尳

尳

尳 U+5C33, 尳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C33 ← 尲 [U+5C32] CJK Unified Ideographs 尴 → [U+5C34]

Translingual

Han character

尳 (radical 43, 尢+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 大山月月月 (KUBBB), four-corner 4701₂, composition ⿺尢骨)

1. disease of the knees
2. bone defect

References

• KangXi: page 299, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7608
• Dae Jaweon: page 594, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 556, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5C33

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Chinese

trad.		尳
simp. #		尳

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (骨) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
顝	*kʰuːl, *kʰuːlʔ, *kʰuːd
滑	*ɡruːd, *kuːd, *ɡuːd
猾	*ɡruːd
磆	*ɡruːd
螖	*ɡruːd
鶻	*ɡruːd, *kuːd, *ɡuːd
嗗	*qruːd
骨	*kuːd
縎	*kuːd
愲	*kuːd
蓇	*kuːd
尳	*kuːd, *ɡuːd
榾	*kuːd
搰	*ɡuːd
核	*ɡuːd, *ɡrɯːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔ (gu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ
    • Wade–Giles: ku³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu
    • IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwat¹
    • Yale: gwāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gued¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kʷɐt̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /kuət̚/, /ɦuət̚/▼

Rime
Character	尳	尳
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	沒 (56)	沒 (56)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古忽切	戸骨切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuət̚/	/ɦuət̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kuot̚/	/ɦuot̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kuət̚/	/ɣuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwət̚/	/ɦwət̚/
Li Rong	/kuət̚/	/ɣuət̚/
Wang Li	/kuət̚/	/ɣuət̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuət̚/	/ɣuət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gu	hú

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*kuːd/, /*ɡuːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	尳	尳
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4327	4332
Phonetic component	骨	骨
Rime group	物	物
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	骨	搰
Old Chinese	/*kuːd/	/*ɡuːd/

Definitions

尳

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References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 98

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Japanese

Kanji

尳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こつ (kotsu), くち (kuchi), くわつ (kuwatsu), げち (gechi)