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丂

丂

丂 U+4E02, 丂
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E02
← 丁
[U+4E01] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 七 →
[U+4E03]

Translingual

Han character

丂 (radical 1 一+1, 2 strokes, cangjie input 一女尸 (MVS), four-corner 10207, composition ⿱一㇉)

  1. obstruction of breath (qi) as it seeks release
  2. variant of other characters

Descendants

References

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 丂

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 丂
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script
Oracle bone script

j11554

j11555
Bronze inscriptions

b07078

b07079

b07080

b07081

b07082

b07083

b07084

b07085

b07086
Small seal script

s03499
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 (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (丂) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
丂 *kʰluːʔ
攷 *kʰluːʔ
考 *kʰluːʔ
烤 *kʰluːʔ
拷 *kʰluːʔ
栲 *kʰluːʔ
洘 *kʰluːʔ
銬 *kʰluːs
巧 *kʰruːʔ, *kʰruːs
朽 *qʰluʔ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 丂
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 苦浩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kʰɑuX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʰɑuX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kʰɑuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kʰawX/
Li
Rong		 /kʰɑuX/
Wang
Li		 /kʰɑuX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kʰɑuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 kǎo
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 丂
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 kǎo
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ khawX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*C.qʰˤuʔ/ (Shuōwén; no pre-Qín exx.)
English to sob

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 丂
Reading # 1/1
No. 7402
Phonetic
component		 丂
Rime
group		 幽
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 考
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰluːʔ/
Notes 古文考

Definitions

丂

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References

Japanese

Kanji

丂

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. obstruction of breath

Readings

  • On: こう (kō)
  • Kun: さまたげられる (samatagerareru)

Korean

Hanja

丂 • ‎(gyo)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 교 (revised: gyo, McCune-Reischauer: kyo, Yale: kyo)
  • Name (hangeul): 공교하다 (revised: gonggyohada, McCune-Reischauer: konggyohada, Yale: kongkyohada)
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Vietnamese

Han character

丂

Readings

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