# 炬

| 炬 | U+70AC, &#28844; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-70AC |
| ← 炫 [U+70AB] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 炭 → [U+70AD] |

## Translingual
### Han character

炬 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火尸尸 (FSS), four-corner 9181$_7$, composition ⿰火巨)
* torch
* candle

#### Derived characters

* 㮡

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 668, character 20
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18949
* Dae Jaweon: page 1077, character 21
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2191, character 11
* Unihan data for U+70AC

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 柜 | *kaʔ |
| 渠 | *ɡa |
| 磲 | *ɡa |
| 蕖 | *ɡa |
| 蟝 | *ɡa |
| 璖 | *ɡa |
| 巨 | *ɡaʔ |
| 距 | *ɡaʔ |
| 拒 | *ɡaʔ |
| 苣 | *ɡaʔ |
| 炬 | *ɡaʔ |
| 詎 | *ɡaʔ, *ɡas |
| 鉅 | *ɡaʔ |
| 秬 | *ɡaʔ |
| 粔 | *ɡaʔ |
| 駏 | *ɡaʔ |
| 歫 | *ɡaʔ |
| 矩 | *kʷaʔ |
| 榘 | *kʷaʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡaʔ) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 巨 (OC *ɡaʔ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jù (ju$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kǐr / kū / kī / kîr
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ge$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jù
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyù
*** Wade–Giles: chü$^4$
*** Yale: jyù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuh
*** Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: geoi$^6$
*** Yale: geuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: goey$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gêu$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɵy̯²²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǐr
*** Tâi-lô: kǐr
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kɯ²²/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū
*** Tâi-lô: kū
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ku
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ku³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ku²²/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī
*** Tâi-lô: kī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ki
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kîr
*** Tâi-lô: kîr
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kɯ²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ge$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳ̆
*** Sinological IPA : /kɯ³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: gjoX
Rime :
| Character | 炬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 其吕切 |
| Baxter | gjoX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɡɨʌ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡiɔ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡiɔ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /gɨə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡiɔ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡĭo$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /gi̯wo$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | geoi$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 炬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7051 |
| Phonetic component | 巨 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡaʔ/ |
| Notes | 見史記，說文作苣 |

### Definitions

炬
* torch
* candle

### Compounds

* 一炬
* 付之一炬 (fùzhīyījù)
* 付諸一炬／付诸一炬 (fùzhūyījù)
* 火炬 (huǒjù)
* 炬火 (jùhuǒ)
* 目光如炬
* 蠟炬／蜡炬 (làjù)
* 麻炬

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ご (go)
* Kan-on: きょ (kyo)
* Kan’yō-on: こ (ko)
* Kun: たいまつ (taimatsu, 炬)、ともしび (tomoshibi, 炬)、やく (yaku, 炬く)

### Definitions

* Kanji in this term
* 炬
* たいまつ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 炬 – see the following entry. :
| 【松明たいまつ】 | [noun] a torch (stick with flame at one end) [proper noun] a placename Alternative spelling 炬火 |
(This term, 炬, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

炬 • (geo) (hangeul 거, revised geo, McCune–Reischauer kŏ, Yale ke)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

炬: Hán Việt readings: cự
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