釦

See also: 扣

釦 U+91E6, 釦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-91E6 ← 釥 [U+91E5] CJK Unified Ideographs 釧 → [U+91E7]

Translingual

Han character

釦 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+3, 11 strokes, cangjie input 金口 (CR), four-corner 8610₀, composition ⿰釒口)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1296, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40175
• Dae Jaweon: page 1800, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4171, character 9
• Unihan data for U+91E6

Chinese

trad.		釦/扣
simp.		扣
nonstandard simp.		𬬪

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 釦
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
口	*kʰoːʔ
叩	*kʰoːʔ
扣	*kʰoːʔ, *kʰoːs
釦	*kʰoːʔ
筘	*kʰoːs

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kòu (kou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khieu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khà / khàu / khiò
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵kheu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kòu
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou⁴
    • Yale: kòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kow
    • Palladius: коу (kou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kau³
    • Yale: kau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: keo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khieu
    • Hakka Romanization System: kieu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kieu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯eu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khà / khàu / khiò
    • Tâi-lô: khà / khàu / khiò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qax, qaux, qioix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰa²¹/, /kʰau²¹/, /kʰio²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰa⁴¹/, /kʰau⁴¹/, /kʰio⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰa²¹/, /kʰau²¹/, /kʰio²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰa¹¹/, /kʰau¹¹/, /kʰio¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰa²¹/, /kʰau²¹/, /kʰiɤ²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵kheu
    • MiniDict: kheu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²kheu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰɤ³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: khuwX

Rime
Character	釦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦后切
Baxter	khuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰəuX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰəuX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəwX/
Li Rong	/kʰuX/
Wang Li	/kʰəuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hau2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰoːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	釦
Reading #	1/1
No.	7493
Phonetic component	口
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	口
Old Chinese	/*kʰoːʔ/

Definitions

釦

1. button (knob or small disc serving as a fastener)
2. (archery) metal loop at the nock point of a bow string
3. to engrave; to decorate

Compounds

• 暗釦／暗扣
• 譁釦／哗扣
• 釦子／扣子 (kòuzi)

 

Japanese

Kanji

釦

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. button

Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: こう (kō)
• Kun: ボタン (botan, 釦)

Definitions

Kanji in this term
釦
ぼたん Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

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

【ボタン】 [noun] [from 1651] a button (clothing) [noun] [from 1885] a button (mechanical device) Alternative spelling 鈕

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

Korean

Hanja

釦 • (gu) (hangeul 구)

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Vietnamese

Han character

釦: Hán Nôm readings: khấu, khẩu

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