挎

挎 U+630E, 挎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-630E ← 挍 [U+630D] CJK Unified Ideographs 挏 → [U+630F]

Translingual

Han character

挎 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 手大一尸 (QKMS), four-corner 5402₇, composition ⿰扌夸)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 430, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12051
• Dae Jaweon: page 780, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1868, character 4
• Unihan data for U+630E

Chinese

simp. and trad.		挎

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
侉	*qaːls
夸	*kʰʷraː
姱	*kʰʷraː
胯	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
跨	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
誇	*kʰʷraː
垮	*kʰʷraːʔ
銙	*kʰʷraːʔ
骻	*kʰʷraːʔ
咵	*kʰʷraːʔ
釫	*ɢʷraː, *qʷaː
摦	*ɡʷraːs
鮬	*pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː
嶀	*qʰʷl'aː
扝	*kʰʷaː, *qʷaː
刳	*kʰʷaː
郀	*kʰʷaː
挎	*kʰʷaː
袴	*kʰʷaːs
絝	*kʰʷaːs
褲	*kʰʷaːs
恗	*qʰaː
洿	*ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː
瓠	*ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs
鄠	*ɢʷlaːʔ
污	*qʷaː, *qʷaːs
杇	*qʷaː
圬	*qʷaː
鴮	*qʷaː
盓	*qʷaː
汙	*qʷaːs, *ɢʷa
樗	*qʰʷl'a
摴	*qʰʷl'a
荂	*pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa
雩	*qʰʷla, *ɢʷla
吁	*qʰʷa, *ɢʷas
盱	*qʰʷa
訏	*qʰʷa
扜	*qʰʷa, *qʷa
旴	*qʰʷa
冔	*qʰʷaʔ
紆	*qʷa
陓	*qʷa
迂	*qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa
虶	*qʷa
于	*ɢʷa
盂	*ɢʷa
竽	*ɢʷa
邘	*ɢʷa
玗	*ɢʷa
芋	*ɢʷa, *ɢʷas
杅	*ɢʷa
釪	*ɢʷa
骬	*ɢʷa
謣	*ɢʷla
宇	*ɢʷaʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰʷaː) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 夸 (OC *kʰʷraː).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuà (kua⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwaa³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khòa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kua¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuà
    • Wade–Giles: kʻua⁴
    • Yale: kwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuah
    • Palladius: куа (kua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kwaa³
    • Yale: kwa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwaa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kua³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰaː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòa
    • Tâi-lô: khuà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoax
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰua⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰua²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kua¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khua
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰua³³/

Definitions

挎

1. to carry (esp. slung over the arm, shoulder or side)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kū (ku¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kū
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ku
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu¹
    • Yale: kū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ku
    • Palladius: ку (ku)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fu¹
    • Yale: fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khu

Rime
Character	挎
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦胡切
Baxter	khu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuo/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuo/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɔ/
Li Rong	/kʰo/
Wang Li	/kʰu/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	挎
Reading #	1/1
No.	15667
Phonetic component	于
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	枯
Old Chinese	/*kʰʷaː/
Notes	見儀禮

Definitions

挎

1. (obsolete) to hook with fingers

   • 相者二人，皆左何瑟，後首，挎越，內弦，右手相。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     相者二人，皆左何瑟，后首，挎越，内弦，右手相。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Etiquette and Ceremonial, circa 475 – 221 BCE

     Xiàng zhě èr rén, jiē zuǒ hè sè, hòu shǒu, kū yuè, nèi xián, yòushǒu xiàng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (obsolete) Alternative form of 刳 (kū, “to cut open; to dig out”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): kua³

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• Mandarin
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: kua³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kua
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰua⁵³/

Definitions

挎

1. (Sichuanese) Alternative form of 垮 (“to take off”)

Vietnamese

Han character

挎: Hán Nôm readings: khóa/khoá

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