枯

枯 U+67AF, 枯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-67AF
← 枮
[U+67AE]
CJK Unified Ideographs 枰 →
[U+67B0]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

枯 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 木十口 (DJR), four-corner 44960, composition ⿰木古)

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: page 517, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14579
  • Dae Jaweon: page 904, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1178, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+67AF

Chinese

simp. and trad.
枯

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 枯
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʰaː) : semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 古 (OC *kaːʔ).

Etymology

Apparently Austroasiatic; compare Khmer ខះ (khah, “to dry up; to wither”) (Schuessler, 2007), which is from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ckəh (“dry”).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • gou1 - most senses;
  • kou1 - dialectal usage (e.g. 豆枯, 茶枯).

Rime
Character 枯
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
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 枯
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
kū
Middle
Chinese
‹ khu ›
Old
Chinese
/*kʰˁa/
English withered, dried up

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 枯
Reading # 1/1
No. 4238
Phonetic
component
古
Rime
group
魚
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
枯
Old
Chinese
/*kʰaː/

Definitions

枯

  1. (of plants, etc.) dry; withered
    枯萎  ―  kūwěi  ―  wilted; withered
    枯枝  ―  kūzhī  ―  withered tree branch
  2. (of wells, rivers, etc.) dried out
  3. (of muscle) withered; decayed
  4. boring; uninteresting; dry
    枯燥  ―  kūzào  ―  dull; boring
  5. (dialect) dregs
  6. (traditional Chinese medicine) partial paralysis
  7. a surname

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

枯

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. wither; dry up

Readings

Korean

Hanja

枯 (eumhun 마를 고 (mareul go))

  1. Hanja form? of 고 (“dry up, wither”).
  2. Hanja form? of 고 (“thirst”).

Vietnamese

Glyph origin (Nom)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʰaː) : semantic 木 (mộc, “wood, tree”) + phonetic 古 (cổ).

Han character

枯: Hán Việt readings: khô[1][2][3][4][5][6]
枯: Nôm readings: khô[1][2][3], gỗ[1][2], khò[3], khua[3]

  1. chữ Hán form of khô (“dry, dried”).
  2. Nôm form of gỗ (“wood”).

References

  1. Nguyễn (2014).
  2. Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  3. Trần (2004).
  4. Trần (1999).
  5. Nguyễn (1974).
  6. Thiều Chửu (1942).
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