詎

See also: 讵

詎 U+8A4E, 詎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A4E ← 詍 [U+8A4D] CJK Unified Ideographs 詏 → [U+8A4F]

Translingual

Han character

詎 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 卜口尸尸 (YRSS), four-corner 0161₇, composition ⿰訁巨)

1. interjection used to express surprise

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1154, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35370
• Dae Jaweon: page 1620, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3945, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8A4E

Chinese

trad.		詎
simp.		讵
alternative forms		距

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 詎
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Jizhuan Guwen Yunhai (compiled in Song)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
柜	*kaʔ
渠	*ɡa
磲	*ɡa
蕖	*ɡa
蟝	*ɡa
璖	*ɡa
巨	*ɡaʔ
距	*ɡaʔ
拒	*ɡaʔ
苣	*ɡaʔ
炬	*ɡaʔ
詎	*ɡaʔ, *ɡas
鉅	*ɡaʔ
秬	*ɡaʔ
粔	*ɡaʔ
駏	*ɡaʔ
歫	*ɡaʔ
矩	*kʷaʔ
榘	*kʷaʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡaʔ, *ɡas): semantic 言 + phonetic 巨 (OC *ɡaʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jù (ju⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyù
    • Wade–Giles: chü⁴
    • Yale: jyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuh
    • Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: geoi⁶
    • Yale: geuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: gjoX, gjoH

Rime
Character	詎	詎
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	其吕切	其據切
Baxter	gjoX	gjoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨʌX/	/ɡɨʌH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiɔX/	/ɡiɔH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiɔX/	/ɡiɔH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨə̆X/	/gɨə̆H/
Li Rong	/ɡiɔX/	/ɡiɔH/
Wang Li	/ɡĭoX/	/ɡĭoH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯woX/	/gi̯woH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jù	jù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	geoi6	geoi6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaʔ/, /*ɡas/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	詎	詎
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7052	7058
Phonetic component	巨	巨
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime		遽
Old Chinese	/*ɡaʔ/	/*ɡas/

Definitions

詎

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Compounds

• 庸詎 / 庸讵 (yōngjù)
• 詎料 / 讵料 (jùliào)

Japanese

Kanji

詎

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. interjection used to express surprise

Readings

• On (unclassified): きょ (kyo)、ご (go)
• Kun: なんぞ (nanzo)

Korean

Hanja

詎 • (geo) (hangeul 거, revised geo, McCune–Reischauer kŏ, Yale ke)

1. how, what
2. few
3. at least