褲

See also: 綯 and 裤

褲	U+8932, 褲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8932

← 褱
[U+8931]

CJK Unified Ideographs

褳 →
[U+8933]

Translingual

Traditional	褲
Shinjitai (extended)	袴
Simplified	裤

Han character

褲 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 中戈十十 (LIJJ), four-corner 3422₇, composition ⿰衤庫)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1122, character 39
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34523
Dae Jaweon: page 1590, character 25
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3108, character 8
Unihan data for U+8932

Chinese

trad.		褲
simp.		裤
2nd round simp.		䃿
alternative forms		袴絝／绔

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
侉	*qaːls
夸	*kʰʷraː
姱	*kʰʷraː
胯	kʰʷraː, kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
跨	kʰʷraː, kʰʷraːʔ, kʰʷraːs, kʰʷaːs
誇	*kʰʷraː
垮	*kʰʷraːʔ
銙	*kʰʷraːʔ
骻	*kʰʷraːʔ
咵	*kʰʷraːʔ
釫	ɢʷraː, qʷaː
摦	*ɡʷraːs
鮬	pɢʷaː, kʰʷaː
嶀	*qʰʷl'aː
扝	kʰʷaː, qʷaː
刳	*kʰʷaː
郀	*kʰʷaː
挎	*kʰʷaː
袴	*kʰʷaːs
絝	*kʰʷaːs
褲	*kʰʷaːs
恗	*qʰaː
洿	ɡʷaːʔ, qʷaː
瓠	ɡʷlaː, ɡʷlaːs
鄠	*ɢʷlaːʔ
污	qʷaː, qʷaːs
杇	*qʷaː
圬	*qʷaː
鴮	*qʷaː
盓	*qʷaː
汙	qʷaːs, ɢʷa
樗	*qʰʷl'a
摴	*qʰʷl'a
荂	pqʰʷa, qʰʷa
雩	qʰʷla, ɢʷla
吁	qʰʷa, ɢʷas
盱	*qʰʷa
訏	*qʰʷa
扜	qʰʷa, qʷa
旴	*qʰʷa
冔	*qʰʷaʔ
紆	*qʷa
陓	*qʷa
迂	qʷa, qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa
虶	*qʷa
于	*ɢʷa
盂	*ɢʷa
竽	*ɢʷa
邘	*ɢʷa
玗	*ɢʷa
芋	ɢʷa, ɢʷas
杅	*ɢʷa
釪	*ɢʷa
骬	*ɢʷa
謣	*ɢʷla
宇	*ɢʷaʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰʷaːs) : semantic 衣 (“clothing”) + phonetic 庫 (OC *kʰaːs).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): kù (ku⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ku⁴

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): кў (kw, III)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fu³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): fu⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): ku³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): fu

(Hailu, HRS): fu^ˇ

(Meixian, Guangdong): fu⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): ku³
Northern Min (KCR): ku̿
Eastern Min (BUC): kó
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): kou⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khò͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): kou³

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): keu³ / ku³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵khu
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ku⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kù
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kù
  - Wade–Giles: kʻu⁴
  - Yale: kù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuh
  - Palladius: ку (ku)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: ku⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ku
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: кў (kw, III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: fu³
  - Yale: fu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu³
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: fu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: ku³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fu
  - Hakka Romanization System: fu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /fu⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: fu^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /fu¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: fu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /fu⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ku³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /kʰu⁴⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ku̿
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: kó
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰou²¹³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: kou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɔu⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khò͘
  - Tâi-lô: khòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qox
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔ²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kou³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khòu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰou²¹³/
- (Leizhou)
  - Leizhou Pinyin: keu³ / ku³
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰɛu²¹/, /kʰu²¹/

Note:

keu3 - vernacular;
ku3 - literary.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵khu
  - MiniDict: khu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²khu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰu³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: ku⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁴⁵/

Middle Chinese: khuH

Rime
Character	褲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦故切
Baxter	khuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuo^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuo^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰo^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɔ^H/
Li Rong	/kʰo^H/
Wang Li	/kʰu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰuo^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷaːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	褲
Reading #	1/1
No.	15672
Phonetic component	于
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	絝
Old Chinese	/*kʰʷaːs/
Notes	袴今字

