絓

絓 U+7D53, 絓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D53 ← 絒 [U+7D52] CJK Unified Ideographs 絔 → [U+7D54]

Translingual

Han character

絓 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女火土土 (VFGG), four-corner 2491₄, composition ⿰糹圭)

1. to hang
2. coarse silk
3. anxious

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 921, character 39
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27403
• Dae Jaweon: page 1355, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3390, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7D53

Chinese

trad.		絓
simp.		𮉤

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
街	*kreː, *kreː
鞋	*ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː
娾	*ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ
佳	*kreː
鮭	*ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
涯	*ŋreː, *ŋre
崖	*ŋreː, *ŋre
啀	*ŋreː
厓	*ŋreː
捱	*ŋreː
睚	*ŋreːs
娃	*qreː
洼	*qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː
哇	*qreː, *qʷraː
胿	*ɡeː, *kʷeː
溎	*qeːns
觟	*ɡʷraːʔ
黊	*ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː
蘳	*ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe
蛙	*qʷraː, *qʷreː
窪	*qʷraː
卦	*kʷreːs
挂	*kʷreːs
掛	*kʷreːs
詿	*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs
罣	*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs
絓	*kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs
鼃	*ɢʷreː, *qʷreː
圭	*kʷeː
珪	*kʷeː
邽	*kʷeː
閨	*kʷeː
袿	*kʷeː
窐	*kʷeː, *ɡʷeː
茥	*kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
桂	*kʷeːs
筀	*kʷeːs
奎	*kʰʷeː
刲	*kʰʷeː
蝰	*kʰʷeː
楏	*kʰʷeː
睳	*qʰʷeː
畦	*ɡʷeː
眭	*ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi
烓	*qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
跬	*kʰʷeʔ
恚	*qʷes
硅	*qʰʷreɡ

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guà (gua⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa³, waa⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guà
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guà
    • Wade–Giles: kua⁴
    • Yale: gwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guah
    • Palladius: гуа (gua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaa³, waa⁶
    • Yale: gwa, wah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa³, waa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gua³, wa⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaː³³/, /waː²²/

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• Middle Chinese: hweaH

Rime
Character	絓
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	佳 (32)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	胡卦切
Baxter	hweaH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠuɛH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚæH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaɨjH/
Li Rong	/ɣuɛH/
Wang Li	/ɣwaiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣwaiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huà
Expected Cantonese Reflex	waai6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʷˤre-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷreːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	絓
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guà
Middle Chinese	‹ kwɛH ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʷˁre-s/
English	entangled
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	絓
Reading #	2/2
No.	4565
Phonetic component	圭
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	畫
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷreːs/

Definitions

絓

1. to entangle
2. (alt. form 罣) to hinder; to obstruct
3. Alternative form of 掛／挂 (guà, “to hang”)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuā (kua¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kua
    • Wade–Giles: kʻua¹
    • Yale: kwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kua
    • Palladius: куа (kua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ä⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khwea

Rime
Character	絓
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	佳 (32)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	苦緺切
Baxter	khwea
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠuɛ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷᵚæ/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuæi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwaɨj/
Li Rong	/kʰuɛ/
Wang Li	/kʰwai/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰwai/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faai1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷreː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	絓
Reading #	1/2
No.	4561
Phonetic component	圭
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	咼
Old Chinese	/*kʰʷreː/

Definitions

絓

1. coarse silk

References

• “絓”, 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

絓

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. catch on something
2. obstructed
3. hindered

Readings

(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

• Go-on: か (ka)^{←くわ (kwa, historical)}; げ (ge)^{←げ (ge, historical)←ぐゑ (gwe, ancient)}
• Kan-on: かい (kai)^{←くわい (kwai, historical)}; わ (wa)
• Kun: かかる (kakaru, 絓かる); しけ (shike, 絓); つむぎ (tsumugi, 絓)
• Nanori: しけ (shike)

Korean

Hanja

絓 • (gwae) (hangeul 괘, revised gwae, McCune–Reischauer kwae)

1. 걸리다: hang, be suspended