欨

See also: 歌

欨 U+6B28, 欨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B28 ← 欧 [U+6B27] CJK Unified Ideographs 欩 → [U+6B29]

Translingual

Han character

欨 (Kangxi radical 76, 欠+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 心口弓人 (PRNO), four-corner 2768₂, composition ⿰句欠)

1. to blow or breathe upon
2. to smile

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 566, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16028
• Dae Jaweon: page 955, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2137, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6B28

Chinese

simp. and trad.		欨

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 欨
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
勾	*koː, *koːs
鉤	*koː
鴝	*koː, *ɡo
句	*koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo
夠	*koː, *koːs, *kʰoː
枸	*koː, *koːʔ, *koʔ
軥	*koː, *koːs, *ɡo
狗	*koːʔ
苟	*koːʔ
岣	*koːʔ, *ko
笱	*koːʔ
玽	*koːʔ
耇	*koːʔ
豿	*koːʔ, *qʰroːɡ
敂	*koːʔ
怐	*koːs, *kʰoːs, *qʰoːs, *kos
雊	*koːs
竘	*kʰoːʔ, *kʰoʔ
齁	*qʰoː
呴	*qʰoːʔ, *qʰos
蚼	*qʰoːʔ, *ɡo
豞	*qʰoːs
訽	*qʰoːs, *ɡoːs
佝	*qʰoːs
拘	*ko
駒	*ko
眗	*ko
跔	*ko
鮈	*ko
痀	*ko
蒟	*koʔ, *kos
絇	*kos, *ɡo
邭	*kos
劬	*ɡo
朐	*ɡo
鼩	*ɡo
斪	*ɡo
翑	*ɡo
葋	*ɡo
姁	*ɡo, *qʰo, *qʰoʔ, *qʰos
欨	*qʰo, *qʰoʔ
喣	*qʰoʔ
煦	*qʰoʔ, *qʰos
昫	*qʰos

句 + 欠.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xū (xu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): heoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syu
    • Wade–Giles: hsü¹
    • Yale: syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiu
    • Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: heoi²
    • Yale: héui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɵy̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xju, xjuX

Rime
Character	欨	欨
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	況于切	況羽切
Baxter	xju	xjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨo/	/hɨoX/
Pan Wuyun	/hio/	/hioX/
Shao Rongfen	/xio/	/xioX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/huə̆/	/huə̆X/
Li Rong	/xio/	/xioX/
Wang Li	/xĭu/	/xĭuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯u/	/xi̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xū	xǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	heoi1	heoi2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰo/, /*qʰoʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	欨	欨
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7120	7123
Phonetic component	句	句
Rime group	侯	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	訏	詡
Old Chinese	/*qʰo/	/*qʰoʔ/

Definitions

欨

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Kanji

欨

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Readings

• On (unclassified): く (ku)
• Kun: ふく (fuku)