# 裾

| 裾 | U+88FE, &#35070; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-88FE |
| ← 製 [U+88FD] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 裿 → [U+88FF] |

## Translingual
### Han character

裾 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 中尸十口 (LSJR), four-corner 3726$_4$, composition ⿰衤居)
* lapel, border of garment
* hem, hemline
* skirt

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1119, character 21
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34382
* Dae Jaweon: page 1586, character 7
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3100, character 11
* Unihan data for U+88FE

## 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ka) : semantic 衣 (“clothes”) + phonetic 居 (OC *kɯ, *kas).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jū (ju$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ki / ku
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jū
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyu
*** Wade–Giles: chü$^1$
*** Yale: jyū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiu
*** Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: geoi$^1$
*** Yale: gēui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: goey$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gêu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɵy̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki / ku
*** Tâi-lô: ki / ku
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ky, kw
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴/, /ku⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³/, /ku³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴/, /ku⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ki⁴⁴/, /ku⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴/, /ku⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: kjo
Rime :
| Character | 裾 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 九魚切 |
| Baxter | kjo |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kɨʌ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kiɔ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kiɔ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kɨə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /kiɔ/ |
| Wang Li | /kĭo/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ki̯wo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jū |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | geoi$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ka/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 裾 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4266 |
| Phonetic component | 古 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 居 |
| Old Chinese | /*ka/ |

### Definitions

裾
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### Compounds

* 曲裾 (qūjū)
* 曳裾王門／曳裾王门
* 牛馬襟裾／牛马襟裾
* 絕裾而去／绝裾而去
* 裾馬襟牛／裾马襟牛
* 襟裾馬牛／襟裾马牛
* 開裾／开裾 (khui-ki) (Min Nan)
* 馬牛襟裾／马牛襟裾

### References

* “Entry #10845”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* bottom hem
* the edge or end of something

#### Readings

* Go-on: こ (ko)
* Kan-on: きょ (kyo)
* Kun: すそ (suso, 裾, Jōyō)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 裾
* すそ Grade: S
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 裾 – see the following entry. :
| 【すそ】 | [noun] [from 712] the bottom edge of a piece of clothing [noun] [from 712] more specifically, the hem of a piece of clothing [noun] [from 712] (historical) an additional piece of fabric added along the bottom edge of formal robes [noun] [from 1476] foothill, the edge of a mountain [noun] [from 1520] the downstream area of a river [noun] [from 974] the bottom edge or end of something, such as one's hair or a bounded region on a go board [noun] [from 1392] the lower legs and feet of a person's body |
(This term, 裾, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 裾
* きょ Grade: S
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 裾 (MC kjo).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) きょ [kyóꜜ] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [kʲo̞]

#### Noun

裾(きょ) • (kyo)
* (historical) in the formal wear of court nobles, the end portion of an obi sash that is pulled through the knot and left hanging in back

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

裾 • (geo) (hangeul 거, revised geo, McCune–Reischauer kŏ, Yale ke)
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