寇
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寇 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十一山水 (JMUE), four-corner 30214, composition ⿱宀⿺元攴)
Historical forms of the character 寇 | |||
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Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) - a person who holds a stick (卜) with his hand (又), about to beat the head (元) of another person, under the other persons own roof (宀). In Oracle bone script, two hands are holding the stick. In modern form, 卜 and 又 have merged into one character (攴), and is partially surrounded by 元.
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-kəw ~ hu (“to steal”). Compare Tibetan རྐུ (rku, “to steal”) and Burmese ခိုး (hkui:, “to steal”).
寇
From Middle Chinese 寇 (MC khuwH). Recorded as Middle Korean 𡨥/구〯 (kwǔ) (Yale: kwu) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Wikisource 寇 (eumhun 도둑 구 (doduk gu))
寇: Hán Việt readings: khấu
寇: Nôm readings: kháu, khấu
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