琚

琚 U+741A, 琚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-741A ← 琙 [U+7419] CJK Unified Ideographs 琛 → [U+741B]

Translingual

Han character

琚 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一土尸十口 (MGSJR), four-corner 1716₄, composition ⿰𤣩居)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 734, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21047
• Dae Jaweon: page 1146, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1124, character 7
• Unihan data for U+741A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		琚

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
箇	*kaːls
個	*kaːls
居	*kɯ, *kas
橭	*kaː, *kʰaː
嫴	*kaː
姑	*kaː
辜	*kaː
酤	*kaː, *kaːs, *ɡaːʔ
蛄	*kaː
鴣	*kaː
沽	*kaː, *kaːʔ, *kaːs
盬	*kaː, *kaːʔ
古	*kaːʔ
罟	*kaːʔ
估	*kaːʔ
鈷	*kaːʔ
詁	*kaːʔ
牯	*kaːʔ
故	*kaːs
固	*kaːs
稒	*kaːɡs
痼	*kaːɡs
錮	*kaːɡs
鯝	*kaːɡs
棝	*kaːɡs
凅	*kaːɡs
枯	*kʰaː
軲	*kʰaː
跍	*kʰaː
骷	*kʰaː
苦	*kʰaːʔ, *kʰaːs
葫	*qʰaː, *ɡaː
餬	*ɡaː
瑚	*ɡaː
湖	*ɡaː
鶘	*ɡaː
猢	*ɡaː
醐	*ɡaː
糊	*ɡaː
箶	*ɡaː
蝴	*ɡaː
胡	*ɡaː
瓳	*ɡaː
怙	*ɡaːʔ
祜	*ɡaːʔ
岵	*ɡaːʔ
婟	*ɡaːʔ, *ɡaːɡs
楛	*ɡaːʔ
据	*ka
裾	*ka
琚	*ka
椐	*ka, *kas, *kʰa
鶋	*ka
蜛	*ka
崌	*ka
涺	*ka
腒	*ka, *ɡa
鋸	*kas
倨	*kas
踞	*kas
涸	*ɡaːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ka) : semantic 𤣩 (“jade”) + phonetic 居 (OC *kɯ, *kas).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jū, qú (ju¹, qu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩ, ㄑㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyu
    • Wade–Giles: chü¹
    • Yale: jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiu
    • Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qú
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyú
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü²
    • Yale: chyú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyu
    • Palladius: цюй (cjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: geoi¹
    • Yale: gēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kjo

Rime
Character	琚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	九魚切
Baxter	kjo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/kiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/kiɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨə̆/
Li Rong	/kiɔ/
Wang Li	/kĭo/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	geoi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ka/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	琚
Reading #	1/1
No.	4267
Phonetic component	古
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	居
Old Chinese	/*ka/

Definitions

琚

1. (historical) jade or gems worn at the girdle as a pendant
2. a surname

Compounds

• 玉佩瓊琚／玉佩琼琚
• 琚灣／琚湾 (Jūwān)
• 瓊琚／琼琚

 

Japanese

Kanji

琚

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): きょ (kyo)、こ (ko)

Vietnamese

Han character

琚: Hán Việt readings: cư
琚: Nôm readings: cư

1. (historical, literary) Nôm form of cư (“gem for wearing”).