虯

See also: 虬

虯 U+866F, 虯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-866F ← 虮 [U+866E] CJK Unified Ideographs 虰 → [U+8670]

Translingual

Han character

虯 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+2, 8 strokes, cangjie input 中戈女中 (LIVL), four-corner 5210₀, composition ⿰虫丩)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1076, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32810
• Dae Jaweon: page 1545, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2833, character 10
• Unihan data for U+866F

Chinese

trad.		虯
simp.		虬
alternative forms		虬

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 虯
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
艽	*krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw, *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
芁	*kriːw
荍	*ɡiw
叫	*kiːws
訆	*kiːws
嘂	*kiːws
收	*qʰljɯw, *qʰljɯws
糾	*kɯw, *krɯwʔ
朻	*kɯw, *krɯw, *krɯwʔ
丩	*kɯw, *krɯw
赳	*krɯw, *krɯwʔ
虬	*ɡrɯw
虯	*ɡrɯw
觓	*ɡrɯw

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡrɯw): semantic 虫 + phonetic 丩 (OC *kɯw, *krɯw).

Etymology

Coblin (1986) compares this to Tibetan ཀླུ (klu, “serpent, naga”), yet see 蛟 (OC *kreːw); most likely etymology is "twisting, wriggling" (Carr, 1990; Schuessler, 2007). Note 糾 (OC *kɯw, *krɯwʔ) "to twist, plait, wind, entwine".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiú (qiu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ

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

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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: khiû
    • Tâi-lô: khiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiu²³/

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• Middle Chinese: gjiw

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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡrɯw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	虯
Reading #	1/1
No.	6933
Phonetic component	丩
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	虯
Old Chinese	/*ɡrɯw/

Definitions

虯

1. (mythology) young dragon with horns
2. twisted
3. (Hokkien) stingy; miserly; overly frugal; thrifty

