䀠

䀠 U+4020, 䀠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4020 ← 䀟 [U+401F] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 䀡 → [U+4021]

Translingual

Han character

䀠 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月山月山 (BUBU), composition ⿰目目)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 803, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2479, character 13
• Unihan data for U+4020

Chinese

simp. and trad.		䀠
alternative forms		眗 𥉁

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 䀠
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jù (ju⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): keoi⁴

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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: keoi⁴
    • Yale: kèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koey⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kêu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɵy̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kju, kjuH

Rime
Character	䀠	䀠
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	舉朱切	九遇切
Baxter	kju	kjuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨo/	/kɨoH/
Pan Wuyun	/kio/	/kioH/
Shao Rongfen	/kio/	/kioH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuə̆/	/kuə̆H/
Li Rong	/kio/	/kioH/
Wang Li	/kĭu/	/kĭuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯u/	/ki̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jū	jù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	geoi1	geoi3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʷ(r)a-s/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	䀠
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qú
Middle Chinese	‹ kjuH ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʷ(r)a-s/
English	look right and left
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.

Definitions

䀠

1. to look around
2. nervous
3. Alternative form of 瞿 (“shocked; scared”)
4. a surname