See also:
U+5BC7, 寇
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BC7

[U+5BC6]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5BC8]

Translingual

Han character

(radical 40, +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十一山水 (JMUE), four-corner 30214, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 288, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7209
  • Dae Jaweon: page 571, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 936, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+5BC7

Chinese

simp. and trad.
variant forms


𡨥

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kʰoː, *kʰoːs
*kʰoːs
*kʰoːs
*qʰoːs

Ideogrammic compound (會意) - a person who holds a stick () with his hand (), about to beat the head () of another person, under the other persons own roof (). In Oracle bone script, two hands are holding the stick. In modern form, 卜 and 又 have merged into one character (), and is partially surrounded by 元.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-kəw ~ hu (to steal). Compare Tibetan རྐུ (rku, to steal).

Pronunciation



BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
kòu
Middle
Chinese
‹ khuwH ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]ʰˁ(r)o-s/
English rob; robber

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 7497
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
𡨥
Old
Chinese
/*kʰoːs/

Definitions

  1. bandits, thieves
  2. enemy
  3. tyrannical, cruel, brutal
  4. to rob, plunder
  5. to invade

Compounds

  • 寇機寇机
  • 寇準寇准
  • 寇熱寇热
  • 寇盗
  • 寇脱
  • 寇警
  • 寇賊寇贼
  • 寇鈔寇钞
  • 寇雉
  • 寇雠
  • 寇黨寇党
  • 流寇 (liúkòu)
  • 窮寇穷寇
  • 草寇 (cǎokòu)

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: (ku)
  • Kan-on: こう ()
  • Kun: あだする (adasuru, 寇する)

Korean

Hanja

(gu) (hangeul , revised gu, McCuneReischauer ku)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(khấu, kháu)

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