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佢 U+4F62, 佢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F62
← 佡
[U+4F61] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 佣 →
[U+4F63]

Translingual

Han character

佢 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人尸尸 (OSS), four-corner 21217, composition ⿰亻巨)

Derived characters

  • 𠳔

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 100, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 538
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 120, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+4F62

Chinese

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Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 亻 + phonetic 巨 (OC *ɡaʔ).

Etymology

From the initial *k-series of Old Chinese third-person pronouns, cognate with 其 (OC *ɡɯ). Also compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *ge(e)ʔ, whence Khmer គេ (kei, “they; he; she”) (Schuessler, 2007).

In standard Cantonese, the tone has assimilated with the other personal pronouns: 我 (ngo5), 你 (nei5) (Chan, 1998).

Before the use of 佢, 渠 was also used in some novels and newspapers, such as 老婆奴續編／老婆奴续编 (1926). The character 渠 is still preferred in lects such as Wu and sometimes Gan.

Pronunciation

Note: heoi5 - nonstandard, chiefly Hong Kong.

Definitions

佢

  1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Gan, Northern Min, Central Min, Southern Wu, vernacular) he; she; they; it (third person singular pronoun)
    佢有三個大佬。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    佢有三个大佬。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    keoi5 jau5 saam1 go3 daai6 lou2. [Jyutping]
    She has three elder brothers.
    唔好搞佢啦。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    m4 hou2 gaau2 keoi5 laa1. [Jyutping]
    Don't bother him.
    佢個鼻好大。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    佢个鼻好大。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    keoi5 go3 bei6 hou2 daai6. [Jyutping]
    Its nose is very big.
  2. (Cantonese) Used after a verb phrase representing a telic event in irrealis contexts.
    同我食埋碟餸佢。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    同我食埋碟𩠌佢。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    tung4 ngo5 sik6 maai4 dip6 sung3 keoi5. [Jyutping]
    Eat up the rest of the dish.
    我想抹乾淨張檯佢。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    我想抹干净张台佢。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ngo5 soeng2 maat3 gon1 zeng6 zoeng1 toi4-2 keoi5. [Jyutping]
    I want to wipe the table clean.
    你可唔可以掉嗮啲垃圾佢啊？ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    nei5 ho2 m4 ho2 ji5 deu6 saai3 di1 laap6 saap3 keoi5 aa3? [Jyutping]
    Can you throw out all the garbage?

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 他 (“he”) [map]
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Compounds

References

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Japanese

Kanji

佢

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): きょ (kyo)
  • Kun: かれ (kare)

Korean

Hanja

佢 (eumhun 그 거 (geu geo))

  1. hanja form? of 거 (“he, him”)

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

佢: Hán Nôm readings: cừ

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References

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