沽

沽 U+6CBD, 沽
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6CBD
← 沼
[U+6CBC]
CJK Unified Ideographs 沾 →
[U+6CBE]

Translingual

Han character

沽 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水十口 (EJR), four-corner 34160, composition ⿰氵古)

  1. buy and sell
  2. cheap, shoddy, inferior in quality

Derived characters

  • 𢜃

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 614, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17258
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1008, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1581, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+6CBD

Chinese

simp. and trad.
沽

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 沽
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kaː, *kaːʔ, *kaːs) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 古 (OC *kaːʔ).

Etymology

Cognate with 酤 (OC *kaː, *kaːs, *ɡaːʔ, “to buy alcoholic drink”),賈 (OC *kraːʔ, *kraːs, *klaːʔ, “to buy or sell”).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 沽 沽 沽
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 見 (28) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 模 (23) 模 (23) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) I I I
Fanqie 古胡切 公戸切 古暮切
Baxter ku kuX kuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kuo/ /kuoX/ /kuoH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kuo/ /kuoX/ /kuoH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ko/ /koX/ /koH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɔ/ /kɔX/ /kɔH/
Li
Rong
/ko/ /koX/ /koH/
Wang
Li
/ku/ /kuX/ /kuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kuo/ /kuoX/ /kuoH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gū gǔ gù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gu1 gu2 gu3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 沽 沽 沽
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 4217 4226 4229
Phonetic
component
古 古 古
Rime
group
魚 魚 魚
Rime
subdivision
0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
孤 古 顧
Old
Chinese
/*kaː/ /*kaːʔ/ /*kaːs/
Notes 同酤

Definitions

沽

  1. to buy
  2. to sell
    沽咗層樓/沽咗层楼 [Cantonese]  ―  gu1 zo2 cang4 lau4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to sell one's flat
  3. Short for 天津 (Tiānjīn).

Compounds

  • 功沽
  • 吊譽沽名/吊誉沽名
  • 善賈而沽/善贾而沽
  • 塘沽 (Tánggū)
  • 塘沽新港
  • 大沽 (Dàgū)
  • 大沽口 (Dàgūkǒu)
  • 屠沽 (túgū)
  • 屠沽兒/屠沽儿
  • 屠沽子
  • 平沽
  • 待價而沽/待价而沽 (dàijià'érgū)
  • 沽取 (gūqǔ)
  • 沽名
  • 沽名吊譽/沽名吊誉
  • 沽名干譽
  • 沽名邀譽/沽名邀誉
  • 沽名釣譽/沽名钓誉 (gūmíngdiàoyù)
  • 沽河
  • 沽泊
  • 沽激
  • 沽直
  • 沽空 (gūkōng)
  • 沽酒
  • 沽酒當爐/沽酒当炉
  • 沽飲/沽饮
  • 直沽
  • 釣名沽譽/钓名沽誉
  • 釣譽沽名/钓誉沽名

References

Japanese

Kanji

沽

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

沽 (eum 고 (go))

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Vietnamese

Han character

沽: Hán Nôm readings: cô

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References

Zhuang

Noun

沽

  1. Sawndip form of gyu (“salt”)
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