呴

呴 U+5474, 呴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5474 ← 味 [U+5473] CJK Unified Ideographs 呵 → [U+5475]

Translingual

Han character

呴 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口心口 (RPR), four-corner 6702₀, composition ⿰口句)

1. breathe on
2. yawn
3. roar

Derived characters

• 喣 𤉵

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 182, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3457
• Dae Jaweon: page 402, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 607, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5474

Chinese

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
勾	*koː, *koːs
鉤	*koː
鴝	*koː, *ɡo
句	*koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo
夠	*koː, *koːs, *kʰoː
枸	*koː, *koːʔ, *koʔ
軥	*koː, *koːs, *ɡo
狗	*koːʔ
苟	*koːʔ
岣	*koːʔ, *ko
笱	*koːʔ
玽	*koːʔ
耇	*koːʔ
豿	*koːʔ, *qʰroːɡ
敂	*koːʔ
怐	*koːs, *kʰoːs, *qʰoːs, *kos
雊	*koːs
竘	*kʰoːʔ, *kʰoʔ
齁	*qʰoː
呴	*qʰoːʔ, *qʰos
蚼	*qʰoːʔ, *ɡo
豞	*qʰoːs
訽	*qʰoːs, *ɡoːs
佝	*qʰoːs
拘	*ko
駒	*ko
眗	*ko
跔	*ko
鮈	*ko
痀	*ko
蒟	*koʔ, *kos
絇	*kos, *ɡo
邭	*kos
劬	*ɡo
朐	*ɡo
鼩	*ɡo
斪	*ɡo
翑	*ɡo
葋	*ɡo
姁	*ɡo, *qʰo, *qʰoʔ, *qʰos
欨	*qʰo, *qʰoʔ
喣	*qʰoʔ
煦	*qʰoʔ, *qʰos
昫	*qʰos

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

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		呴

Probably related to 呼 (OC *qʰaː, “to exhale, shout”); see there for more (STEDT).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	呴	呴
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	呼后切	香句切
Baxter	xuwX	xjuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/həuX/	/hɨoH/
Pan Wuyun	/həuX/	/hioH/
Shao Rongfen	/xəuX/	/xioH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/həwX/	/huə̆H/
Li Rong	/xuX/	/xioH/
Wang Li	/xəuX/	/xĭuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xə̯uX/	/xi̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hǒu	xù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hau2	heoi3

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	呴	呴
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7086	7128
Phonetic component	句	句
Rime group	侯	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	吼	昫
Old Chinese	/*qʰoːʔ/	/*qʰos/
Notes	見九懷	見莊子說文作欨

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǔ, hǒu, gòu (xu³, hou³, gou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˇ, ㄏㄡˇ, ㄍㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau³ / heoi¹ / jyu³
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hy¹ / hieo³ / gieo⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsü³
    • Yale: syǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheu
    • Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǒu
    • Wade–Giles: hou³
    • Yale: hǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoou
    • Palladius: хоу (xou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gòu
    • Wade–Giles: kou⁴
    • Yale: gòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gow
    • Palladius: гоу (gou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hau³ / heoi¹ / jyu³
    • Yale: hau / hēui / yu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau³ / hoey¹ / jy³
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo³ / hêu¹ / yu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³³/, /hɵy̯⁵⁵/, /jyː³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hy¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hy⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hieo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hieu³³²/
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hieo³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hâ̤u
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hieu⁴⁵³/
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gieo⁴
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ga̤̍u
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kieu⁴²/

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• Middle Chinese: xuwX, xjuH

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰoːʔ/, /*qʰos/

Definitions

呴

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Compounds

• 呴俞
• 呴呴
• 呴喻
• 呴諭 / 呴谕
• 愉愉呴呴
• 相呴相濡

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		呴
alternative forms		吼 齁

Pronunciation

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹heu

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• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹heu
    • MiniDict: heu^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹heu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hɤ⁵³/

Definitions

呴

1. (Wu) enraged; annoyed; resentful
2. (Wu) remorseful; troubled; emotionally congested
3. (Wu) rushed; rushing; anxious; pressed

Compounds

• 呴勢 / 呴势
• 呴吭
• 呴火
• 夯呴
• 尋呴勢 / 寻呴势
• 極呴呴 / 极呴呴
• 發呴 / 发呴

References

• “呴”, 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–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “呴”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 268.

Japanese

Kanji

呴

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. breathe on
2. roar

Readings

• On (unclassified): く (ku)、こう (kō)
• Kun: いきをかけてあたためる (ikiokaketeatatameru)

Korean

Hanja

呴 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku)

1. breathe out
2. roar