觓

觓

觓 U+89D3, 觓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-89D3 ← 角 [U+89D2] CJK Unified Ideographs 觔 → [U+89D4]

Translingual

Han character

觓 (radical 148, 角+2, 9 strokes, cangjie input 弓月女中 (NBVL), four-corner 2220₀, composition ⿰角丩)

References

• KangXi: page 1140, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35006
• Dae Jaweon: page 1607, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3920, character 6
• Unihan data for U+89D3

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		觓

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 觓
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (丩) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
艽	*krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw, *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
芁	*kriːw
荍	*ɡiw
叫	*kiːws
訆	*kiːws
嘂	*kiːws
收	*qʰljɯw, *qʰljɯws
糾	*kɯw, *krɯwʔ
朻	*kɯw, *krɯw, *krɯwʔ
丩	*kɯw, *krɯw
赳	*krɯw, *krɯwʔ
虬	*ɡrɯw
虯	*ɡrɯw
觓	*ɡrɯw

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiú (qiu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Wade–Giles: ch'iu²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyou
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kau⁴
    • Yale: kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: keo⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɡiɪu/▼

Rime
Character	觓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	幽 (138)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	渠幽切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡiɪu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡɨu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡieu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gjiw/
Li Rong	/ɡiĕu/
Wang Li	/ɡiəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/gieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiú

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡrɯw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	觓
Reading #	1/1
No.	6934
Phonetic component	丩
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	虯
Old Chinese	/*ɡrɯw/

Definitions

觓

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