# 渠

| 渠 | U+6E20, &#28192; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E20 |
| ← 渟 [U+6E1F] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 渡 → [U+6E21] |

## Translingual
### Han character

渠 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水尸木 (ESD), four-corner 3190$_4$, composition ⿱洰木)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 633, character 48
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17764
* Dae Jaweon: page 1040, character 7
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1645, character 4
* Unihan data for U+6E20

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 渠
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 柜 | *kaʔ |
| 渠 | *ɡa |
| 磲 | *ɡa |
| 蕖 | *ɡa |
| 蟝 | *ɡa |
| 璖 | *ɡa |
| 巨 | *ɡaʔ |
| 距 | *ɡaʔ |
| 拒 | *ɡaʔ |
| 苣 | *ɡaʔ |
| 炬 | *ɡaʔ |
| 詎 | *ɡaʔ, *ɡas |
| 鉅 | *ɡaʔ |
| 秬 | *ɡaʔ |
| 粔 | *ɡaʔ |
| 駏 | *ɡaʔ |
| 歫 | *ɡaʔ |
| 矩 | *kʷaʔ |
| 榘 | *kʷaʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡa) : semantic 水 (“water”) + abbreviated phonetic 榘 (OC *kʷaʔ).

### Etymology 1
#### “ditch; canal; drain”

    From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-ka ~ *k(r)a (“path; way; channel; ditch”); probably the same word as 衢 (OC *ɡʷa, “passage”) (Schuessler, 2007). Cognate with Tibetan རྐ (rka, “gutter; channel; furrow”).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): qú (qu$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): qu$^2$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): чү (čü, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): keoi$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): kui$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): qie$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): khì
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ki$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): qy$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): kṳ̆
* Eastern Min (BUC): kṳ̀
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gy$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kû / kîr / kî
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ke$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$jiu
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jy$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qú
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cyú
*** Wade–Giles: chʻü$^2$
*** Yale: chyú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyu
*** Palladius: цюй (cjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰy³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: qu$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ky
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰy²¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: чү (čü, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰy²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: keoi$^4$
*** Yale: kèuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: koey$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kêu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɵy̯²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: kui$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰui²²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: qie$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰie²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khì
*** Hakka Romanization System: ki$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ki$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰi¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ki$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰi¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: qy$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕʰy¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: kṳ̆
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰy²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: kṳ̀
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰy⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gy$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ky¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kû
*** Tâi-lô: kû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kuu
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ku²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kîr
*** Tâi-lô: kîr
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kɯ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî
*** Tâi-lô: kî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kii
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ke$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khṳ̂
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɯ⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$jiu
*** MiniDict: jiu$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$jjy
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑy²³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: jy$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy¹³/
* Middle Chinese: gjo
Rime :
| Character | 渠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 強魚切 |
| Baxter | gjo |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɡɨʌ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡiɔ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡiɔ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /gɨə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡiɔ/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡĭo/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /gi̯wo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | keoi$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ](r)a/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡa/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 渠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | qú |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ gjo › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɡ](r)a/ |
| English | canal |
| 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 | 渠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7042 |
| Phonetic component | 巨 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡa/ |

#### Definitions

渠
* ditch; canal; drain; man-made channel (Classifier: 條／条 m c)
    靈渠／灵渠 ― Língqú ― Lingqu (a canal in present-day Xing'an County, Guangxi, China, constructed in 214 BCE)
    污水渠 [Cantonese] ― wu$^1$ seoi$^2$ keoi$^4$ [Jyutping] ― sewer
* (literary) big; huge
* a surname

##### Usage notes

Unlike 溝／沟 (gōu), which refers to both artificial and natural watercourses, 渠 (qú) refers only to artificial watercourses.

