靠

靠

靠 U+9760, 靠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9760 ← 靟 [U+975F] CJK Unified Ideographs 靡 → [U+9761]

Translingual

Han character

靠 (radical 175, 非+7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹土口中卜 (HGRLY), four-corner 2411₁, composition ⿱告非)

References

• KangXi: page 1382, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42604
• Dae Jaweon: page 1896, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4087, character 17
• Unihan data for U+9760

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		靠
variant forms		俈 second round simplified

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (告) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
造	*skʰuːɡs, *sɡuːʔ
慥	*skʰuːɡs
艁	*skʰuːɡs, *sɡuːʔ
糙	*skʰuːɡs
告	*kuːɡs, *kuːɡ
誥	*kuːɡs
郜	*kuːɡs, *kuːɡ
祰	*kʰuːʔ, *kuːɡ
靠	*kʰuːɡs
浩	*ɡuːʔ, *kuːb
晧	*ɡuːʔ
皓	*ɡuːʔ
窖	*kruːɡs
簉	*skʰruɡs
梏	*kruːɡ, *kuːɡ
硞	*kʰruːɡ, *kʰuːɡ
牿	*kuːɡ
鵠	*kuːɡ, *ɡuːɡ
酷	*kʰuːɡ
焅	*kʰuːɡ
嚳	*kʰuːɡ
頶	*ɡuːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʰuːɡs) : phonetic 告 (OC *kuːɡs, *kuːɡ) + semantic 非.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kào (kao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kaau³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kho
• Min Dong (BUC): kó̤
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): khò͘ / khò / khòa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kao³ / gou⁶

• Wu (Wiktionary): khau (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kào
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄠˋ
    • Wade–Giles: k'ao⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaw
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kaau³
    • Yale: kaau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kaau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kao³
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰäːu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kho
    • Hakka Romanization System: ko
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ko⁴
    • IPA: /kʰo⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kó̤
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɔ²¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khò͘
    • Tâi-lô: khòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qox
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khò
    • Tâi-lô: khò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰo²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰo¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòa
    • Tâi-lô: khuà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoax
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kʰua²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰua¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰua⁴¹/

Note: khòa - 沙可 is used in the Mainland.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kao³ / gou⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khàu / kŏu
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰau²¹³/, /kou³⁵/

Note: gou6 - vernacular (俗).

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: khau (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɔ³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰɑu^H/▼

Rime
Character	靠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦到切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɑuH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɑuH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɑuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰawH/
Li Rong	/kʰɑuH/
Wang Li	/kʰɑuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰɑuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kào

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰuːɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	靠
Reading #	1/1
No.	3809
Phonetic component	告
Rime group	奧
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	𩝝
Old Chinese	/*kʰuːɡs/

Definitions

靠

1. to lean on; to recline
2. to depend on; to rely on
3. to trust; to have confidence in
4. to come near to; to approach
5. to keep to (a certain side)
6. (euphemistic) Alternative form of 肏 (cào, “to fuck”).

Compounds

不可靠 依靠 (yīkào) 倚靠 (yǐkào) 偎妻靠婦／偎妻靠妇 停靠 (tíngkào) 六親無靠／六亲无靠 可靠 (kěkào) 央靠 奔靠 妥靠 打靠後／打靠后 投靠 (tóukào) 指靠 (zhǐkào) 挨靠

求靠 無依無靠／无依无靠 無靠無依／无靠无依 牢靠 (láokào) 終身有靠／终身有靠 賣身投靠／卖身投靠 靠不住 靠傍 靠墊／靠垫 (kàodiàn) 靠天 靠子 靠山 (kàoshān) 靠山吃山 靠岸

靠得住 (kàodezhù) 靠手 靠把 靠攏／靠拢 (kàolǒng) 靠旗 靠枕 靠背 (kàobèi) 靠胸貼肉／靠胸贴肉 靠行 靠身 靠近 (kàojìn) 靠邊／靠边 (kàobiān) 靠邊站／靠边站

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Japanese

Kanji

靠

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō)
• Kun: たがう (tagau, 靠う); よる (yoru, 靠る)

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Korean

Hanja

靠 • (go) (hangeul 고, revised go, McCune–Reischauer ko, Yale ko)

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Vietnamese

Han character

靠 (kháo, khéo)

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