郭

郭 U+90ED, 郭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-90ED
← 郬
[U+90EC] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 郮 →
[U+90EE]

Translingual

Han character

郭 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜木弓中 (YDNL), four-corner 07427, composition ⿰享阝)

Derived characters

References
  • KangXi: page 1273, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39474
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1771, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3780, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+90ED

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 郭
alternative forms 𨟍
𩫩
𩫏

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 郭
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (郭) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
郭 *kʷaːɡ
埻 *tjunʔ, *kʷaːɡ, *kʷreːɡ
崞 *kʷaːɡ
椁 *kʷaːɡ
槨 *kʷaːɡ
噋 *tʰuːn, *kʰʷaːɡ
廓 *kʰʷaːɡ
鞹 *kʰʷaːɡ
漷 *kʰʷaːɡ, *qʰʷraːɡ
霩 *qʰʷaːɡ

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 享 (“tall building”) + 邑 (“city”) – a city with tall buildings.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/r-kawk ~ s/r-kwak (“outer covering; skin, bark, rind”) (STEDT, Schuessler, 2007).

“to be none of someone's own business”
Contraction of 關我／关我 (guān wǒ). See 關……屁事／关……屁事 (guān...pìshì) for details.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • guóh - vernacular (incl. surname);
  • guók - literary.
Note:
  • keh/kerh/koeh - vernacular (incl. surname);
  • kok - literary.
Note:
  • guêh4 - vernacular (incl. surname);
  • guag4 - literary.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 郭
Mandarin Beijing /kuo⁵⁵/
Harbin /kuo⁴⁴/
Tianjin /kuo²¹/
Jinan /kuə²¹³/
Qingdao /kuə⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /kuo²⁴/
Xi'an /kuo²¹/
Xining /ku⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /kuə¹³/
Lanzhou /kuə¹³/
Ürümqi /kuɤ⁴⁴/
Wuhan /kuo²¹³/
Chengdu /kue³¹/
/ko³¹/
Guiyang /ko²¹/
Kunming /ko³¹/
Nanjing /kueʔ⁵/
Hefei /kuɐʔ⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /kuəʔ²/
Pingyao /kuʌʔ¹³/
Hohhot /kuəʔ⁴³/
Wu Shanghai /koʔ⁵/
Suzhou /koʔ⁵/
Hangzhou /koʔ⁵/
Wenzhou /ko²¹³/
Hui Shexian /kɔʔ²¹/
Tunxi /ko⁵/
Xiang Changsha /ko²⁴/
Xiangtan /ko²⁴/
Gan Nanchang /kuɔʔ⁵/
Hakka Meixian /kuok̚¹/
Taoyuan /kok̚²²/
Cantonese Guangzhou /kwɔk̚³/
Nanning /kʰɔk̚³³/
Hong Kong /kwɔk̚³/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /kɔk̚³²/
/keʔ³²/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /kuɔʔ²³/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /kua²⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /kueʔ²/
Haikou (Min Nan) /kɔk̚⁵/
/kue⁵⁵/
Rime
Character 郭
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 唐 (104)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 古博切
Baxter kwak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kwɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʷɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kuɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kwak̚/
Li
Rong		 /kuɑk̚/
Wang
Li		 /kuɑk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kwɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 guo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 gwok3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 郭
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 guō
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ kwak ›
Old
Chinese		 /*kʷˁak/
English outer wall

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 郭
Reading # 1/1
No. 4752
Phonetic
component		 郭
Rime
group		 鐸
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 郭
Old
Chinese		 /*kʷaːɡ/

Definitions

郭

  1. outer city wall
  2. (Taiwan, Internet slang) to be none of someone's own business; to have nothing to do with someone
  3. a surname
    郭守敬  ―  Guō Shǒujìng  ―  Guo Shoujing (Yuan dynasty Chinese astronomer)

Descendants
  • → English: Guo, Kuo, Kwok, Kuok, Quek, Kuek, Kwek
  • → Tagalog: Kwek, Que

Compounds
Derived terms from 郭

Japanese

Kanji
郭

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. Quarter (of a city)
  2. Enclosure

Readings

Compounds

Etymology
Kanji in this term
郭
くるわ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 郭 – see the following entry.
【くるわ】
[noun] [from late 1500s] a palisade, wall, moat, natural waterway, or other structure used to divide a specific area from its surroundings, such as a castle or fort
[noun] [probably from early 1600s] the area so bounded by such a structure
[noun] [from 1678] a red-light district, specifically one that is divided from the rest of the town by means of a wall or fence or similar structure
[noun] [from 1698] (poetry, haiku) in 俳諧 (haikai, “vulgar haiku”), the general realm of subject matter used for the opening line
Alternative spellings
曲輪, 郭, 廓
(This term, 郭, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 郭 (MC kwɑk̚). Recorded as Middle Korean 곽〮 (kwák) (Yale: kwak) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource 郭 (eumhun 둘레/성곽 곽 (dulle/seonggwak gwak))

  1. Hanja form? of 곽 (“outer city wall; girdle”).
    Synonym: 廓 (곽 (gwak))
  2. Hanja form? of 곽 (“a surname”).

Compounds
Compounds

References
  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

郭: Hán Việt readings: quách[1][2][3][4][5][6]
郭: Nôm readings: quách[1][2][3][7], quắt[1]

  1. chữ Hán form of quách (“sarcophagus, outer coffin; outer wall, as of a city or fort; jar containing human remains for reburial”).
  2. chữ Hán form of Quách (“a surname”).

References
  1. Nguyễn (2014).
  2. Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  3. Trần (2004).
  4. Trần (1999).
  5. Nguyễn (1974).
  6. Thiều Chửu (1942).
  7. Hồ (1976).
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