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 吝嗇 (“stingy; miserly”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		吝, 嗇, 慳, 吝嗇, 慳吝
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		吝嗇, 小氣, 慳吝
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	小氣, 摳, 摳兒, 摳門兒, 小摳兒, 死摳兒, 摳搜, 摳唆, 嗇刻
	Langfang	摳
	Chengde	摳兒
	Chifeng	吝嗇, 摳兒
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	小摳兒, 小氣
	Heihe	吝嗇, 摳, 摳門兒, 小摳兒
	Qiqihar	吝嗇, 摳, 摳門兒
	Harbin	摳, 摳門兒, 小摳兒, 摳搜, 小氣, 夾夾咕咕, 玍屄
	Baicheng	吝嗇, 摳
	Changchun	小摳
	Tonghua	摳門兒
	Shenyang	吝嗇, 小摳, 摳
	Jinzhou	吝嗇, 摳, 摳搜, 渠
	Malaysia	吝嗇
	Singapore	吝嗇
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	摳兒, 摳門兒, 摳唆, 死摳兒, 窮摳兒
	Tangshan	摳惜
	Cangzhou	摳兒
	Baoding	摳, 窮摳
	Shijiazhuang	摳, 老摳兒
	Lijin	摳, 不出息
	Jinan	摳, 摳門兒, 小氣
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	黑饞
	Dandong	吝嗇, 摳, 小摳兒
	Yantai	摳, 奸
	Yantai (Muping)	摳, 摳搜
	Qingdao	奸, 拤古
	Zhucheng	拤古
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	摳唆, 小氣, 吝嗇
	Lingbao	吝嗇, 嗇皮
	Jining	摳
	Daming	老摳兒
	Wanrong	摳, 小氣
	Linfen	摳
	Shangqiu	摳, 老鱉一
	Yuanyang	摳兒
	Zhengzhou	摳, 尖
	Xinyang	尖
	Baihe	嗇皮
	Xi'an	小氣, 嗇, 吝嗇, 嗇皮, 摳
	Baoji	嗇皮
	Tianshui	吝嗇
	Xining	摳, 摳皮, 細詳, 搜, 小氣
	Xuzhou	搜, 摳, 搜摳兒, 搜摳, 搜屄摳兒, 薄氣, 不出血
	Fuyang	吝嗇, 摳, 尖
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	摳搜, 薄嗇, 嗇, 小氣
	Lanzhou	摳搜, 嗇皮, 嗇, 小氣
	Dunhuang	嗇
	Hami	摳
	Ürümqi	摳, 摳搜, 嗇皮, 小氣
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	摳, 小氣, 夾, 苟, 嗇, 坎
	Nanchong	吝嗇, 摳
	Hanyuan	嗇
	Xichang	嗇, 坎
	Zigong	吝嗇, 摳
	Chongqing	吝嗇, 夾, 財, 老默, 摳
	Wuhan	吝嗇, 摳, 慳, 小氣
	Yichang	吝嗇, 嗇, 小氣
	Xiangyang	吝嗇, 雀薄
	Tianmen	吝嗇
	Guiyang	摳, 夾摳, 夾殼, 小氣
	Zunyi	摳, 夾殼兒
	Bijie	夾摳, 夾殼
	Liping	吝嗇, 摳, 小氣
	Zhaotong	小氣
	Dali	尖鉤鉤
	Kunming	吝嗇, 小氣, 秀, 秀氣郎當
	Mengzi	摳
	Guilin	摳
	Guilin (Lingui)	吝嗇
	Liuzhou	吝嗇, 摳, 沙, 小氣
	Liuzhou (Luorong)	吝嗇
	Jishou	摳
	Changde	摳
	Hanzhong	嗇皮
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	摳, 嗇, 小氣, 尿日鬼
	Yangzhou	摳, 小氣, 嗇掐, 嗇苛, 嗇, 吝嗇
	Lianyungang	吝嗇, 免頭
	Lianshui	小氣
	Nantong	小氣, 嗇掐
	Anqing	摳
	Wuhu	摳, 尿
	Hefei	摳, 小氣, 算小
	Hong'an	小氣, 慳, 刻薄
Cantonese	Guangzhou	孤寒, 慳濕, 度縮, 眼緊, 縮骨, 麻米, 細囈, 小氣, 知微, 知慎
	Hong Kong	孤寒, 度縮, 縮骨
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	孤寒
	Macau	孤寒
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	孤寒
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	孤寒
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	孤寒
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	孤寒
	Foshan	孤寒
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	孤寒
	Foshan (Shunde)	孤寒
	Foshan (Sanshui)	孤寒
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	孤寒
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	孤寒
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	孤寒
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	孤寒
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	孤寒
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	孤寒
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	孤寒
	Taishan	孤寒, 針屎
	Kaiping (Chikan)	孤寒, 針屎
	Enping (Niujiang)	耳屎, 孤寒
	Heshan (Yayao)	孤寒
	Dongguan	孤寒, 縮骨
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	孤寒
	Qingyuan	孤寒
	Fogang	孤寒
	Yingde (Hanguang)	孤寒
	Yangshan	孤寒
	Lianshan (Butian)	慳
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	孤寒
	Shaoguan	孤寒
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	孤寒
	Renhua	孤寒
	Lechang	孤寒
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	孤寒
	Sihui	孤寒
	Guangning	孤寒
	Deqing	孤寒
	Huaiji	孤寒
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	孤寒
	Yunfu	孤寒
	Xinxing	孤寒
	Luoding	孤寒
	Yunan (Pingtai)	孤寒
	Yangjiang	孤寒, 小格
	Xinyi	孤寒
	Lianjiang	小氣, 慳嗇
	Nanning	孤寒, 小氣
	Wuzhou	孤寒
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	慳
	Lingshan	慳
	Pubei	慳
	Beihai	慳濕, 孤寒
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	孤寒
	Danzhou	細氣
	Singapore (Guangfu)	孤寒
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	小氣
