掬

掬	U+63AC, 掬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63AC

← 掫
[U+63AB]

CJK Unified Ideographs

掭 →
[U+63AD]

Translingual

Han character

掬 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手心火木 (QPFD), four-corner 5702₀, composition ⿰扌匊)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 440, character 2
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12290
Dae Jaweon: page 791, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1903, character 1
Unihan data for U+63AC

Chinese

trad.		掬
simp. ^#		掬
2nd round simp.		匊
alternative forms		揈匊𥸭𥸶𢱬揈匊𥸭𥸶𢱬𡙳𥵱

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
菊	*kuɡ
鞠	kuɡ, kʰuɡ, *ɡuɡ
掬	*kluɡ
匊	*kluɡ
鵴	kuɡ, ɡuɡ
椈	*kuɡ
諊	*kuɡ
踘	kuɡ, ɡuɡ
趜	kuɡ, ɡuɡ
蘜	*kuɡ
鞫	*kuɡ
巈	*kuɡ
麴	*kʰuɡ
毱	*ɡuɡ
驧	*ɡuɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kluɡ): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 匊 (OC *kluɡ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jū, jú

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩ, ㄐㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): guk¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiuh / kiok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - 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, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jú
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyú
  - Wade–Giles: chü²
  - Yale: jyú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyu
  - Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: guk¹
  - Yale: gūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: guk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: gug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiuh
  - Tâi-lô: kiuh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiuq
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiuʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiuʔ⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiok
  - Tâi-lô: kiok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiog
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔk̚⁵/

Note:

kiuh - vernacular (“to recoil; to slightly wrinkle”);
kiok - literary (“to struggle”).

Middle Chinese: kjuwk

Rime
Character	掬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居六切
Baxter	kjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuwk̚/
Li Rong	/kiuk̚/
Wang Li	/kĭuk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ju
Expected Cantonese Reflex	guk¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kluɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	掬
Reading #	1/1
No.	7007
Phonetic component	匊
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	菊
Old Chinese	/*kluɡ/

Definitions

掬

(literary) to grasp or hold with both hands
笑容可掬 ― xiàoróngkějū ― to be radiant with smiles
(Mainland China Hokkien) to recoil; to tighten; to draw back
(Mainland China Hokkien) to slightly wrinkle; to crease a little
(Zhangzhou Hokkien) to struggle; to attempt

Compounds

憨狀可掬 / 憨状可掬
掬布
掬帶 / 掬带
掬弄
掬水
掬筋
掬紗 / 掬纱
掬紙 / 掬纸
掬腸 / 掬肠
掬腸掬肚 / 掬肠掬肚
掬飲 / 掬饮
盈掬
笑容可掬 (xiàoróngkějū)

Japanese

Kanji

掬

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

scoop up water with the hand

Readings

On (unclassified): きく (kiku)
Kun: すくう (sukuu, 掬う)

Korean

Hanja

掬 • (guk) (hangeul 국, revised guk, McCune–Reischauer kuk, Yale kwuk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

掬: Hán Nôm readings: cúc

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