#### Compounds

* 共產主義渠／共产主义渠 (Gòngchǎn Zhǔyì Qú)
* 出渠
* 坑渠
* 幹渠／干渠
* 廣通渠／广通渠
* 斗渠
* 橫渠／横渠
* 橫渠學派／横渠学派
* 毛渠
* 水到渠成 (shuǐdàoqúchéng)
* 永濟渠／永济渠
* 河渠
* 流血成渠
* 渠務／渠务
* 渠口 (Qúkǒu)
* 渠帥／渠帅 (qúshuài)
* 渠水 (qúshuǐ)
* 渠江
* 渠渠
* 渠率
* 渠衝／渠冲
* 渠輩／渠辈
* 渠道 (qúdào)
* 渠魁 (qúkuí)
* 溝渠／沟渠 (gōuqú)
* 漕渠 (cáoqú)
* 灌溉渠
* 犀渠
* 白渠
* 石渠 (Shíqú)
* 義渠／义渠
* 血流成渠
* 軒渠／轩渠
* 轉死溝渠／转死沟渠
* 轉渠口／转渠口
* 通渠 (tōngqú)
* 通濟渠／通济渠
* 開渠穿井／开渠穿井
* 雝渠／雍渠 (yōngqú)
* 靈渠／灵渠 (Líng Qú)
* 黃渠／黄渠 (Huángqú)

### Etymology 2

Attested since 4th to 5th century CE, preserved in many central and southern dialects (Schuessler, 2007). See 佢 and 伊.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qú (qu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): keoi$^5$ / heoi$^5$ / keoi$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): kui$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): qie$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kì / yì
    (Meixian, Guangdong): gi$^2$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gy$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kû / kîr / kî
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ke$^5$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): gyu$^4$
* Wu (Wugniu)
** (Northern): $^6$yi / $^2$ji
** (Jinhua): $^8$geq; $^3$gou
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qú
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cyú
*** Wade–Giles: chʻü$^2$
*** Yale: chyú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyu
*** Palladius: цюй (cjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰy³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: keoi$^5$ / heoi$^5$ / keoi$^4$
*** Yale: kéuih / héuih / kèuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: koey$^5$ / hoey$^5$ / koey$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kêu$^5$ / hêu$^5$ / kêu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɵy̯¹³/, /hɵy̯¹³/, /kʰɵy̯²¹/
* keoi5, heoi5 - vernacular (most commonly written as 佢);
* keoi4 - literary.
* Middle Chinese: gjo
Rime :
| Character | 渠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 強魚切 |
| Baxter | gjo |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɡɨʌ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡiɔ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡiɔ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /gɨə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡiɔ/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡĭo/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /gi̯wo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | keoi$^4$ |

#### Definitions

渠
* (literary or dialectal) third-person pronoun; he; she; it
    From: c. 12th century, 朱熹 (Zhu Xi), 觀書有感
    Wèn qú nǎ dé qīng rú xǔ, wèi yǒu yuántóu huóshuǐ lái. [Pinyin]
    [I want to] ask it [the pond] why it can be so clear. It is because running water continuously flows in.
** 1997, 覃遠雄, 韋樹關, 卞成林, editors, 南寧平話詞典 [A Dictionary of Nanning Pinghua] (Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects), first edition, Nanjing: 江蘇教育出版社, page 41:
    渠是哪個？／渠是哪个？ [Nanning Pinghua] ― gy$^4$ si$^6$ na$^2$ go$^3$ [Jyutping++] ― Who is he?

