# 剾

| 剾 | U+527E, &#21118; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-527E |
| ← 剽 [U+527D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 剿 → [U+527F] |

## Translingual
### Han character

剾 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+11, 13 strokes, cangjie input 尸口中弓 (SRLN) or 難難尸口中 (XXSRL), composition ⿰區刂)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 143, character 36
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2163
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 353, character 3
* Unihan data for U+527E

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 摳 | *kʰoː, *kʰo |
| 彄 | *kʰoː |
| 剾 | *kʰoː, *qoː |
| 謳 | *qoː |
| 歐 | *qoː, *qoːʔ |
| 區 | *qoː, *kʰo |
| 鷗 | *qoː |
| 甌 | *qoː |
| 漚 | *qoː, *qoːs |
| 瞘 | *qoː |
| 嘔 | *qoː, *qoːʔ |
| 櫙 | *qoː |
| 膒 | *qoː |
| 蓲 | *qoː, *kʰu, *qo, *qos |
| 醧 | *qoː, *qas |
| 鏂 | *qoː |
| 毆 | *qoːʔ |
| 塸 | *qoːʔ |
| 貙 | *kʰl'o |
| 樞 | *kʰjo |
| 驅 | *kʰo, *kʰos |
| 軀 | *kʰo |
| 嶇 | *kʰo |
| 鰸 | *kʰo |
| 敺 | *kʰo |
| 傴 | *qoʔ |
| 嫗 | *qos |
| 饇 | *qos |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰoː, *qoː) : phonetic 區 (OC *qoː, *kʰo) + semantic 刀 (“knife”)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kōu (kou$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡ
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kōu
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄡ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kou
*** Wade–Giles: kʻou$^1$
*** Yale: kōu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kou
*** Palladius: коу (kou)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰoʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khau
*** Tâi-lô: khau
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qaw
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kʰau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰau³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kʰau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: 'uw, khuw
Rime :
| Character | 剾 | 剾 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 侯 (137) | 侯 (137) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 烏侯切 | 恪侯切 |
| Baxter | 'uw | khuw |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔəu/ | /kʰəu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔəu/ | /kʰəu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔəu/ | /kʰəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔəw/ | /kʰəw/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔu/ | /kʰu/ |
| Wang Li | /əu/ | /kʰəu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʔə̯u/ | /kʰə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ōu | kōu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | au$^1$ | hau$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰoː/, /*qoː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 剾 | 剾 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 10581 | 10595 |
| Phonetic component | 區 | 區 |
| Rime group | 侯 | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 彄 | 謳 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰoː/ | /*qoː/ |

### Definitions

剾
* to dig; to scoop out; to pare (using a knife)
* (Southern Min) to scrape; to shave off
* (Southern Min) to sharpen (a pencil)
* (Southern Min) instrument for scraping, shaving, or sharpening
* (Mainland China Hokkien) to blow; to hit (usually from the side)
* (Mainland China Hokkien) to adjust a sail (to move a sea vessel forward with the wind)
* (Mainland China Hokkien) to abort (a baby)
* (Mainland China Hokkien) to toy maliciously with; to philander with (a woman)
* (Mainland China Hokkien) Classifier for wool.
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) to ridicule; to satirize
* (Quanzhou Hokkien) to remove earwax
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to eliminate fats off one's body by consuming something unpalatable

### Compounds

* 倒剾／倒𠛅
* 倒手仔剾刀／倒手仔𠛅刀
* 剾仔／𠛅仔
* 剾刀／𠛅刀
* 剾刀花／𠛅刀花
* 剾刀蔫／𠛅刀蔫
* 剾削／𠛅削
* 剾損／𠛅损
* 剾查某／𠛅查某
* 剾洗／𠛅洗
* 剾痧／𠛅痧
* 剾皮／𠛅皮
* 剾耳屎／𠛅耳屎
* 剾腹內／𠛅腹内
* 剾草／𠛅草
* 剾褻／𠛅亵
* 剾雞／𠛅鸡
* 剾風／𠛅风
* 鉛筆剾／铅笔𠛅