窶

See also: 窭

窶 U+7AB6, 窶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7AB6 ← 窵 [U+7AB5] CJK Unified Ideographs 窷 → [U+7AB7]

Translingual

Han character

窶 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+11, 16 strokes, cangjie input 十金中中女 (JCLLV), four-corner 3040₄, composition ⿱穴婁)

1. poor, impoverished

Derived characters

• 𧂜

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 867, character 46
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25628
• Dae Jaweon: page 1297, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2740, character 13
• Unihan data for U+7AB6

Chinese

trad.		窶
simp.		窭
alternative forms		寠／𪧘

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (婁) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
樓	*ɡ·roː
摟	*roː, *ro
耬	*roː
僂	*ɡ·roː, *ɡ·roːs, *ɡ·roʔ
婁	*ɡ·roː, *ɡ·ro
螻	*roː
髏	*roː
蔞	*roː, *ro, *roʔ
鞻	*roː
艛	*ɡ·roː
膢	*roː, *ro
廔	*roː
嘍	*roː, *roːʔ
瞜	*roː, *ro
簍	*roː, *roːʔ, *roʔ
慺	*roː, *ro, *roʔ
鷜	*roː, *ro
褸	*roː, *roʔ
遱	*roː
謱	*roː, *roːʔ, *roʔ
嶁	*roːʔ, *roʔ
甊	*roːʔ
塿	*roːʔ
漊	*roːʔ, *roʔ
鏤	*roːs, *ro
瘻	*roːs, *ro
擻	*sloːʔ
藪	*sloːʔ
籔	*sloːʔ, *sroʔ
氀	*ro
縷	*roʔ
屢	*ros
數	*sroʔ, *sros, *sroːɡ
屨	*klos
窶	*ɡloʔ
貗	*ɡloʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡloʔ) : semantic 穴 (“cave, hole”) + phonetic 婁 (OC *ɡ·roː, *ɡ·ro).

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jù (ju⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyù
    • Wade–Giles: chü⁴
    • Yale: jyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuh
    • Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: geoi⁶
    • Yale: geuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: gjuX

Rime
Character	窶
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	其矩切
Baxter	gjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨoX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡioX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡioX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/guə̆X/
Li Rong	/ɡioX/
Wang Li	/ɡĭuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	geoi6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡloʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	窶
Reading #	1/1
No.	8510
Phonetic component	婁
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	窶
Old Chinese	/*ɡloʔ/

Definitions

窶

1. (literary) poor; impoverished

   • 終窶且貧，莫知我艱。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     终窭且贫，莫知我艰。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zhōng jù qiě pín, mò zhī wǒ jiān. [Pinyin]

     Straitened am I and poor,
     And no one takes knowledge of my distress.

2. (literary) shallow; superficial

   • 夫不忍一世之傷，而驁萬世之患，抑固窶邪，亡其略弗及邪？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     夫不忍一世之伤，而骜万世之患，抑固窭邪，亡其略弗及邪？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Fū bù rěn yī shì zhī shāng, ér ào wànshì zhī huàn, yì gù jù yé, wángqí lüè fú jí yé? [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Compounds

• 窶人子 / 窭人子
• 窶數 / 窭数
• 貧窶 / 贫窭

Etymology 2

trad.		窶
simp.		窭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lóu (lou²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lóu
    • Wade–Giles: lou²
    • Yale: lóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lou
    • Palladius: лоу (lou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /loʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lau⁴
    • Yale: làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹/

Definitions

窶

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Compounds

• 甌窶 / 瓯窭 (ōulóu)

References

• “窶”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

窶

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぐ (gu)、る (ru)
• Kan-on: く (ku)、ろう (rō)
• Kun: やつる (yatsuru, 窶つる)、やつれる (yatsureru, 窶れる)

Korean

Hanja

窶 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

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