疚

疚

疚 U+759A, 疚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-759A ← 疙 [U+7599] CJK Unified Ideographs 疛 → [U+759B]

Translingual

Han character

疚 (radical 104, 疒+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 大弓人 (KNO), four-corner 0018₇, composition ⿸疒久)

1. chronic disease, chronic illness
2. guilt, sorrow

References

• KangXi: page 769, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22033
• Dae Jaweon: page 1179, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2661, character 2
• Unihan data for U+759A

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		疚

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (久) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
畂	*ɡʷ·rɯs
久	*kʷlɯʔ
灸	*kʷlɯʔ, *kʷlɯs
玖	*kʷlɯʔ
疚	*kʷlɯs
柩	*ɡʷlɯs
羑	*ɡʷ·lɯʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiù (jiu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau³
• Min Nan (POJ): kiù

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ
    • Wade–Giles: chiu⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiow
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau³
    • Yale: gau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo³
    • IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiù
    • Tâi-lô: kiù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiu²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiu²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiu¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /kɨu^H/▼

Rime
Character	疚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居祐切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/kiuH/
Shao Rongfen	/kiəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuwH/
Li Rong	/kiuH/
Wang Li	/kĭəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiù

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷlɯs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	疚
Reading #	1/1
No.	6973
Phonetic component	久
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	救
Old Chinese	/*kʷlɯs/

Definitions

疚

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Compounds

內疚／内疚 (nèijiù) 內省不疚／内省不疚 在疚

愧疚 (kuìjiù) 歉疚 (qiànjiù) 疚心

疚心疾首 疚懷／疚怀 負疚／负疚 (fùjiù)

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Japanese

Kanji

疚

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: きゅう (kyū)
• Kun: やましい (yamashii, 疚しい); やむ (yamu, 疚む)

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Korean

Hanja

疚 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

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