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U+53E5, 句
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53E5
ふる
[U+53E4]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+53E6]
U+F906, 句
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F906

[U+F905]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U+F907]

Translingual

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Stroke order
5 strokes

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 30, くち+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input しんこう (PR), four-corner 27620, composition くち)

  1. Shuowen Jiezi radical №51

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 171, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3234
  • Dae Jaweon: page 382, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 571, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+53E5

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms
𠯶
𤖮

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲けいせい形声けいせい, OC *koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo) : semantic (to entangle) + phonetic くち (OC *kʰoːʔ), which may represent the tip of a big nail.

The component, originally two entangled ropes, now resembles the unrelated .

Pronunciation 1

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  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /t͡ɕy⁵¹/
Harbin /t͡ɕy⁵³/
Tianjin /t͡ɕy⁵³/
Jinan /t͡ɕy²¹/
Qingdao /t͡ɕy⁴²/
Zhengzhou /t͡ɕy³¹²/
Xi'an /t͡ɕy⁴⁴/
Xining /t͡ɕy²¹³/
Yinchuan /t͡ɕy¹³/
Lanzhou /t͡ɕy¹³/
Ürümqi /t͡ɕy²¹³/
Wuhan /t͡ɕy³⁵/
Chengdu /t͡ɕy¹³/
Guiyang /t͡ɕi²¹³/
Kunming /t͡ɕi²¹²/
Nanjing /t͡ɕy⁴⁴/
Hefei /t͡sz̩ʷ⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡ɕy⁴⁵/
Pingyao /t͡ɕy³⁵/
Hohhot /t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /t͡ɕy³⁵/
Suzhou /t͡ɕy⁵¹³/
Hangzhou /t͡sz̩ʷ⁴⁴⁵/
Wenzhou /t͡ɕy⁴²/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕy³²⁴/
Tunxi /t͡ɕy⁴²/
Xiang Changsha /t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /t͡ɕy⁴⁵/
Hakka Meixian /ki⁵³/
Taoyuan /ki⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /køy³³/
Nanning /ky³³/
Hong Kong /køy³³/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /ku²¹/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /kuɔ²¹²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /ky³³/
Shantou (Teochew) /ku²¹³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /ku³⁵/

Rime
Character
Reading # 3/4
Initial (こえ) (28)
Final (いん) おそれ (24)
Tone (調しらべ) Departing (H)
Openness (ひらきあい) Closed
Division (ひとし) III
Fanqie きゅうぐうきり
Baxter kjuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɨoH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kioH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kioH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kuə̆H/
Li
Rong
/kioH/
Wang
Li
/kĭuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ki̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
geoi3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ kjuH ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k](r)o-s/
English phrase

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 3/4
No. 7102
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
ほう
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kos/
Notes しゅ駿しゅんこえしたがえくちこえ

Definitions

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  1. sentence; phrase
  2. Classifier for sentences.
    いちどもぼつせついくはなし [MSC, trad.]
    いちどもぼつ [MSC, simp.]
    Tā yīgòng yě méi shuō jǐ huà. [Pinyin]
    He didn't say much. [lit. He didn't say many sentences.]
    いち多謝たしゃ [Cantonese, trad.]
    いち [Cantonese, simp.]
    jat1 geoi3 “do1 ze6” dou1 mou5 [Jyutping]
    without even a word of "thank you"
  3. (Cantonese; formal in Hong Kong) Classifier for hours.
Synonyms
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Compounds

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Pronunciation 2

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Rime
Character
Reading # 2/4
Initial (こえ) (28)
Final (いん) ほう (137)
Tone (調しらべ) Level (Ø)
Openness (ひらきあい) Open
Division (ひとし) I
Fanqie ふるほうきり
Baxter kuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kəu/
Pan
Wuyun
/kəu/
Shao
Rongfen
/kəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kəw/
Li
Rong
/ku/
Wang
Li
/kəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gōu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gau1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
gōu
Middle
Chinese
‹ kuw ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]ˁ(r)o/
English curved

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/4
No. 7064
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
ほう
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
かぎ
Old
Chinese
/*koː/

Definitions

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  1. to bend; to curve
  2. Alternative form of かぎ (gōu, hook)
  3. to be polite and modest
  4. to arrest; to capture
  5. to examine
  6. (historical geometry) Alternative form of (the shorter leg of a right triangle)
  7. a surname
Coordinate terms
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Compounds

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Pronunciation 3

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Rime
Character
Reading # 4/4
Initial (こえ) (28)
Final (いん) ほう (137)
Tone (調しらべ) Departing (H)
Openness (ひらきあい) Open
Division (ひとし) I
Fanqie ふるこうきり
Baxter kuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kəuH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kəuH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kəuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kəwH/
Li
Rong
/kuH/
Wang
Li
/kəuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gòu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gau3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
gòu
Middle
Chinese
‹ kuwH ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]ˁ(r)ok-s/
English loan for 彀 draw a bow to the full

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/4
No. 7079
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
ほう
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*koːs/

Definitions

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  1. Used in とうとう, alternative form of 勾當こうとう勾当こうとう
  2. Alternative form of (gòu, to draw a bow)
  3. a surname

Pronunciation 4

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/4
Initial (こえ) ぐん (30)
Final (いん) おそれ (24)
Tone (調しらべ) Level (Ø)
Openness (ひらきあい) Closed
Division (ひとし) III
Fanqie きり
Baxter gju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡɨo/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡio/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡio/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/guə̆/
Li
Rong
/ɡio/
Wang
Li
/ɡĭu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/gi̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
keoi4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 4/4
No. 7108
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
ほう
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡo/

Definitions

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  1. Alternative form of 𰬆 (, a kind of shoe ornament or decoration)

Compounds

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References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

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  • Go-on: (ku, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: (ku, Jōyō)こう ()
  • Nanori: すく (suku)

Compounds

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Etymology

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese (kjuH, phrase).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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() (ku

  1. a short section from a longer text:
    1. a phrase or clause
    2. a sentence or line
    3. a passage or paragraph
    4. a verse from a song
    5. a stanza from a poem

Counter

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() (-ku

  1. counter for stanzas from a poem or for haiku

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林だいじりん [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

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Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 글귀 (geulgwi gu))

  1. hanja form? of (sentence; phrase)

Compounds

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Việt readings: câu[1][2][3], [1][2][4][3], cấu[1][2]

  1. chữ Hán form of câu (sentence, expression, line).
  2. chữ Hán form of (sentence, expression, line).

Compounds

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References

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