俅

俅	U+4FC5, 俅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FC5

← 俄
[U+4FC4]

CJK Unified Ideographs

俆 →
[U+4FC6]

Translingual

Han character

俅 (radical 9, 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人戈十水 (OIJE), four-corner 2323₂, composition ⿰亻求)

References

KangXi: page 104, character 9

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 668

Dae Jaweon: page 220, character 8

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 156, character 17

Unihan data for U+4FC5

Chinese

simp. and trad.		俅

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 俅

**Small seal script**
s05665

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (求) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
救	*kus
求	*ɡu
球	*ɡu
逑	*ɡu
賕	*ɡu
蛷	*ɡu
莍	*ɡu
殏	*ɡu
梂	*ɡu
俅	*ɡu
脙	ɡu, qʰu
絿	*ɡu
銶	*ɡu
毬	*ɡu
捄	ɡu, ko
觩	*ɡu

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiú (qiu²)
(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - Wade–Giles: ch'iu²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyou
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cióu
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰjoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kau⁴
  - Yale: kàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: keo⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: /ɡɨu/▼

Rime
Character	俅
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	巨鳩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/guw/
Li Rong	/ɡiu/
Wang Li	/ɡĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiú

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡu/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	俅
Reading #	1/1
No.	10568
Phonetic component	求
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	𧚍
Old Chinese	/*ɡu/

Definitions

俅

^† appearance of headwear and decorative wear

Compounds

俅俅

Japanese

Kanji

俅

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

ornamental cap

Readings

Go-on: ぐ (gu)
Kan-on: きゅう (kyū)^{←きう (kiu, historical)}
Kun: いただく (itadaku, 俅く)

Compounds

高俅 (こうきゅう) (kōkyū)

Korean

Hanja

俅 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku)

respectful
polite