齲

See also: 龋 and 𮯌

齲 U+9F72, 齲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F72 ← 齱 [U+9F71] CJK Unified Ideographs 齳 → [U+9F73]

Translingual

Traditional	齲
Shinjitai (extended)	𮯌
Simplified	龋

Han character

齲 (Kangxi radical 211, 齒+9, 24 strokes, cangjie input 卜山竹中月 (YUHLB), four-corner 2272₇, composition ⿰齒禹)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1535, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48716
• Dae Jaweon: page 2073, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4798, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9F72

Chinese

trad.		齲
simp.		龋

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
踽	*kʷaʔ, *kʰʷaʔ
萭	*kʷaʔ, *ɢʷaʔ
聥	*kʷaʔ, *ɢʷaʔ
楀	*kʷaʔ, *ɢʷaʔ
齲	*kʰʷaʔ
禹	*ɢʷaʔ
瑀	*ɢʷaʔ
鄅	*ɢʷaʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰʷaʔ): semantic 齒 (“teeth”) + phonetic 禹 (OC *ɢʷaʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǔ (qu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü³
    • Yale: chyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheu
    • Palladius: цюй (cjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: geoi²
    • Yale: géui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khú
    • Tâi-lô: khú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: quo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰu⁵⁵⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: khjuX

Rime
Character	齲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	驅雨切
Baxter	khjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɨoX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰioX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰioX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰuə̆X/
Li Rong	/kʰioX/
Wang Li	/kʰĭuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰi̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	heoi2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷaʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	齲
Reading #	1/1
No.	15958
Phonetic component	禹
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	齲
Old Chinese	/*kʰʷaʔ/

Definitions

齲

1. (dentistry) decay; cavity

Compounds

• 低齲齒性 / 低龋齿性 (dī qǔchǐxìng)
• 蚛齲 / 蚛龋
• 防齲 / 防龋 (fángqǔ)
• 齒齲 / 齿龋 (chǐqǔ)
• 齲洞 / 龋洞 (qǔdòng)
• 齲痛 / 龋痛 (qǔtòng)
• 齲蠹 / 龋蠹 (qǔdù)
• 齲齒 / 龋齿 (qǔchǐ)
• 齲齒性 / 龋齿性 (qǔchǐxìng)
• 齲齒笑 / 龋齿笑

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	𮯌
Print standard	齲

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 齲

齲

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𮯌)

1. decayed tooth
2. cavity

Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: く (ku)
• Kan’yō-on: う (u)
• Kun: むしば (mushiba)

References

• “^▲齲”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

齲 • (u) (hangeul 우, revised u, McCune–Reischauer u, Yale wu)

1. decayed tooth