佉

佉 U+4F49, 佉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F49 ← 佈 [U+4F48] CJK Unified Ideographs 佊 → [U+4F4A]

Translingual

Han character

佉 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人土戈 (OGI), four-corner 2423₁, composition ⿰亻去)

1. (archaic variant of 祛) expel, disperse, exorcise
2. name of a divine being
3. transliteration of Sanskrit 'kh'
4. a surname

Derived characters

• 𠳷, 𨴿

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 98, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 499
• Dae Jaweon: page 206, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 129, character 12
• Unihan data for U+4F49

Chinese

simp. and trad.		佉

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
佉	*kʰal
呿	*kʰal, *kʰas, *kʰab
抾	*kʰɯ, *kʰɯ, *kʰab
弆	*kaʔ, *kʰaʔ
祛	*kʰa
袪	*kʰa
阹	*kʰa
胠	*kʰa, *kʰas, *kʰab
魼	*kʰa, *kʰl'aːb
去	*kʰaʔ, *kʰas
麮	*kʰaʔ, *kʰas
鼁	*kʰas
砝	*kaːb, *kab
劫	*kab, *kab
鉣	*kab
蜐	*kab, *kab
怯	*kʰab

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qū, qiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩ, ㄑㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): keoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qū
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü¹
    • Yale: chyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiu
    • Palladius: цюй (cjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cia
    • Wade–Giles: chʻia¹
    • Yale: chyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chia
    • Palladius: ця (cja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: keoi¹
    • Yale: kēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɵy̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khja

Rime
Character	佉
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	戈 (96)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	丘伽切
Baxter	khja
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɨɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰiɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɨa/
Li Rong	/kʰiɑ/
Wang Li	/kʰǐɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰi̯ɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiē
Expected Cantonese Reflex	he1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰal/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	佉
Reading #	1/1
No.	10674
Phonetic component	去
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	佉
Old Chinese	/*kʰal/
Notes	梵譯字

Definitions

佉

1. obsolete form of 祛 (qū, “to expel; to remove”)
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) name of a divine being
3. used in 佉苴 (qūjū, “belt”)
4. a surname
5. Used in transcription.; for Sanskrit syllables ख (kha) and ख्य (khya)

Compounds

• 佉沙
• 佉苴 (qūjū)
• 豆佉

References

• 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “佉”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00036

Japanese

Kanji

佉

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: か (ka)、こ (ko)
• Kan-on: きゃ (kya)、きょ (kyo)

Korean

Hanja

佉 • (gu, geo) (hangeul 구, 거, revised gu, geo, McCune–Reischauer ku, kŏ)

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