# 逅

| 逅 | U+9005, &#36869; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9005 |
| ← 逄 [U+9004] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 逆 → [U+9006] |

## Translingual
### Han character

逅 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹一口 (YHMR), four-corner 3230$_6$, composition ⿺辶后)

#### Derived characters

* 𰜫

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1256, character 29
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38848
* Dae Jaweon: page 1741, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3830, character 1
* Unihan data for U+9005

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 垢 | *koːʔ |
| 詬 | *koːʔ, *kʰoːs, *qʰoːs |
| 茩 | *koːʔ |
| 姤 | *koːs |
| 銗 | *ɡoː |
| 骺 | *ɡoː |
| 后 | *ɡoːʔ, *ɡoːs |
| 垕 | *ɡoːʔ |
| 郈 | *ɡoːʔ |
| 逅 | *ɡoːs |
| 鲘 |
| 缿 | *ɡoːs, *ɡroːŋʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡoːs) : semantic 辵 + phonetic 后 (OC *ɡoːʔ, *ɡoːs).

### Etymology

Cognate with 遘 (OC *koːs, *koːs, “to meet”)，覯 (OC *koːs, “to come across”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hòu, gòu
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ, ㄍㄡˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hau$^6$
* Eastern Min (BUC): hâiu
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): hou$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hòu
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hòu
*** Wade–Giles: hou$^4$
*** Yale: hòu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: how
*** Palladius: хоу (xou)
*** Sinological IPA : /xoʊ̯⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gòu
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gòu
*** Wade–Giles: kou$^4$
*** Yale: gòu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gow
*** Palladius: гоу (gou)
*** Sinological IPA : /koʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hau$^6$
*** Yale: hauh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hau$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: heo$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɐu̯²²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hâiu
*** Sinological IPA : /hɑu²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hou$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hŏu
*** Sinological IPA : /hou³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: huwH
Rime :
| Character | 逅 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 侯 (137) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 胡遘切 |
| Baxter | huwH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦəu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦəu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣəu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦəw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣəu$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɣə̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | hòu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hau$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤro-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡoːs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 逅 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | hòu |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ huw$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɡ]ˁro-s/ |
| English | 邂逅 xièhòu carefree (Odes 94.1– 2, 118.2) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 逅 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5171 |
| Phonetic component | 后 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 𠋫 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡoːs/ |

### Definitions

逅
* Only used in 邂逅 (xièhòu).

### Compounds

* 邂逅 (xièhòu)
* 邂逅之緣／邂逅之缘
* 邂逅相逢
* 邂逅相遇

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): こう (kō)
* Kun: あう (au, 逅う)

## Korean
### Hanja

逅 • (hu) (hangeul 후, revised hu, McCune–Reischauer hu, Yale hwu)
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