璆

璆 U+7486, 璆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7486 ← 璅 [U+7485] CJK Unified Ideographs 璇 → [U+7487]

Translingual

Han character

璆 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一土尸一竹 (MGSMH), four-corner 1712₂, composition ⿰𤣩翏)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 741, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21202
• Dae Jaweon: page 1150, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1136, character 8
• Unihan data for U+7486

Chinese

trad.		璆
simp. #		璆
alternative forms		球

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 璆
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
醪	*ruːw
嫪	*ruːw, *rɯːws
嘐	*ɡ·ruːw, *krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw
賿	*rrɯːw, *rrɯːwʔ
顟	*rrɯːw
膠	*krɯːw, *krɯːws, *kʰrɯːw
轇	*krɯːw
摎	*krɯːw, *rɯw
髎	*riw, *rɯːw
熮	*riws, *rɯːw, *rɯwʔ
廖	*rɯːw, *rɯːws, *rɯws
憀	*rɯːw, *rɯw
豂	*rɯːw
漻	*rɯːw
翏	*ɡ·rɯːw, *ɡ·rɯws
寥	*rɯːw, *rɯːwɢ
蓼	*rɯːwʔ, *rɯwɢ
鄝	*rɯːwʔ
鷚	*mɡlɯw, *rɯwɢs, *mɡrɯw, *ɡrɯw
繆	*mlɯw, *mɡrɯw, *mrɯws, *mlɯwɢ
勠	*rɯw, *rɯwɢs, *rɯwɢ
疁	*rɯw
飂	*rɯw, *rɯws
鏐	*rɯw, *rɯw
僇	*rɯwɢs, *rɯwɢ
瘳	*r̥ʰɯw
璆	*ɡlɯw, *ɡrɯw
謬	*mrɯws
蟉	*ɡ·rɯw, *ɡrɯw, *ɡrɯwʔ
樛	*krɯw
磟	*ruːwɢ, *rɯwɢ
戮	*rɯwɢ
剹	*rɯwɢ
穋	*rɯwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡlɯw, *ɡrɯw): semantic 𤣩 + phonetic 翏 (OC *ɡ·rɯːw, *ɡ·rɯws).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiú (qiu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiû

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kau⁴
    • Yale: kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: keo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiû
    • Tâi-lô: kiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu²³/

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• Middle Chinese: gjuw, gjiw

Rime
Character	璆	璆
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	幽 (138)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	巨鳩切	渠幽切
Baxter	gjuw	gjiw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨu/	/ɡiɪu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiu/	/ɡɨu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiəu/	/ɡieu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/guw/	/gjiw/
Li Rong	/ɡiu/	/ɡiĕu/
Wang Li	/ɡĭəu/	/ɡiəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯ə̯u/	/gieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiú	qiú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kau4	kau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡlɯw/, /*ɡrɯw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	璆	璆
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8387	8395
Phonetic component	翏	翏
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	𧚍	虯
Old Chinese	/*ɡlɯw/	/*ɡrɯw/
Notes	見爾雅	見爾雅

Definitions

璆

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) beautiful jade
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) tinkle of jade objects

Compounds

• 璆琳

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 璆

璆

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. beautiful jade
2. tinkle

Readings

(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

• Go-on: ぐ (gu)^{←ぐ (gu, historical)}
• Kan-on: きゅう (kyū)^{←きう (kiu, historical)}
• On: く (ku)、ゆう (yū)、ゆ (yu)

Compounds

• 璆(きゅう)鏘(そう) (kyūsō)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 璆 (MC gjuw|gjiw).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ku]
• Phonetic hangul: [구]

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

璆

璆 (eumhun 아름다운 옥(玉) 구 (areumdaun ok gu))

1. beautiful jade
2. tinkle

References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 璆

Vietnamese

Han character

璆: Hán Nôm readings: cầu

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