䊆

䊆	U+4286, 䊆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4286

← 䊅
[U+4285]

CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A

䊇 →
[U+4287]

Translingual

Han character

䊆 (Kangxi radical 119, 米+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹難火木 (HXFD), composition ⿱臼米)

Derived characters

㘀, 毇

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 908, character 34
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3147, character 7
Unihan data for U+4286

Chinese

simp. and trad.		䊆

Glyph origin

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

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): phonetic 臼 (OC *ɡuʔ, “mortar”) + semantic 米 (“rice”).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiù (jiu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiù
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiòu
  - Wade–Giles: chiu⁴
  - Yale: jyòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiow
  - Palladius: цзю (czju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: gjuwX

Rime
Character	䊆
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	其九切
Baxter	gjuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiəu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/guw^X/
Li Rong	/ɡiu^X/
Wang Li	/ɡĭəu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯ə̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gau⁶

Definitions

䊆

(obsolete) cooked dry rice flour

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 䊆 – see 糗 (“cooked wheat or rice, etc.; to become a whole or mush; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 糗).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 䊆 – see 𩚨 (“soft and pliable; chewy; good at maintaining a closely-fought contest”). (This character is a variant form of 𩚨).