榖

See also: 穀

榖 U+6996, 榖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6996 ← 榕 [U+6995] CJK Unified Ideographs 榗 → [U+6997]

Translingual

Han character

榖 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 土木竹弓水 (GDHNE) or 難土木竹弓 (XGDHN), four-corner 4794₇, composition ⿹𣪊木)

Derived characters

• 濲

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 543, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15229
• Dae Jaweon: page 930, character 37
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2163, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6996

Chinese

simp. and trad.		榖

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
彀	*koːɡs
鷇	*kʰoːɡs
瞉	*kʰoːɡs
豰	*pɢroːɡ, *qʰoːɡ
瑴	*kroːɡ, *koːɡ
愨	*kʰroːɡ
殼	*kʰroːɡ
觳	*kʰroːɡ, *ɡoːɡ
嗀	*qʰroːɡ, *qʰoːɡ
穀	*kloːɡ
糓	*kloːɡ
轂	*kloːɡ
榖	*kloːɡ
瀔	*koːɡ
縠	*ɡloːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔ (gu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): guk¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kuk

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gug⁵

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kok

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gog⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ku³
    • Yale: gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu
    • Palladius: гу (gu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: guk¹
    • Yale: gūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: guk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kuk
    • Hakka Romanization System: gug^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kuk̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kʊk̚¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kok
    • Tâi-lô: kok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔk̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gog⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kok
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kok̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: kuwk

Rime
Character	榖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	屋 (3)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古禄切
Baxter	kuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəwk̚/
Li Rong	/kuk̚/
Wang Li	/kuk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	guk1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kloːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	榖
Reading #	1/1
No.	7426
Phonetic component	殻
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	穀
Old Chinese	/*kloːɡ/

Definitions

榖

1. paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)

   Synonyms: 構 / 构 (gòu), 楮 (chǔ)

References

• William Campbell (1913), A dictionary of the Amoy vernacular spoken throughout the prefectures of Chin-Chiu, Chiang-Chiu and Formosa (in Hokkien), 8th edition, Tainan: Taiwan Church Press, published 1961, →OCLC, page 357.
• “榖”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• “榖”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.

Japanese

Kanji

榖

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. paper mulberry

Readings

• On (unclassified): こく (koku)、こう (kō)、く (ku)
• Kun: こうぞ (kōzo)

Usage notes

Generally not used in Japanese. Easily confused with the graphically similar character 穀 (“grain, cereal”).

Korean

Hanja

榖 • (gok) (hangeul 곡, revised gok, McCune–Reischauer kok, Yale kok)

English Wikipedia has an article on:

paper mulberry

Wikipedia

1. paper mulberry (꾸지나무, 닥나무)

Synonyms

• 構
• 楮

Vietnamese

Han character

榖: Hán Nôm readings: cốc

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References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh Từ Điển Hán VIệt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính,Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999