姤

See also: ䷫

姤 U+59E4, 姤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59E4 ← 姣 [U+59E3] CJK Unified Ideographs 姥 → [U+59E5]

Translingual

Han character

姤 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女竹一口 (VHMR), four-corner 4246₁, composition ⿰女后)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 260, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6215
• Dae Jaweon: page 526, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1045, character 16
• Unihan data for U+59E4

Chinese

trad.		姤
simp. #		姤

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
垢	*koːʔ
詬	*koːʔ, *kʰoːs, *qʰoːs
茩	*koːʔ
姤	*koːs
銗	*ɡoː
骺	*ɡoː
后	*ɡoːʔ, *ɡoːs
垕	*ɡoːʔ
郈	*ɡoːʔ
逅	*ɡoːs
鲘
缿	*ɡoːs, *ɡroːŋʔ

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gòu (gou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gòu
    • Wade–Giles: kou⁴
    • Yale: gòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gow
    • Palladius: гоу (gou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gau³
    • Yale: gau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: kuwH

Rime
Character	姤
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古候切
Baxter	kuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kəuH/
Pan Wuyun	/kəuH/
Shao Rongfen	/kəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəwH/
Li Rong	/kuH/
Wang Li	/kəuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gau3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*koːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姤
Reading #	1/1
No.	5163
Phonetic component	后
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	遘
Old Chinese	/*koːs/

Definitions

姤

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 遘 (gòu, “to meet; to encounter”)
2. (literary) good; fine
3. (literary) evil
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to copulate
5. 44th hexagram of the I Ching, "meet" (䷫)

Compounds

• 夷姤

Pronunciation 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 姤 – see 妒 (“to be jealous of her husband or another woman; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 妒).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00646

Japanese

Kanji

姤

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: こう (kō)
• Kun: あう (au, 姤う)、みめよい (mimeyoi, 姤い)、みにくい (minikui)

Korean

Hanja

姤 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku)

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Vietnamese

Han character

姤: Hán Nôm readings: cạu

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