# 佸

| 佸 | U+4F78, &#20344; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F78 |
| ← 佷 [U+4F77] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 佹 → [U+4F79] |

## Translingual
### Han character

佸 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人竹十口 (OHJR), four-corner 2226$_4$, composition ⿰亻舌)

#### Derived characters

* 𮢍

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 100, character 25
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 564
* Dae Jaweon: page 213, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 149, character 5
* Unihan data for U+4F78

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 佸
* Small seal scripts05784
* References:
* Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:
* Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
* Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
* Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
* Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
| | Old Chinese |
| 咶 | *qʰroːds, *qʰroːds, *ɡroːd |
| 話 | *ɡroːds |
| 刮 | *kroːd |
| 鴰 | *kroːd, *koːd |
| 趏 | *kroːd, *kʰroːd |
| 舌 | *ɡroːd, *ɦbljed |
| 姡 | *ɡroːd, *ɡoːd |
| 頢 | *ɡroːd, *koːd |
| 括 | *koːd |
| 活 | *koːd, *ɡoːd |
| 适 | *koːd, *kʰoːd |
| 栝 | *koːd, *l̥ʰeːmʔ |
| 佸 | *koːd, *ɡoːd |
| 髺 | *koːd |
| 聒 | *koːd |
| 銛 | *koːd, *slem, *l̥ʰeːmʔ |
| 葀 | *koːd |
| 懖 | *koːd |
| 筈 | *koːd, *kʰoːd |
| 萿 | *koːd |
| 蛞 | *kʰoːd |
| 闊 | *kʰoːd |
| 秳 | *ɡoːd |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huó (huo$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kut$^3$ / wut$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huó
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huó
*** Wade–Giles: huo$^2$
*** Yale: hwó
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwo
*** Palladius: хо (xo)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯ɔ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kut$^3$ / wut$^6$
*** Yale: kut / wuht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kut$^8$ / wut$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kud$^3$ / wud$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰuːt̚³/, /wuːt̚²/
* Middle Chinese: kwat, hwat
Rime :
| Character | 佸 | 佸 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 末 (64) | 末 (64) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 古活切 | 戸括切 |
| Baxter | kwat | hwat |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kuɑt̚/ | /ɦuɑt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʷɑt̚/ | /ɦʷɑt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kuɑt̚/ | /ɣuɑt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kwat̚/ | /ɦwat̚/ |
| Li Rong | /kuɑt̚/ | /ɣuɑt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /kuɑt̚/ | /ɣuɑt̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kuɑt̚/ | /ɣuɑt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | guo | huó |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gut$^3$ | wut$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*koːd/, /*ɡoːd/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 佸 | 佸 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 7571 | 7586 |
| Phonetic component | 桰 | 桰 |
| Rime group | 月 | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 括 | 活 |
| Old Chinese | /*koːd/ | /*ɡoːd/ |

### Definitions

佸
* (literary) to meet
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Jūnzǐ yú yì, bù rì bù yuè, hé qí yǒu huó. [Pinyin]
    My husband is away on service, Not for days [merely] or for months. When will he come back to me?

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* to meet

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): かつ (katsu)、がち (gachi)
* Kun: あう (au, 佸う)

## Korean
### Hanja

佸 • (gwal) (hangeul 괄, revised gwal, McCune–Reischauer kwal)
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