圐圙

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (圐圙)		圐	圙
alternative forms		㗄𠼟

Glyph origin

Enclosures (囗) with components representing the idiom 四方八面 (sìfāngbāmiàn, “all around; in all directions”).

Etymology

From Mongolian ᠬᠦᠷᠢᠶ᠎ᠡ (küriy-e, “enclosure; area”), whence Khalkha Mongolian хүрээ (xüree). Hence a variant of 庫倫／库伦 (kùlún).

Alternatively, as a disyllabic Jin derivative of 圈 (OC *kʰron, *ɡronʔ, *kʰon, *ɡlonʔ, *ɡlons, “circle”) which has preserved the lateral /*-l-/ in consonant clusters from Old Chinese (Qiao, 2008).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kūlüè

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨ ㄌㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ku¹ loek⁶
• Jin (Wiktionary): kueh⁴ lye³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kūlüè
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨ ㄌㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kulyuè
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu¹-lüeh⁴
    • Yale: kū-lywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuliueh
    • Palladius: кулюэ (kuljue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵⁵ ly̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ku¹ loek⁶
    • Yale: kū leuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ku¹ loek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ku¹ lêg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuː⁵⁵ lœːk̚²/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: kueh⁴ lye³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kʰuəʔ² lye⁴⁵/

Noun

圐圙

1. (Jin) enclosed yard or grassland (chiefly used in placenames in Shanxi and Inner Mongolia)