鬮

See also: 阄

鬮 U+9B2E, 鬮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B2E ← 鬭 [U+9B2D] CJK Unified Ideographs 鬯 → [U+9B2F]

Translingual

Traditional	鬮
Shinjitai (extended)	䦰
Simplified	阄

Han character

鬮 (Kangxi radical 191, 鬥+17, 27 strokes, cangjie input 中弓竹月尸 (LNHBS) or 中弓弓難山 (LNNXU), four-corner 7711₇, composition ⿵鬥龜)

Related characters

• 䦰 (Japanese shinjitai)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1458, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45659
• Dae Jaweon: page 1990, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4517, character 4
• Unihan data for U+9B2E

Chinese

trad.		鬮
simp.		阄
alternative forms		𨷺

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鬮
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

	Old Chinese
鬮	*kʷɯ, *kʷruʔ
龜	*kʷɯ, *kʷrɯ

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʷɯ, *kʷruʔ): semantic 鬥 (“to fight; to compete”) + phonetic 龜 (OC *kʷɯ, *kʷrɯ).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	鬮	鬮
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	幽 (138)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	居求切	居黝切
Baxter	kjuw	kjiwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨu/	/kiɪuX/
Pan Wuyun	/kiu/	/kɨuX/
Shao Rongfen	/kiəu/	/kieuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuw/	/kjiwX/
Li Rong	/kiu/	/kiĕuX/
Wang Li	/kĭəu/	/kiəuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯ə̯u/	/kieuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiū	jiǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gau1	gau2

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鬮	鬮
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4613	4615
Phonetic component	龜	龜
Rime group	之	幽
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	鳩	糾
Old Chinese	/*kʷɯ/	/*kʷruʔ/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiū (jiu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): kau¹ / gau¹ / kau⁴ / kau⁵ / cau⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ciu⁴

• Gan (Wiktionary): gieu¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khiêu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): kêu¹ / gêu¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): jiou¹
• Northern Min (KCR): gé
• Eastern Min (BUC): kău
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): kao¹ / kiu¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khau / kiu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kao¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹cieu
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiou
    • Wade–Giles: chiu¹
    • Yale: jyōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiou
    • Palladius: цзю (czju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiūr
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiour
    • Wade–Giles: chiu¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: jyōur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jioul
    • Palladius: цзюр (czjur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kau¹ / gau¹ / kau⁴ / kau⁵ / cau⁴
    • Yale: kāu / gāu / kàuh / káuh / chàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau¹ / gau¹ / kau⁴ / kau⁵ / tsau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: keo¹ / geo¹ / keo⁴ / keo⁵ / ceo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯⁵⁵/, /kɐu̯⁵⁵/, /kʰɐu̯²¹/, /kʰɐu̯¹³/, /t͡sʰɐu̯²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ciu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiu²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: gieu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiɛu⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiêu
    • Hakka Romanization System: kieu^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kieu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯eu̯²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kêu¹ / gêu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰeu⁴⁴/, /keu⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: jiou¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕiəu¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gé
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ke⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kău
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰau⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: kao¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: kau
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰau⁵³³/
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: kiu¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: kiu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiu⁵³³/

Note:

• kao1 - colloquial;
• kiu1 - literary.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khau / kiu
    • Tâi-lô: khau / kiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qaw, kiw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰau⁴⁴/, /kiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰau³³/, /kiu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰau⁴⁴/, /kiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰau⁴⁴/, /kiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau⁴⁴/, /kiu⁴⁴/
Note:
• khau - colloquial;
• kiu - literary.
• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kao¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khau
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰau³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹cieu
    • MiniDict: cieu^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹jieu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɤ⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: gou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kəu̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: kjuw, kjiwX

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷɯ/, /*kʷruʔ/

Definitions

鬮

1. lots (to be drawn)

   • 為那兩隻羊拈鬮，一鬮歸與耶和華，一鬮歸與阿撒瀉勒。 [MSC, trad.]
     为那两只羊拈阄，一阄归与耶和华，一阄归与阿撒泻勒。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 利未記 (Leviticus) 16:8

     Wèi nà liǎng zhī yáng niānjiū, yī jiū guī yǔ Yēhéhuá, yī jiū guī yǔ Āsǎxièlè. [Pinyin]

     And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for the scapegoat [lit. Azazel].

2. (literary) to draw lots

Compounds

• 僭鬮 / 僭阄
• 反鬮 / 反阄
• 抓鬮 / 抓阄 (zhuājiū)
• 抓鬮兒 / 抓阄儿
• 拔鬮 / 拔阄
• 拈鬮 / 拈阄 (niānjiū)
• 抾鬮 / 抾阄
• 拈鬮兒 / 拈阄儿
• 捭鬮 / 捭阄
• 探鬮 / 探阄
• 撮鬮兒 / 撮阄儿
• 藏鬮 / 藏阄
• 話裡藏鬮 / 话里藏阄
• 詩鬮 / 诗阄
• 開鬮 / 开阄
• 鬮兒 / 阄儿
• 鬮定 / 阄定
• 鬮戲 / 阄戏
• 鬮書 / 阄书
• 鬮還 / 阄还
• 鬮金鬩玉 / 阄金阋玉
• 鬮韻 / 阄韵
• 鬮題 / 阄题

References

• “鬮”, 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–

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	䦰
Kyūjitai	鬮

Kanji

鬮

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 䦰)

1. to capture by fighting^[1]
2. lottery

Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: きゅう (kyū)^{←きう (kiu, historical)}
• Kun: たたかいとる (tatakaitoru, 鬮る)^{←たたかひとる (tatakafitoru, 鬮る, historical)}、くじ (kuji, 鬮)

References

1. “鬮”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

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

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