佸

佸 U+4F78, 佸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F78 ← 佷 [U+4F77] CJK Unified Ideographs 佹 → [U+4F79]

Translingual

Han character

佸 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人竹十口 (OHJR), four-corner 2226₄, composition ⿰亻舌)

Derived characters

• 𮢍

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 100, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 564
• Dae Jaweon: page 213, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 149, character 5
• Unihan data for U+4F78

Chinese

simp. and trad.		佸
alternative forms		𠈲

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 佸
Small seal script s05784
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

	Old Chinese
咶	*qʰroːds, *qʰroːds, *ɡroːd
話	*ɡroːds
刮	*kroːd
鴰	*kroːd, *koːd
趏	*kroːd, *kʰroːd
舌	*ɡroːd, *ɦbljed
姡	*ɡroːd, *ɡoːd
頢	*ɡroːd, *koːd
括	*koːd
活	*koːd, *ɡoːd
适	*koːd, *kʰoːd
栝	*koːd, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
佸	*koːd, *ɡoːd
髺	*koːd
聒	*koːd
銛	*koːd, *slem, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
葀	*koːd
懖	*koːd
筈	*koːd, *kʰoːd
萿	*koːd
蛞	*kʰoːd
闊	*kʰoːd
秳	*ɡoːd

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huó (huo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kut³, wut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huó
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huó
    • Wade–Giles: huo²
    • Yale: hwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwo
    • Palladius: хо (xo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kut³, wut⁶
    • Yale: kut, wuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kut⁸, wut⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kud³, wud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuːt̚³/, /wuːt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: kwat, hwat

Rime
Character	佸	佸
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	末 (64)	末 (64)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古活切	戸括切
Baxter	kwat	hwat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑt̚/	/ɦuɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑt̚/	/ɦʷɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑt̚/	/ɣuɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwat̚/	/ɦwat̚/
Li Rong	/kuɑt̚/	/ɣuɑt̚/
Wang Li	/kuɑt̚/	/ɣuɑt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuɑt̚/	/ɣuɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guo	huó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gut3	wut6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*koːd/, /*ɡoːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	佸	佸
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7571	7586
Phonetic component	桰	桰
Rime group	月	月
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	括	活
Old Chinese	/*koːd/	/*ɡoːd/

Definitions

佸

1. (literary) to meet

   • 君子于役、不日不月、曷其有佸。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Jūnzǐ yú yì, bù rì bù yuè, hé qí yǒu huó. [Pinyin]

     My husband is away on service,
     Not for days [merely] or for months.
     When will he come back to me?

Japanese

Kanji

佸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to meet

Readings

• On (unclassified): かつ (katsu); がち (gachi)
• Kun: あう (au, 佸う)

Korean

Hanja

佸 • (gwal) (hangeul 괄, revised gwal, McCune–Reischauer kwal)

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