虯

See also: 虬

虯	U+866F, 虯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-866F

← 虮
[U+866E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

虰 →
[U+8670]

Translingual

Han character

虯 (radical 142, 虫+2, 8 strokes, cangjie input 中戈女中 (LIVL), four-corner 5210₀, composition ⿰虫丩)

References

KangXi: page 1076, character 24
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32810
Dae Jaweon: page 1545, character 11
Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2833, character 10
Unihan data for U+866F

Chinese

trad.		虯
simp.		虬

Glyph origin

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

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡrɯw) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 丩 (OC *kɯw, *krɯw).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiú (qiu²)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kau⁴
Min Nan (POJ): khiû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - Wade–Giles: ch'iu²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyou
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kau⁴
  - Yale: kàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: keo⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiû
  - Tâi-lô: khiû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qiuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiu²³/

Middle Chinese: /ɡiɪu/▼

Rime
Character	虯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	幽 (138)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	渠幽切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡiɪu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡɨu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡieu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gjiw/
Li Rong	/ɡiĕu/
Wang Li	/ɡiəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/gieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiú

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡrɯw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	虯
Reading #	1/1
No.	6933
Phonetic component	丩
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	虯
Old Chinese	/*ɡrɯw/

Definitions

虯

(mythology) young dragon with horns
twisted

Compounds

虯枝／虬枝 (qiúzhī)
虯蟠／虬蟠
虯鏤亮槅／虬镂亮槅
虯髯／虬髯

虯髯客／虬髯客
虯髯客傳／虬髯客传
虯鬚／虬须

虯龍／虬龙 (qiúlóng)
蛟虯／蛟虬
蟠虯紋／蟠虬纹

Japanese

Kanji

虯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

young dragon

Readings

(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

Go-on: ぐ (gu); 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: みずち (mizuchi)^{←みづち (miduti, historical)}^{←みつち (mituti, ancient)}

Compounds

虯 (きゅう)竜 (りょう) (kyūryō), 虯 (きゅう)竜 (りゅう) (kyūryū)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
虯
みずち Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Noun

虯 (hiragana みずち, rōmaji mizuchi, historical hiragana みづち)

Alternative spelling of 蛟 (mizuchi): a mythical dragon-like beast

Korean

Hanja

虯 (eum 규 (gyu))

This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Vietnamese

Han character

虯: Hán Nôm readings: cù, cú, cầu

This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.