See also:
U+866F, 虯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-866F

[U+866E]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8670]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 142, +2, 8 strokes, cangjie input 中戈女中 (LIVL), four-corner 52100, composition )

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1076, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32810
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1545, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2833, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+866F

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ɡrɯw) : semantic + phonetic (OC *kɯw, *krɯw).

Etymology

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Coblin (1986) compares this to Tibetan ཀླུ (klu, serpent, naga), yet see (OC *kreːw); most likely etymology is "twisting, wriggling" (Carr, 1990; Schuessler, 2007). Note (OC *kɯw, *krɯwʔ) "to twist, plait, wind, entwine".

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (30)
Final () (138)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter gjiw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡiɪu/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡɨu/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡieu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/gjiw/
Li
Rong
/ɡiĕu/
Wang
Li
/ɡiəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/gieu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qiú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
kau4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 6933
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡrɯw/

Definitions

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  1. (mythology) young dragon with horns
  2. twisted
  3. (Hokkien) stingy; miserly; overly frugal; thrifty

Synonyms

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Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. young dragon

Readings

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(Can we verify(+) this pronunciation?)

Compounds

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Etymology

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Kanji in this term
みずち
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Noun

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(みずち) (mizuchiみづち (miduti)?

  1. Alternative spelling of (mizuchi): a mythical dragon-like beast

Korean

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Hanja

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(eum (gyu))

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: , , cầu

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