鵠

鵠

See also: 鹄

鵠 U+9D60, 鵠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9D60 ← 鵟 [U+9D5F] CJK Unified Ideographs 鵡 → [U+9D61]

Translingual

Han character

鵠 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+7, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹口竹日火 (HRHAF), four-corner 2762₇, composition ⿰告鳥)

References

• KangXi: page 1491, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46961
• Dae Jaweon: page 2021, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4635, character 7
• Unihan data for U+9D60

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Chinese

trad.		鵠
simp.		鹄

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

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hú (hu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): huk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hú
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hú
    • Wade–Giles: hu²
    • Yale: hú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwu
    • Palladius: ху (xu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: huk⁶
    • Yale: huhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: huk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦuok̚/

Rime
Character	鵠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	冬 (6)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡沃切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦawk̚/
Li Rong	/ɣok̚/
Wang Li	/ɣuok̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣuok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	huk6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kuːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鵠
Reading #	1/2
No.	3823
Phonetic component	告
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	梏
Old Chinese	/*kuːɡ/
Notes	廣韻從隹

Definitions

鵠

1. (literary) swan
2. (literary) white
3. a surname

Synonyms

• (swan): (literary) 鴻鵠／鸿鹄 (hónghú), (literary) 鴻／鸿 (hóng), 天鵝／天鹅 (tiān'é)

Compounds

刻鵠／刻鹄 刻鵠類鶩／刻鹄类鹜 單鵠寡鳧／单鹄寡凫 孤鴻寡鵠／孤鸿寡鹄 寡鵠／寡鹄 寡鵠孤鸞／寡鹄孤鸾 白鵠／白鹄 飛鵠／飞鹄 鳥面鵠形／鸟面鹄形

鳩形鵠面／鸠形鹄面 鴻鵠／鸿鹄 (hónghú) 鴻鵠之志／鸿鹄之志 (hónghúzhīzhì) 鴻鵠大志／鸿鹄大志 鵠侍／鹄侍 鵠候／鹄候 鵠形菜色／鹄形菜色 鵠望／鹄望 (húwàng)

鵠立／鹄立 鵠面／鹄面 鵠面鳥形／鹄面鸟形 鵠面鳩形／鹄面鸠形 鵠髮／鹄发 鸞停鵠峙／鸾停鹄峙 鸞鵠停峙／鸾鹄停峙 黃鵠／黄鹄

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔ (gu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): guk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ku³
    • Yale: gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu
    • Palladius: гу (gu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: guk¹
    • Yale: gūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: guk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊk̚⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡuːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鵠
Reading #	2/2
No.	3828
Phonetic component	告
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	鵠
Old Chinese	/*ɡuːɡ/

Definitions

鵠

1. bullseye (centre of a target)

Compounds

正鵠／正鹄

鵠的／鹄的

Pronunciation 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 鵠 – see 鶴 (“crane; white; etc.”). (This character, 鵠, is a variant form of 鶴.)

Pronunciation 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 鵠 – see 浩 (“vast; torrential; grand; vast; great; etc.”). (This character, 鵠, is a variant form of 浩.)

References

• “鵠”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

鵠

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ごく (goku)
• Kan-on: こく (koku)
• Kan’yō-on: こう (kō)
• Kun: くぐい (kugui, 鵠); まと (mato, 鵠)

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Korean

Hanja

鵠 • (gok, hok) (hangeul 곡, 혹, revised gok, hok, McCune–Reischauer kok, hok, Yale kok, hok)

1. (고니 곡, goni-): swan, genus Cygnus.
2. (과녁 곡, gwanyeok-): target.

Synonyms

• 鵾 (鵾) (곤, gon)
• 鶤 (鶤) (곤, gon)
• 白鳥 (백조, baekjo)

Compounds

• 正鵠 (정곡, jeonggok) bull's-eye

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Vietnamese

Han character

鵠: Hán Nôm readings: hộc

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