幗

See also: 帼

幗 U+5E57, 幗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E57 ← 幖 [U+5E56] CJK Unified Ideographs 幘 → [U+5E58]

Translingual

Han character

幗 (Kangxi radical 50, 巾+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中月田戈一 (LBWIM), four-corner 4620₀, composition ⿰巾國)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 336, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9057
• Dae Jaweon: page 643, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 752, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5E57

Chinese

trad.		幗
simp.		帼

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
幗	*kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ
慖	*kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ
簂	*kʷɯːɡs
蔮	*kʷɯːɡs
國	*kʷɯːɡ
或	*ɡʷɯːɡ
惑	*ɡʷɯːɡ
蜮	*ɡʷɯːɡ, *ɢʷrɯɡ
閾	*qʰʷrɯɡ
緎	*qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ
淢	*qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ
域	*ɢʷrɯɡ
罭	*ɢʷrɯɡ
棫	*ɡʷrɯɡ
琙	*ɡʷrɯɡ
魊	*ɡʷrɯɡ
馘	*kʷrɯːɡ
聝	*kʷrɯːɡ
膕	*kʷrɯːɡ
摑	*kʷrɯːɡ
漍	*kʷrɯːɡ
嘓	*kʷrɯːɡ
蟈	*kʷrɯːɡ
掝	*qʰʷrɯːɡ
彧	*qʷrɯɡ
稶	*qʷɯɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guó (guo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwok³
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷koq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guó
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guó
    • Wade–Giles: kuo²
    • Yale: gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwo
    • Palladius: го (go)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gwok³
    • Yale: gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːk̚³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷koq
    • MiniDict: koh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴koq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /koʔ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kwojH, kweak

Rime
Character	幗	幗
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	麥 (120)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	古對切	古獲切
Baxter	kwojH	kweak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuʌiH/	/kˠwɛk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kuoiH/	/kʷᵚæk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɒiH/	/kuɐk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwəjH/	/kwəɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/kuᴀiH/	/kuɛk̚/
Wang Li	/kuɒiH/	/kwæk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuɑ̆iH/	/kwæk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guì	guo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gui3	gwak1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷɯːɡs/, /*kʷrɯːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	幗	幗
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5543	5564
Phonetic component	或	或
Rime group	代	職
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	憒	蟈
Old Chinese	/*kʷɯːɡs/	/*kʷrɯːɡ/

Definitions

幗

1. (historical) women's headgear; women's hair ornament

   巾幗／巾帼  ―  jīnguó  ―  woman

Compounds

• 巾幗／巾帼 (jīnguó)
• 巾幗英雄／巾帼英雄 (jīnguóyīngxióng)
• 巾幗鬚眉／巾帼须眉
• 幗匪／帼匪

 

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	帼
Kyūjitai	幗

Kanji

幗

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 帼)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): かく (kaku)
• Kun: かみかざり (kamikazari, 幗り)、ちきりこうぶり (chikirikōburi)

Vietnamese

Han character

幗: Hán Nôm readings: quắc, vức

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References

• Nom Foundation