炬

炬 U+70AC, 炬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-70AC ← 炫 [U+70AB] CJK Unified Ideographs 炭 → [U+70AD]

Translingual

Han character

炬 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火尸尸 (FSS), four-corner 9181₇, composition ⿰火巨)

1. torch
2. candle

Derived characters

• 㮡

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 668, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18949
• Dae Jaweon: page 1077, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2191, character 11
• Unihan data for U+70AC

Chinese

trad.		炬
simp. #		炬

Glyph origin

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) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 巨 (OC *ɡaʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jù (ju⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kǐr / kū / kī / kîr

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ge⁶

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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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǐr
    • Tâi-lô: kǐr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɯ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū
    • Tâi-lô: kū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ku
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ku³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ku²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī
    • Tâi-lô: kī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kîr
    • Tâi-lô: kîr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɯ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ge⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳ̆
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɯ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: gjoX

Rime
Character	炬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	其吕切
Baxter	gjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/ɡiɔX/
Wang Li	/ɡĭoX/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	geoi6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	炬
Reading #	1/1
No.	7051
Phonetic component	巨
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɡaʔ/
Notes	見史記，說文作苣

Definitions

炬

1. torch
2. candle

Compounds

• 一炬
• 付之一炬 (fùzhīyījù)
• 付諸一炬／付诸一炬 (fùzhūyījù)
• 火炬 (huǒjù)
• 炬火 (jùhuǒ)
• 目光如炬
• 蠟炬／蜡炬 (làjù)
• 麻炬

 

Japanese

Kanji

炬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ご (go)
• Kan-on: きょ (kyo)
• Kan’yō-on: こ (ko)
• Kun: たいまつ (taimatsu, 炬); ともしび (tomoshibi, 炬); やく (yaku, 炬く)

Definitions

Kanji in this term
炬
たいまつ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 炬 – see the following entry.

【松明たいまつ】 [noun] a torch (stick with flame at one end) [proper noun] a placename Alternative spelling 炬火

(This term, 炬, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

炬: Hán Việt readings: cự

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