鬮

See also: 阄

鬮	U+9B2E, 鬮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B2E

← 鬭
[U+9B2D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鬯 →
[U+9B2F]

Translingual

Traditional	鬮
Shinjitai (extended)	䦰
Simplified	阄

Han character

鬮 (Kangxi radical 191, 鬥+17, 27 strokes, cangjie input 中弓竹月尸 (LNHBS) or 中弓弓難山 (LNNXU), four-corner 7711₇, composition ⿵鬥龜)

Related characters

䦰 (Japanese shinjitai)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1458, character 8
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45659
Dae Jaweon: page 1990, character 11
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4517, character 4
Unihan data for U+9B2E

Chinese

trad.		鬮
simp.		阄
alternative forms		𨷺

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鬮
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
鬮	kʷɯ, kʷruʔ
龜	kʷɯ, kʷrɯ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʷɯ, *kʷruʔ) : semantic 鬥 (“to fight; to compete”) + phonetic 龜 (OC *kʷɯ, *kʷrɯ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiū (jiu¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): kau¹ / gau¹ / kau⁴ / kau⁵ / cau⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): ciu⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): gieu¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): khiêu

(Meixian, Guangdong): kêu¹ / gêu¹
Jin (Wiktionary): jiou¹
Northern Min (KCR): gé
Eastern Min (BUC): kău
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): kao¹ / kiu¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khau / kiu

(Teochew, Peng'im): kao¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹cieu
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gou¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiū
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiou
  - Wade–Giles: chiu¹
  - Yale: jyōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiou
  - Palladius: цзю (czju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiūr
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiour
  - Wade–Giles: chiu¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: jyōur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jioul
  - Palladius: цзюр (czjur)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: kau¹ / gau¹ / kau⁴ / kau⁵ / cau⁴
  - Yale: kāu / gāu / kàuh / káuh / chàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kau¹ / gau¹ / kau⁴ / kau⁵ / tsau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: keo¹ / geo¹ / keo⁴ / keo⁵ / ceo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯⁵⁵/, /kɐu̯⁵⁵/, /kʰɐu̯²¹/, /kʰɐu̯¹³/, /t͡sʰɐu̯²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ciu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiu²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: gieu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiɛu⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiêu
  - Hakka Romanization System: kieu^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kieu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯eu̯²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: kêu¹ / gêu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰeu⁴⁴/, /keu⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: jiou¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕiəu¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gé
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ke⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: kău
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰau⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: kao¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰau⁵³³/
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: kiu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiu⁵³³/

Note:

kao1 - colloquial;
kiu1 - literary.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khau / kiu
  - Tâi-lô: khau / kiu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qaw, kiw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰau⁴⁴/, /kiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰau³³/, /kiu³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰau⁴⁴/, /kiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰau⁴⁴/, /kiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau⁴⁴/, /kiu⁴⁴/

Note:

khau - colloquial;
kiu - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: kao¹
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khau
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰau³³/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹cieu
  - MiniDict: cieu^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹jieu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɤ⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: gou¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kəu̯³³/

Middle Chinese: kjuw, kjiwX

Rime
Character	鬮	鬮
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	幽 (138)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	居求切	居黝切
Baxter	kjuw	kjiwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨu/	/kiɪu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kiu/	/kɨu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kiəu/	/kieu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuw/	/kjiw^X/
Li Rong	/kiu/	/kiĕu^X/
Wang Li	/kĭəu/	/kiəu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯ə̯u/	/kieu^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiū	jiǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gau¹	gau²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʷɯ/, /*kʷruʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鬮	鬮
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4613	4615
Phonetic component	龜	龜
Rime group	之	幽
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	鳩	糾
Old Chinese	/*kʷɯ/	/*kʷruʔ/

Definitions

鬮

lots (to be drawn)
- 為那兩隻羊拈鬮，一鬮歸與耶和華，一鬮歸與阿撒瀉勒。 [MSC, trad.]
  为那两只羊拈阄，一阄归与耶和华，一阄归与阿撒泻勒。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 利未記 (Leviticus) 16:8
  Wèi nà liǎng zhī yáng niānjiū, yī jiū guī yǔ Yēhéhuá, yī jiū guī yǔ Āsǎxièlè. [Pinyin]
  And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for the scapegoat [lit. Azazel].
(literary) to draw lots

Compounds

References

“鬮”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	䦰
Kyūjitai	鬮

Kanji

鬮

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 䦰)

to capture by fighting^[1]
lottery

Readings

Go-on: く (ku)
Kan-on: きゅう (kyū)^{←きう (kiu, historical)}
Kun: たたかいとる (tatakaitoru, 鬮る)^{←たたかひとる (tatakafitoru, 鬮る, historical)}、くじ (kuji, 鬮)

References

^ “鬮”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

Korean

Hanja

鬮 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

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[1] “鬮”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

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