丩

See also: ㄐ and 니

丩 U+4E29, 丩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E29 ← 丨 [U+4E28] CJK Unified Ideographs 个 → [U+4E2A]

Translingual

Han character

丩 (Kangxi radical 2, 丨+1, 2 strokes, cangjie input 女中 (VL) or 難難女中 (XXVL), four-corner 2270₀, composition ⿰𠄌丨)

1. Shuowen Jiezi radical №52

Derived characters

• 𫡅, 叫, 𢀙, 𢒾, 㧃, 𤜟, 朻, 㸨, 㺩, 𥘊, 𥃧, 糾(纠), 舏, 虯, 觓, 訆, 赳, 𧾻, 䡂, 䤛, 𧆢, 𧆮, 𢒥, 鼼
• 丱, 𠚨, 𠠳, 収, 𪜡, 𬻲, 收, 𭍼, 𠁫, 𭔬, 𠨞, 𪓓, 㔿, 𦫶, 𬔅, 㽱, 嘂, 虛, 𥳁

Descendants

• ㄐ

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 78, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 68
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 49, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4E29

Chinese

simp. and trad.		丩
alternative forms		𠃚

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 丩
Shang	Western Zhou	Spring and Autumn	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Small seal script s01631
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

	Old Chinese
艽	*krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw, *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
芁	*kriːw
荍	*ɡiw
叫	*kiːws
訆	*kiːws
嘂	*kiːws
收	*qʰljɯw, *qʰljɯws
糾	*kɯw, *krɯwʔ
朻	*kɯw, *krɯw, *krɯwʔ
丩	*kɯw, *krɯw
赳	*krɯw, *krɯwʔ
虬	*ɡrɯw
虯	*ɡrɯw
觓	*ɡrɯw

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

Pictogram (象形) : two entangled ropes – to entangle; to intertwine. Original form of 糾. See also 己.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	丩
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居求切
Baxter	kjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/kiu/
Shao Rongfen	/kiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuw/
Li Rong	/kiu/
Wang Li	/kĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gau1

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	丩
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiū
Middle Chinese	‹ kjiw ›
Old Chinese	/*k-riw/ (dialect: *k-r- > *kr-)
English	twist (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	丩	丩
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6925	6926
Phonetic component	丩	丩
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	鳩	樛
Old Chinese	/*kɯw/	/*krɯw/
Notes		注爲今體

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiū (jiu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau²

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gau²
    • Yale: gáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kjuw

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*k-riw/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kɯw/, /*krɯw/

Definitions

丩

1. Alternative form of 糾 / 纠 (“to entangle; to entwine”)
2. to connect or graft a vine

Japanese

Kanji

丩

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to connect or graft a vine

Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)、ぎょう (gyō)^{←げう (geu, historical)}
• Kan-on: きゅう (kyū)^{←きう (kiu, historical)}、きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kun: まつわる (matsuwaru, 丩わる)^{←まつはる (matufaru, 丩はる, historical)}

Korean

Hanja

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

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