# 盬

| 盬 | U+76EC, &#30444; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76EC |
| ← 盫 [U+76EB] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 盭 → [U+76ED] |

## Translingual
### Han character

盬 (Kangxi radical 108, 皿+13, 18 strokes, cangjie input 尸口月廿 (SRBT), four-corner 7810$_7$, composition ⿱⿰臣⿱𠂉古皿)
* salt pit
* leisure
* pot
* drink

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 798, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23076
* Dae Jaweon: page 1212, character 20
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2572, character 4
* Unihan data for U+76EC

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 箇 | *kaːls |
| 個 | *kaːls |
| 居 | *kɯ, *kas |
| 橭 | *kaː, *kʰaː |
| 嫴 | *kaː |
| 姑 | *kaː |
| 辜 | *kaː |
| 酤 | *kaː, *kaːs, *ɡaːʔ |
| 蛄 | *kaː |
| 鴣 | *kaː |
| 沽 | *kaː, *kaːʔ, *kaːs |
| 盬 | *kaː, *kaːʔ |
| 古 | *kaːʔ |
| 罟 | *kaːʔ |
| 估 | *kaːʔ |
| 鈷 | *kaːʔ |
| 詁 | *kaːʔ |
| 牯 | *kaːʔ |
| 故 | *kaːs |
| 固 | *kaːs |
| 稒 | *kaːɡs |
| 痼 | *kaːɡs |
| 錮 | *kaːɡs |
| 鯝 | *kaːɡs |
| 棝 | *kaːɡs |
| 凅 | *kaːɡs |
| 枯 | *kʰaː |
| 軲 | *kʰaː |
| 跍 | *kʰaː |
| 骷 | *kʰaː |
| 苦 | *kʰaːʔ, *kʰaːs |
| 葫 | *qʰaː, *ɡaː |
| 餬 | *ɡaː |
| 瑚 | *ɡaː |
| 湖 | *ɡaː |
| 鶘 | *ɡaː |
| 猢 | *ɡaː |
| 醐 | *ɡaː |
| 糊 | *ɡaː |
| 箶 | *ɡaː |
| 蝴 | *ɡaː |
| 胡 | *ɡaː |
| 瓳 | *ɡaː |
| 怙 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 祜 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 岵 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 婟 | *ɡaːʔ, *ɡaːɡs |
| 楛 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 据 | *ka |
| 裾 | *ka |
| 琚 | *ka |
| 椐 | *ka, *kas, *kʰa |
| 鶋 | *ka |
| 蜛 | *ka |
| 崌 | *ka |
| 涺 | *ka |
| 腒 | *ka, *ɡa |
| 鋸 | *kas |
| 倨 | *kas |
| 踞 | *kas |
| 涸 | *ɡaːɡ |

### Etymology
#### "salt"

    Compare Proto-Tai *klwɯəᴬ (“salt”), whence Thai เกลือ (glʉʉa), Zhuang gyu (Schuessler, 2007). Possibly connected to 鹵 (OC *raːʔ, “salty”). Possible allofams or variants are 斥 (OC *ŋ̊ʰjaːɡ, “saline”) and 潟 (OC *sjaːɡ, “saline land”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gǔ (gu$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gu$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gǔ
*** Wade–Giles: ku$^3$
*** Yale: gǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu
*** Palladius: гу (gu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gu$^2$
*** Yale: gú
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gu$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kuː³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: ku, kuX
Rime :
| Character | 盬 | 盬 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 古胡切 | 公戸切 |
| Baxter | ku | kuX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kuo/ | /kuo$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kuo/ | /kuo$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ko/ | /ko$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kɔ/ | /kɔ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ko/ | /ko$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ku/ | /ku$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kuo/ | /kuo$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | gū | gǔ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gu$^1$ | gu$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kaː/, /*kaːʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 盬 | 盬 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 4218 | 4222 |
| Phonetic component | 古 | 古 |
| Rime group | 魚 | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 孤 | 古 |
| Old Chinese | /*kaː/ | /*kaːʔ/ |

### Definitions

盬
* unprocessed salt
* name of an ancient salt field
* to stop
* to suck and drink

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* salt pit
* leisure
* pot
* drink

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): こ (ko)、く (ku)
* Kun: あらしお (arashio)、しお (shio)、しおいけ (shioike)、もろい (moroi, 盬い)

## Korean
### Hanja

盬 • (go) (hangeul 고, revised go, McCune–Reischauer ko, Yale ko)
* salt