匤

匤

匤 U+5324, 匤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5324 ← 匣 [U+5323] CJK Unified Ideographs 匥 → [U+5325]

Translingual

Han character

匤 (radical 22, 匚+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 尸一土戈 (SMGI), composition ⿷匚玉)

References

• KangXi: page 153, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2613
• Dae Jaweon: page 345, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 84, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5324

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		匤

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (玉) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
珏	*kŋroːɡ
砡	*ŋuɡ
匤	*kʰoɡ
玉	*ŋoɡ
鳿	*ŋoɡ
頊	*ŋoɡ, *hŋoɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qū (qu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qū
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ
    • Wade–Giles: ch'ü¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiu
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰɨok̚/▼

Rime
Character	匤
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	燭 (8)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	丘玉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɨok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰiok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰuawk̚/
Li Rong	/kʰiok̚/
Wang Li	/kʰĭwok̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰi̯wok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qu

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰoɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	匤
Reading #	1/1
No.	15970
Phonetic component	玉
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	曲
Old Chinese	/*kʰoɡ/

Definitions

匤

1. small box, case, coffer

Synonyms

• 匣子 (xiázi)

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Japanese

Kanji

匤

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. box

Readings

• On (unclassified): きゃく (kyaku), こく (koku)
• Kun: はこ (hako)