捄

捄 U+6344, 捄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6344 ← 捃 [U+6343] CJK Unified Ideographs 捅 → [U+6345]

Translingual

Han character

捄 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手戈十水 (QIJE), four-corner 5303₂, composition ⿰扌求)

1. long and curved

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 433, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12127
• Dae Jaweon: page 782, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1878, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6344

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
救	*kus
求	*ɡu
球	*ɡu
逑	*ɡu
賕	*ɡu
蛷	*ɡu
莍	*ɡu
殏	*ɡu
梂	*ɡu
俅	*ɡu
脙	*ɡu, *qʰu
絿	*ɡu
銶	*ɡu
毬	*ɡu
捄	*ɡu, *ko
觩	*ɡu

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡu, *ko): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 求 (OC *ɡu)

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 捄 – see 救 (“to aid; to support; to save; to rescue; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 救).

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		捄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jū (ju¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyu
    • Wade–Giles: chü¹
    • Yale: jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiu
    • Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kju

Rime
Character	捄
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	舉朱切
Baxter	kju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/kio/
Shao Rongfen	/kio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuə̆/
Li Rong	/kio/
Wang Li	/kĭu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	geoi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ko/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	捄
Reading #	2/2
No.	10576
Phonetic component	求
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	拘
Old Chinese	/*ko/

Definitions

捄

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to put dirt in a basket

   • 捄之陾陾，度之薨薨。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Jū zhī réngréng, duó zhī hōnghōng. [Pinyin]

     Crowds brought the earth in baskets; they threw it with shouts into the frames.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiú (qiu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cióu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiu²
    • Yale: chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyou
    • Palladius: цю (cju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: gjuw

Rime
Character	捄
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	巨鳩切
Baxter	gjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/guw/
Li Rong	/ɡiu/
Wang Li	/ɡĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡu/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	捄
Reading #	1/2
No.	10573
Phonetic component	求
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	𧚍
Old Chinese	/*ɡu/

Definitions

捄

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) long and curved

   • 有饛簋飧、有捄棘匕。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     有𱄈簋飧、有捄棘匕。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yǒu méng guǐsūn, yǒu qiú jíbǐ. [Pinyin]

     Well loaded with millet were the dishes, and long and curved were spoons of thorn-wood.

Japanese

Kanji

捄

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): きゅう (kyū)、ぐ (gu)
• Kun: もる (moru)

Korean

Hanja

捄 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

捄: Hán Nôm readings: cứu

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References

• Nom Foundation