Definitions

褲

pants; trousers (Classifier: 條／条 c; 領／领 mn)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 褲子 (“trousers; pant; shorts”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		褲子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	褲子
	Taiwan	褲子
	Harbin	褲子
	Singapore	褲子, 褲
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	褲子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	褲子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	褲子
	Wanrong	褲
	Xi'an	褲子, 褲兒
	Xining	褲子
	Xuzhou	褲子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	褲子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	褲子
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	褲子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	褲子, 褲兒
	Chongqing	褲子, 褲兒
	Wuhan	褲子
	Guiyang	褲子, 褲兒, 小衣
	Guilin	褲子
	Liuzhou	褲子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	褲子
	Yangzhou	褲子
	Hefei	褲子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	褲
	Hong Kong	褲
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	褲
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	褲
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	褲
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	褲
	Macau	褲
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	褲
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	褲
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	褲
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	褲
	Foshan	褲
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	褲
	Foshan (Shunde)	褲
	Foshan (Sanshui)	褲
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	褲
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	褲
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	褲
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	褲
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	褲
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	褲
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	褲
	Taishan	褲
	Kaiping (Chikan)	褲
	Enping (Niujiang)	褲
	Heshan (Yayao)	褲
	Dongguan	褲
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	褲
	Qingyuan	褲
	Fogang	褲
	Yingde (Hanguang)	褲
	Yangshan	褲
	Lianshan (Butian)	褲
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	褲
	Shaoguan	褲
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	褲
	Renhua	褲
	Lechang	褲
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	褲
	Sihui	褲
	Guangning	褲
	Deqing	褲
	Huaiji	褲
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	褲
	Yunfu	褲
	Xinxing	褲
	Luoding	褲
	Yunan (Pingtai)	褲
	Yangjiang	褲
	Xinyi	褲
	Maoming (Xinpo)	褲
	Lianjiang	褲
	Nanning	褲
	Wuzhou	褲
	Yulin	袖褲
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	褲, 𱒃褲, 中衣
	Hepu (Shatian)	褲
	Guiping	褲
	Mengshan (Xihe)	褲
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	褲
	Baise	褲
	Bobai	褲
	Lingshan	褲
	Pubei	褲
Qinzhou	褲
Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)	褲
Beihai	褲
Beihai (Nankang)	褲
Beihai (Yingpan)	褲
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	褲
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	褲
Ningming	褲
Hengzhou	褲
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	褲
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	褲
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	褲
Singapore (Guangfu)	褲
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	褲
Móng Cái	褲
Gan	Nanchang	褲子
	Lichuan	褲
	Pingxiang	褲
Hakka	Meixian	褲
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	褲
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	褲
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	褲
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	褲
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	褲
	Wengyuan	褲
	Liannan	褲
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	褲
	Jiexi	褲
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	褲
	Changting	褲
	Wuping (Yanqian)	褲
	Ninghua	褲
	Yudu	褲子, 褲
	Ningdu	褲
	Tonggu (Sandu)	褲
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	褲
	Dayu	褲
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	褲
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	褲
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	褲
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	褲
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	褲
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	褲
	Hong Kong	褲
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	褲
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	褲
	Xinyi (Sihe)	褲
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	褲
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	褲
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	褲
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	褲
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	褲
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	褲
	Mengshan (Xihe)	褲
	Luchuan	褲
	Senai (Huiyang)	褲
	Singkawang	褲
Huizhou	Jixi	褲
Jin	Taiyuan	褲兒, 褲子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	褲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	褲
Eastern Min	Matsu	褲
Southern Min	Xiamen	褲
	Quanzhou	褲
	Yongchun	褲
	Zhangzhou	褲
	Zhao'an	褲
	Tainan (Anping)	褲
	Penang (Hokkien)	褲
	Singapore (Hokkien)	褲
	Medan (Hokkien)	褲
	Chaozhou	褲
	Shantou	褲
	Shantou (Chenghai)	褲
	Jieyang	褲
	Haifeng	褲
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	褲
	Singapore (Teochew)	褲
	Leizhou	褲
	Haikou	褲
	Qionghai	褲
	Singapore (Hainanese)	褲
Puxian Min	Putian	褲
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	褲
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	褲
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	褲
	Xianyou	褲
	Xianyou (Fengting)	褲
	Xianyou (Youyang)	褲
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	褲, 衩子 dated
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	褌
	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	褌
	Luxi (Baisha)	褌
Wu	Shanghai	褲子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	褲子
	Suzhou	褲子
	Danyang	褲子
	Hangzhou	褲子
	Ningbo	褲
	Wenzhou	褲
	Jinhua	褲
Xiang	Changsha	褲子, 小衣
	Loudi	褲
	Shuangfeng	褲

Compounds

References

“Entry #11920”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Japanese

Kanji

褲

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 袴)

pants, trousers

Readings

On (unclassified): こ (ko)
Kun: ずぼん (zubon)、はかま (hakama)

Korean

Etymology 1

Hanja

褲 (eumhun 바지 고 (baji go))

trousers, pants (US)

Etymology 2

Hanja

褲 (eumhun 사타구니 과 (sataguni gwa))

(anatomy) groin, crotch

Vietnamese

Han character

褲: Hán Nôm readings: khố

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