	Móng Cái	孤寒
Gan	Nanchang	嗇, 小氣
	Lichuan	慳吝, 小氣
	Pingxiang	肋嗇, 嗇魔, 小氣
Hakka	Meixian	齧, 齧察, 歪, 孤寒, 皮西艾曬, 唆嗇, 淒老
	Xingning	歪
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	孤寒, 蔑屑
	Huidong (Daling)	小氣, 孤寒
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	孤寒
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	孤寒
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	孤寒
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	孤寒
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	孤寒
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	孤寒
	Jiexi	嗇
	Luhe	齧察
	Changting	癄
	Wuping	齧
	Wuping (Pingyu)	歪, 齧察
	Ninghua	精
	Yudu	小氣, 小相
	Ruijin	小氣
	Shangyou (Shexi)	精, 小氣
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	齧, 齧察, 鹹合澀, 鹹澀
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	齧, 齧察, 齧唧, 鹹合澀, 鹹澀
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	齧, 齧察, 齧合澀, 澀齧
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	齧, 齧察, 鹹合澀
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	齧察, 齧合澀
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	硞, 虯, 鹹合澀
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	摳
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	小氣
Huizhou	Jixi	小毛, 小氣, 小鬼
	Shexian	小氣, 吃小米
Jin	Taiyuan	小氣, 摳索, 吝嗇
	Pingyao	摳, 小氣
	Yangyuan	吝嗇, 摳, 磨慳, 慳
	Datong	吝嗇, 摳
	Xinzhou	鬼祟, 小氣
	Lüliang (Lishi)	摳
	Changzhi	摳, 慳, 摳搜
	Linhe	憋, 缺
	Jining	摳
	Hohhot	小氣
	Erenhot	摳, 小氣
	Pingshan	摳唆
	Zhangjiakou	摳門兒, 摳, 吝嗇
	Handan	小氣, 摳兒門兒, 摳兒, 嗇結頭
	Linzhou	摳
	Suide	嗇
Northern Min	Jian'ou	嗇鄙, 小癖氣
	Songxi	小氣
	Zhenghe	嗇鄙
	Jianyang	嗇鄙
	Wuyishan	嗇
	Pucheng (Shibei)	嗇
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	貽順, 奸狡, 奸狡利, 小氣, 十絕
	Fuqing	小氣, 𣍐捨, 奸小利
Southern Min	Xiamen	枵鬼, 譴相, 小鄙臉, 貓, 貓神, 貓𡳞 vulgar, 貓潲 vulgar, 㾀屎 vulgar, 鹹, 澀, 鹹澀, 鹹掛澀, 雞孫, 凍霜, 攝屎, 鄙釐, 虯, 竭, 𣍐做儂
	Quanzhou	枵鬼, 譴相, 貓, 貓𡳞 vulgar, 貓潲 vulgar, 㾀屎 vulgar, 鹹, 澀, 鹹澀, 鹹掛澀, 雞孫, 捻𡳞 vulgar, 捻, 鄙釐, 虯, 𣍐做儂
	Jinjiang	枵鬼
	Zhangzhou	枵鬼, 小鬼臉, 㾀屎庀 vulgar, 鹹, 澀, 鹹澀, 鹹澀韌, 蟯, 蟯鬼, 蟯疕, 桶庀, 鄙釐, 毛絲, 虯, 𣍐做儂, 雞攝膣, 攝雞膣, 攝屎, 𠢕儉
	Zhangpu	枝釐
	Yunxiao	夾絲
	Taipei	牛螕, 凍霜, 鹹澀
	Taipei (Wanhua)	凍霜
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	凍霜, 鹹澀, 牛螕, 孤獨
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	牛螕, 苛頭, 凍霜, 鹹澀
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	孤霜, 㾀屎
	Kaohsiung	牛螕, 凍霜, 鹹澀, 硞
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	凍霜, 硞
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	凍霜, 鹹澀, 苛頭, 硞, 虯
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	凍霜, 鹹澀, 苛頭, 硞, 虯
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	凍霜, 苛頭
	Yilan	凍霜, 貓筩, 鹹澀, 虯
	Changhua (Lukang)	虯, 凍霜, 硞, 鹹澀
	Taichung	凍霜, 硞, 硞仔頭
	Taichung (Wuqi)	凍霜
	Tainan	虯, 苛頭, 凍霜, 硞, 鹹澀
	Tainan (Anping)	凍霜, 鹹澀, 硞, 虯
	Taitung	凍霜
	Hsinchu	凍霜, 鹹澀, 㾀屎 vulgar, 鹹
	Kinmen	凍霜, 孤霜, 鹹澀
	Penghu (Magong)	凍霜, 孤霜, 鹹澀, 牛螕, 虯
	Penghu (Xiyu)	孤獨, 凍霜, 鹹澀, 苛頭
	Penang (Hokkien)	鹹澀, 鹹
	Singapore (Hokkien)	枵鬼, 貓, 鹹, 澀, 鹹澀, 鹹掛澀, 貓潲 vulgar, 貓𡳞 vulgar, 㾀屎 vulgar
	Manila (Hokkien)	鹹澀, 孤死酸, 汌, 鹹, 貓潲 vulgar
	Longyan	挾潲
	Datian	澀鼻
	Chaozhou	鹹澀
	Shantou	鹹澀
	Jieyang	鹹澀, 酸澀, 迡噝, 奸狡, 鼠鬼相
	Singapore (Teochew)	鹹澀, 貓
	Leizhou	慳, 慳嘜, 刻目, 刺麻
	Wenchang	鹹澀, 細氣
	Haikou	鹹澀
	Singapore (Hainanese)	鹹澀, 鹹
Puxian Min	Putian	儉嗇, 無𡳞成, 慳, 馬貽順
	Xianyou	儉嗇, 無𡳞成, 慳
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	孤寒
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	孤寒, 孽屎
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	小氣, 小相
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Chaoyang)	小氣
	Guilin (Zhuyuan)	吝嗇
	Lingchuan (Tanxia)	小氣
Wu	Shanghai	小氣, 密屑, 賅刁, 摳, 刮皮, 酷, 刁, 勿爽氣
	Shanghai (Chongming)	小氣
	Suzhou	小氣, 算小, 掐
	Wuxi	小氣, 嗇
	Changzhou	小氣
	Danyang	嗇掐, 小氣
	Hangzhou	小氣, 精馬, 精巴
	Ningbo	小氣, 刮皮
	Wenzhou	小氣, 貓, 吃不得
	Jinhua	小氣, 刻嗇, 貓涴
Xiang	Changsha	吝毛, 小氣, 摳, 疜
	Loudi	小相
	Shuangfeng	小氣
	Quanzhou	吝嗇
	Guanyang (Wenshi)	小相
Xiangnan Tuhua	Jiangyong	小氣

