terms from 估

估衣 (gùyi)

估衣鋪／估衣铺

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Japanese

Kanji

估

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: こ (ko)
• Kun: あきなう (akinau, 估う); あたい (atai, 估い)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

估 (cô, cố)

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References

• Nom Foundation