虯

See also: 虬
虯 U+866F, 虯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-866F
← 虮
[U+866E]
CJK Unified Ideographs 虰 →
[U+8670]

Translingual

Han character

虯 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+2, 8 strokes, cangjie input 中戈女中 (LIVL), four-corner 52100, composition ⿰虫丩)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1076, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32810
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1545, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2833, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+866F

Chinese

trad. 虯
simp. 虬
alternative forms 虬

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 虯
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɡrɯw) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 丩 (OC *kɯw, *krɯw).

Etymology

Coblin (1986) compares this to Tibetan ཀླུ (klu, “serpent, naga”), yet see 蛟 (OC *kreːw); most likely etymology is "twisting, wriggling" (Carr, 1990; Schuessler, 2007). Note 糾 (OC *kɯw, *krɯwʔ) "to twist, plait, wind, entwine".

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 虯
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 幽 (138)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 渠幽切
Baxter gjiw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡiɪu/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡɨu/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡieu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/gjiw/
Li
Rong
/ɡiĕu/
Wang
Li
/ɡiəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/gieu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qiú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
kau4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 虯
Reading # 1/1
No. 6933
Phonetic
component
丩
Rime
group
幽
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
虯
Old
Chinese
/*ɡrɯw/

Definitions

虯

  1. (mythology) young dragon with horns
  2. twisted
  3. (Hokkien) stingy; miserly; overly frugal; thrifty

Synonyms

Compounds

  • 虯枝/虬枝 (qiúzhī)
  • 虯蟠/虬蟠
  • 虯鏤亮槅/虬镂亮槅
  • 虯髯/虬髯
  • 虯髯客/虬髯客
  • 虯髯客傳/虬髯客传
  • 虯鬚/虬须
  • 虯龍/虬龙 (qiúlóng)
  • 蚴虯/蚴虬
  • 蛟虯/蛟虬
  • 蟉虯/蟉虬
  • 蟠虯紋/蟠虬纹

Japanese

Kanji

虯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. young dragon

Readings

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Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
虯
みずち
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Noun

虯(みずち) • (mizuchi) ←みづち (miduti)?

  1. Alternative spelling of 蛟 (mizuchi): a mythical dragon-like beast

Korean

Hanja

虯 (eum 규 (gyu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

虯: Hán Nôm readings: cù, cú, cầu

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