Compounds

• 虯枝 / 虬枝 (qiúzhī)
• 虯蟠 / 虬蟠
• 虯鏤亮槅 / 虬镂亮槅
• 虯髯 / 虬髯
• 虯髯客 / 虬髯客
• 虯髯客傳 / 虬髯客传
• 虯鬚 / 虬须
• 虯龍 / 虬龙 (qiúlóng)
• 蚴虯 / 蚴虬
• 蛟虯 / 蛟虬
• 蟉虯 / 蟉虬
• 蟠虯紋 / 蟠虬纹

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 虯

虯

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. young dragon

Readings

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• Go-on: ぐ (gu)、ぎょう (gyō)^{←げう (geu, historical)}
• Kan-on: きゅう (kyū)^{←きう (kiu, historical)}、きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kun: みずち (mizuchi)^{←みづち (miduti, historical)←みつち (mituti, ancient)}

Compounds

• 虯竜(きゅうりょう) (kyūryō), 虯竜(きゅうりゅう) (kyūryū)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
虯
みずち Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Noun

虯(みずち) • (mizuchi) ^{←みづち (miduti)?}

1. alternative spelling of 蛟 (mizuchi): a mythical dragon-like beast

Korean

Hanja

虯 (eum 규 (gyu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

虯: Hán Nôm readings: cù, cú, cầu

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