寇
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Translingual
Han character
寇 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十一山水 (JMUE), four-corner 30214, composition ⿱宀⿺元攴)
Further reading
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 288, character 15
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7209
- Dae Jaweon: page 571, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 936, character 7
- Unihan data for U+5BC7
Chinese
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Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 寇 | |||
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Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) - a person who holds a stick (卜) with his hand (又), about to beat the head (元) of another person, under the other persons own roof (宀). In Oracle bone script, two hands are holding the stick. In modern form, 卜 and 又 have merged into one character (攴), and is partially surrounded by 元.
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-kəw ~ hu (“to steal”). Compare Tibetan རྐུ (rku, “to steal”) and Burmese ခိုး (hkui:, “to steal”).
Pronunciation
Japanese
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 寇 (MC khuwH). Recorded as Middle Korean 𡨥/구〯 (kwǔ) (Yale: kwu) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Vietnamese
Han character
寇: Hán Việt readings: khấu
寇: Nôm readings: kháu, khấu
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