矻

矻 U+77FB, 矻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-77FB ← 矺 [U+77FA] CJK Unified Ideographs 矼 → [U+77FC]

Translingual

Han character

矻 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一口人弓 (MRON), four-corner 1861₇, composition ⿰石乞)

1. toil, slave away
2. busy

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 827, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24043
• Dae Jaweon: page 1241, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2417, character 13
• Unihan data for U+77FB

Chinese

simp. and trad.		矻

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
乞	*kʰɯds, *kʰɯd
盵	*kʰɯds
齕	*ɡɯːd, *ɡuːd
紇	*ɡɯːd, *ɡuːd
籺	*ɡɯːd
圪	*ŋrɯd, *ŋɯd
訖	*kɯd
吃	*kɯd
扢	*kɯd, *kuːd, *ɡuːd
疙	*ŋɯd
屹	*ŋɯd
仡	*ŋɯd, *hŋɯd
迄	*hŋɯd
釳	*hŋɯd
忔	*hŋɯd
汔	*hŋɯd
矻	*kʰuːd
麧	*ɡuːd

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kū, kù

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨ, ㄎㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngat⁶, fat¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khut

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kū
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ku
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu¹
    • Yale: kū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ku
    • Palladius: ку (ku)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kù
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kù
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu⁴
    • Yale: kù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuh
    • Palladius: ку (ku)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngat⁶, fat¹
    • Yale: ngaht, fāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngat⁹, fat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: nged⁶, fed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐt̚²/, /fɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khut
    • Tâi-lô: khut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qud
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰut̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰut̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khwot

Rime
Character	矻
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	沒 (56)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦骨切
Baxter	khwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuət̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuot̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwət̚/
Li Rong	/kʰuət̚/
Wang Li	/kʰuət̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰuət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ku
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fat1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰuːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	矻
Reading #	1/1
No.	10093
Phonetic component	乞
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	窟
Old Chinese	/*kʰuːd/

Definitions

矻

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Compounds

• 孜孜矻矻 (zīzīkūkū)
• 矻睜睜／矻睁睁
• 矻矻

 

References

• “矻”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

矻

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. toil
2. slave away
3. busy

Readings

• Go-on: こち (kochi)
• Kan-on: こつ (kotsu)
• On: くち (kuchi); かつ (katsu); かち (kachi)
• Kun: いし (ishi); はたらく (hataraku, 矻く)

Korean

Hanja

矻 • (gol) (hangeul 골, revised gol, McCune–Reischauer kol, Yale kol)

1. stone