# 掬

| 掬 | U+63AC, &#25516; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63AC |
| ← 掫 [U+63AB] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 掭 → [U+63AD] |

## Translingual
### Han character

掬 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手心火木 (QPFD), four-corner 5702$_0$, composition ⿰扌匊)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 440, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12290
* Dae Jaweon: page 791, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1903, character 1
* Unihan data for U+63AC

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 菊 | *kuɡ |
| 鞠 | *kuɡ, *kʰuɡ, *ɡuɡ |
| 掬 | *kluɡ |
| 匊 | *kluɡ |
| 鵴 | *kuɡ, *ɡuɡ |
| 椈 | *kuɡ |
| 諊 | *kuɡ |
| 踘 | *kuɡ, *ɡuɡ |
| 趜 | *kuɡ, *ɡuɡ |
| 蘜 | *kuɡ |
| 鞫 | *kuɡ |
| 巈 | *kuɡ |
| 麴 | *kʰuɡ |
| 毱 | *ɡuɡ |
| 驧 | *ɡuɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kluɡ) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 匊 (OC *kluɡ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jū, jú
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩ, ㄐㄩˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): guk$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiuh / kiok
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jū
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyu
*** Wade–Giles: chü$^1$
*** Yale: jyū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiu
*** Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jú
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyú
*** Wade–Giles: chü$^2$
*** Yale: jyú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyu
*** Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: guk$^1$
*** Yale: gūk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: guk$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gug$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʊk̚⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiuh
*** Tâi-lô: kiuh
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kiuq
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiuʔ³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kiuʔ⁵/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiok
*** Tâi-lô: kiok
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kiog
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiɔk̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔk̚⁵/
* kiuh - vernacular (“to recoil; to slightly wrinkle”);
* kiok - literary (“to struggle”).
* Middle Chinese: kjuwk
Rime :
| Character | 掬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 屋 (4) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 居六切 |
| Baxter | kjuwk |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kɨuk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kiuk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kiuk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kuwk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /kiuk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /kĭuk̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ki̯uk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ju |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | guk$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kluɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 掬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7007 |
| Phonetic component | 匊 |
| Rime group | 覺 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 菊 |
| Old Chinese | /*kluɡ/ |

### Definitions

掬
* (literary) to grasp or hold with both hands
    笑容可掬 ― xiàoróngkějū ― to be radiant with smiles
* (Mainland China Hokkien) to recoil; to tighten; to draw back
* (Mainland China Hokkien) to slightly wrinkle; to crease a little
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to struggle; to attempt

### Compounds

* 憨狀可掬／憨状可掬
* 掬布
* 掬帶／掬带
* 掬弄
* 掬水
* 掬筋
* 掬紗／掬纱
* 掬紙／掬纸
* 掬腸／掬肠
* 掬腸掬肚／掬肠掬肚
* 掬飲／掬饮
* 盈掬
* 笑容可掬 (xiàoróngkějū)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* scoop up water with the hand

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): きく (kiku)
* Kun: すくう (sukuu, 掬う)

## Korean
### Hanja

掬 • (guk) (hangeul 국, revised guk, McCune–Reischauer kuk, Yale kwuk)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

掬: Hán Nôm readings: cúc
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