軱

軱 U+8EF1, 軱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8EF1 ← 軰 [U+8EF0] CJK Unified Ideographs 軲 → [U+8EF2]

Translingual

Han character

軱 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 十十竹女人 (JJHVO), four-corner 5203₀, composition ⿰車瓜)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1241, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38253
• Dae Jaweon: page 1717, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3522, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8EF1

Chinese

trad.		軱
simp.		𮝴

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
瓜	*kʷraː
坬	*kʷraːs
窊	*qʷraː, *qʷraːs
畖	*qʷraː
搲	*qʷraːs
攨	*qʷraːs
孤	*kʷaː
苽	*kʷaː
胍	*kʷaː
泒	*kʷaː
呱	*kʷaː
觚	*kʷaː
柧	*kʷaː
罛	*kʷaː
軱	*kʷaː
菰	*kʷaː
箛	*kʷaː
狐	*ɡʷaː
弧	*ɡʷlaː

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gū (gu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gū
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gu
    • Wade–Giles: ku¹
    • Yale: gū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gu
    • Palladius: гу (gu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gu¹
    • Yale: gū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ku

Rime
Character	軱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古胡切
Baxter	ku
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuo/
Pan Wuyun	/kuo/
Shao Rongfen	/ko/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɔ/
Li Rong	/ko/
Wang Li	/ku/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	軱
Reading #	1/1
No.	4355
Phonetic component	瓜
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	孤
Old Chinese	/*kʷaː/
Notes	見莊子

Definitions

軱

1. (archaic) bone

   • 技經肯綮之未嘗，而況大軱乎！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     技经肯綮之未尝，而况大𮝴乎！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zhījīng kěnqǐ zhī wèi cháng, érkuàng dà gū hū! [Pinyin]

     My art avoids the membranous ligatures, and much more the great bones!

Japanese

Kanji

軱

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こ (ko)、く (ku)
• Kun: おおぼね (ōbone)