# 幗

| 幗 | U+5E57, &#24151; 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 4620$_0$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (guo$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gwok$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$koq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guó
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: guó
*** Wade–Giles: kuo$^2$
*** Yale: gwó
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwo
*** Palladius: го (go)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯ɔ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gwok$^3$
*** Yale: gwok
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gwok$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: guog$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷɔːk̚³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$koq
*** MiniDict: koh$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$koq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /koʔ⁵⁵/
* 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 | /kuʌi$^H$/ | /kˠwɛk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kuoi$^H$/ | /kʷᵚæk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kuɒi$^H$/ | /kuɐk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kwəj$^H$/ | /kwəɨjk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /kuᴀi$^H$/ | /kuɛk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /kuɒi$^H$/ | /kwæk̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kuɑ̆i$^H$/ | /kwæk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | guì | guo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gui$^3$ | gwak$^1$ |
* 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
* (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

(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