聝

聝

聝 U+805D, 聝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-805D ← 聜 [U+805C] CJK Unified Ideographs 聞 → [U+805E]

Translingual

Han character

聝 (radical 128, 耳+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 尸十戈口一 (SJIRM), four-corner 1345₀, composition ⿰耳或)

1. to cut the left ears of the slain

References

• KangXi: page 968, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29100
• Dae Jaweon: page 1418, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2790, character 13
• Unihan data for U+805D

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		聝

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (或) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
幗	*kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ
慖	*kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ
簂	*kʷɯːɡs
蔮	*kʷɯːɡs
國	*kʷɯːɡ
或	*ɡʷɯːɡ
惑	*ɡʷɯːɡ
蜮	*ɡʷɯːɡ, *ɢʷrɯɡ
閾	*qʰʷrɯɡ
緎	*qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ
淢	*qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ
域	*ɢʷrɯɡ
罭	*ɢʷrɯɡ
棫	*ɡʷrɯɡ
琙	*ɡʷrɯɡ
魊	*ɡʷrɯɡ
馘	*kʷrɯːɡ
聝	*kʷrɯːɡ
膕	*kʷrɯːɡ
摑	*kʷrɯːɡ
漍	*kʷrɯːɡ
嘓	*kʷrɯːɡ
蟈	*kʷrɯːɡ
掝	*qʰʷrɯːɡ
彧	*qʷrɯɡ
稶	*qʷɯɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guó (guo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwik¹, gwok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: guó
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Wade–Giles: ko²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwo
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guó
    • IPA ^(key): /kwɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwik¹, gwok³
    • Yale: gwīk, gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwik⁷, gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: guig¹, guog³
    • IPA ^(key): /kʷɪk̚⁵/, /kʷɔːk̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: /kˠwɛk̚/▼

Rime
Character	聝
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	麥 (120)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古獲切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠwɛk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚæk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɐk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwəɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/kuɛk̚/
Wang Li	/kwæk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwæk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guo

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷrɯːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	聝
Reading #	1/1
No.	5563
Phonetic component	或
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	蟈
Old Chinese	/*kʷrɯːɡ/
Notes	同馘

Definitions

聝

1. Alternative form of 馘 (guó). (to cut off the left ear of the slain)