# 胯

| 胯 | U+80EF, &#33007; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-80EF |
| ← 胮 [U+80EE] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 胰 → [U+80F0] |

## Translingual
### Han character

胯 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月大一尸 (BKMS), four-corner 7422$_7$, composition ⿰月夸)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 980, character 21
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29430
* Dae Jaweon: page 1432, character 21
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2066, character 15
* Unihan data for U+80EF

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 侉 | *qaːls |
| 夸 | *kʰʷraː |
| 姱 | *kʰʷraː |
| 胯 | *kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs |
| 跨 | *kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs |
| 誇 | *kʰʷraː |
| 垮 | *kʰʷraːʔ |
| 銙 | *kʰʷraːʔ |
| 骻 | *kʰʷraːʔ |
| 咵 | *kʰʷraːʔ |
| 釫 | *ɢʷraː, *qʷaː |
| 摦 | *ɡʷraːs |
| 鮬 | *pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː |
| 嶀 | *qʰʷl'aː |
| 扝 | *kʰʷaː, *qʷaː |
| 刳 | *kʰʷaː |
| 郀 | *kʰʷaː |
| 挎 | *kʰʷaː |
| 袴 | *kʰʷaːs |
| 絝 | *kʰʷaːs |
| 褲 | *kʰʷaːs |
| 恗 | *qʰaː |
| 洿 | *ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː |
| 瓠 | *ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs |
| 鄠 | *ɢʷlaːʔ |
| 污 | *qʷaː, *qʷaːs |
| 杇 | *qʷaː |
| 圬 | *qʷaː |
| 鴮 | *qʷaː |
| 盓 | *qʷaː |
| 汙 | *qʷaːs, *ɢʷa |
| 樗 | *qʰʷl'a |
| 摴 | *qʰʷl'a |
| 荂 | *pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa |
| 雩 | *qʰʷla, *ɢʷla |
| 吁 | *qʰʷa, *ɢʷas |
| 盱 | *qʰʷa |
| 訏 | *qʰʷa |
| 扜 | *qʰʷa, *qʷa |
| 旴 | *qʰʷa |
| 冔 | *qʰʷaʔ |
| 紆 | *qʷa |
| 陓 | *qʷa |
| 迂 | *qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa |
| 虶 | *qʷa |
| 于 | *ɢʷa |
| 盂 | *ɢʷa |
| 竽 | *ɢʷa |
| 邘 | *ɢʷa |
| 玗 | *ɢʷa |
| 芋 | *ɢʷa, *ɢʷas |
| 杅 | *ɢʷa |
| 釪 | *ɢʷa |
| 骬 | *ɢʷa |
| 謣 | *ɢʷla |
| 宇 | *ɢʷaʔ |

### Etymology

Uncertain. Compare with Burmese ခွ (hkwa., “crotch, fork, groin”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): kuà (kua$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄚˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ka$^4$ / kua$^4$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kwaa$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khòa
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kuà
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄚˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kuà
*** Wade–Giles: kʻua$^4$
*** Yale: kwà
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuah
*** Palladius: куа (kua)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu̯ä⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ka$^4$ / kua$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ka / kua
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰa²¹³/, /kʰua²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kwaa$^3$
*** Yale: kwa
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kwaa$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kua$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷʰaː³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòa
*** Tâi-lô: khuà
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qoax
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰua⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰua²¹/
* Middle Chinese: khwae, khuH, khwaeH
Rime :
| Character | 胯 | 胯 | 胯 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) | 溪 (29) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (99) | 模 (23) | 麻 (99) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | II | I | II |
| Fanqie | 苦瓜切 | 苦故切 | 苦化切 |
| Baxter | khwae | khuH | khwaeH |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰˠua/ | /kʰuo$^H$/ | /kʰˠua$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰʷᵚa/ | /kʰuo$^H$/ | /kʰʷᵚa$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰua/ | /kʰo$^H$/ | /kʰua$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰwaɨ/ | /kʰɔ$^H$/ | /kʰwaɨ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰua/ | /kʰo$^H$/ | /kʰua$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰwa/ | /kʰu$^H$/ | /kʰwa$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kʰwa/ | /kʰuo$^H$/ | /kʰwa$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | kuā | kù | kuà |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | faa$^1$ | fu$^3$ | faa$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷraː/, /*kʰʷraːs/, /*kʰʷaːs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 胯 | 胯 | 胯 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 15650 | 15659 | 15673 |
| Phonetic component | 于 | 于 | 于 |
| Rime group | 魚 | 魚 | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 誇 | 跨 | 絝 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰʷraː/ | /*kʰʷraːs/ | /*kʰʷaːs/ |

### Definitions

胯
* crotch; groin; hip

#### Compounds

* 扭腰撒胯
* 納胯挪腰／纳胯挪腰
* 胯下 (kuàxià)
* 胯下之辱
* 胯骨 (kuàgǔ)
* 胯骨軸兒／胯骨轴儿
* 腰胯

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* crotch

#### Readings

* Go-on: く (ku)、け (ke)
* Kan-on: か (ka)、こ (ko)
* Kun: また (mata, 胯)

### Noun

For pronunciation and definitions of 胯 – see the following entry. :
| 【股また】S | [noun] (anatomy) crotch, the space between the thighs [noun] fork in a tree, river, and so on Alternative spellings 叉, 俣 |
(This term, 胯, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

胯 • (gwa, go) (hangeul 과, 고, revised gwa, go, McCune–Reischauer kwa, ko, Yale kwa, ko)
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