瞽
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Alternative forms
- (archaic) 𠑹
Han character
瞽 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+13, 18 strokes, cangjie input 土水月山 (GEBU), four-corner 44604, composition ⿱鼓目)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 819, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23745
- Dae Jaweon: page 1231, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2516, character 3
- Unihan data for U+77BD
Glyph origin
Etymology
From 鼓 (OC *kʷaːʔ, “drum”) (Schuessler, 2007), as musicians were blind in ancient times.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gǔ
- Wade–Giles: ku3
- Yale: gǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu
- Palladius: гу (gu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: gu2
- Yale: gú
- Cantonese Pinyin: gu2
- Guangdong Romanization: gu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /kuː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: kuX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤaʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*kʷaːʔ/
Definitions
瞽
- blind
- 子見齊衰者、冕衣裳者與瞽者，見之，雖少必作；過之，必趨。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zǐ jiàn qíshuāi zhě, miǎn yīshang zhě yǔ gǔzhě, jiàn zhī, suī shào bì zuò; guò zhī, bì qū. [Pinyin]
- When the Master saw a person in a mourning dress, or any one with the cap and upper and lower garments of full dress, or a blind person, on observing them approaching, though they were younger than himself, he would rise up, and if he had to pass by them, he would do so hastily.
子见齐衰者、冕衣裳者与瞽者，见之，虽少必作；过之，必趋。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- undiscerning
Synonyms
Compounds
Kanji
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Readings
Definitions
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Hanja
瞽 • (go) (hangeul 고, revised go, McCune–Reischauer ko, Yale ko)
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