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 伊$_1$, 彼, 其, 厥, 渠, 夫, 之 object, 乃 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 他 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 他, 怹 honorific |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 他 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 他 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 他 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 他 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 他 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 他 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 他 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 他 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 他 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 他 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 他 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 他 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 他 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 他 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 他 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 他 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 他 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) | 他 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 他 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 他 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 他 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 他 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Weicheng) | 他 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Fangzi) | 他 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Changle | 他 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shouguang | 他 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Wulian | 他 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 他 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 他 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 他 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 他 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 他 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 他 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Weifang (Hanting) | 他 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Changyi | 他 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Gaomi | 他 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 他 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Anqiu | 他 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Linqu | 他 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingzhou | 他 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 他 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 他 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 他, 伢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 他 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 他 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 他 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 他 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 他 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 他 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 他 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Dingbian | 他 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 他 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 他 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 家, 他 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 他 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Pizhou | 他 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lianyungang (Ganyu) | 他 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Donghai | 他 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 他 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 他 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 他 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 他 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 他, 那 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 他 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 他 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 他 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 他 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 他 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 他 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 他 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 他 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 他 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 他 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 他, 他家 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 他 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 他 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 他 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 他 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 他 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 他 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 他 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 他 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 他 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 他 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 他 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 他 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 他 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Xiakuojie) | 他 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Fujian) | 他 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 他 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Fucheng, Wuming) | 他 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Binyang (Nanjie) | 他 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 他 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 他 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 他 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 他 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 他 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 他 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Baoying | 他 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Taizhou | 他 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Zhenjiang | 他 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 他 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huai'an (Huaiyin) | 他 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 他 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Xuyi | 他 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Xinghua | 他 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 他 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Rugao | 他 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yancheng | 他 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Funing | 他 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Sihong | 他 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 他 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 他 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 他 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 他 |
| Mandarin | Qinzhou (Longmengang) | 他 |
| Mandarin | Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle) | 他 |
| Mandarin | Nanping (Yanping) | 他 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Shek Pik Weitou) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huancheng) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nanlang) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Xiaolan) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongsheng, Xiaolan) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanbei, Xiaolan) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Henglan) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongfeng) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nantou) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Fusha) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shalang) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Gangkou) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huangpu) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Sanjiao) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Langwang, Minzhong) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Minzhong) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Guzhen) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Banfu) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanzhou) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Taishan (Guanghai) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Pingdong, Longgang; Shehua) | 其 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Pingshan Zhanmi) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Yangon (Taishan) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 佢 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 渠 |
| Gan | Nanchang (Wangcheng) | 渠 |
| Gan | Anyi | 渠仂 |
| Gan | Lushan | 渠 |
| Gan | Pengze | 渠 |
| Gan | Duchang | 渠, 渠儂 |
| Gan | Wuning (Quankou) | 渠 |
| Gan | Poyang | 渠 |
| Gan | Yugan | 渠, 渠郎 |
| Gan | Wannian | 渠 |
| Gan | Hengfeng | 渠, 渠仂 |
| Gan | Yanshan | 渠, 渠仂 |
| Gan | Leping | 渠 |
| Gan | Yichun | 渠 |
| Gan | Yifeng | 渠 |
| Gan | Gao'an | 渠 |
| Gan | Fengxin | 渠 |
| Gan | Shanggao | 渠 |
| Gan | Wanzai | 渠 |
| Gan | Fengcheng | 渠 |
| Gan | Xinyu | 渠 |
| Gan | Fuzhou (Shangdundu) | 渠 |
| Gan | Fuzhou (Dongxiang) | 渠仂 |
| Gan | Nancheng | 渠 |
| Gan | Nanfeng | 渠仂, 渠 |
| Gan | Yihuang | 渠 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 渠 |
| Gan | Chongren | 渠 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 他 |
| Gan | Lianhua | 渠 |
| Gan | Ji'an | 渠 |
| Gan | Yongfeng | 渠 |
| Gan | Taihe | 渠 |
| Gan | Xiajiang | 渠 |
| Gan | Yongxin | 渠 |
| Gan | Yingtan (Yujiang) | 渠 |
| Gan | Guixi | 渠, 渠仂 |
| Gan | Jianning | 使 |
| Gan | Jinxian | 渠 |
| Gan | Jinxi | 渠 |
| Gan | Le'an | 渠 |
| Gan | Guangchang | 渠 |
| Gan | Anfu | 渠 |
| Gan | Suichuan | 渠 |
| Gan | Wan'an | 渠 |
| Gan | Jing'an | 渠 |
| Gan | Zhangshu | 渠 |
| Gan | Xingan | 渠 |
| Gan | Fenyi | 渠 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 佢 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 佢 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 佢 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 佢 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 佢 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 佢 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 佢 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 佢 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 佢 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Meilin) | 佢 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 佢 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) | 佢 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) | 佢 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) | 佢 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 佢 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 佢 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 佢 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 佢 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 佢 |
| Hakka | Changting | 佢 |
| Hakka | Shanghang | 佢 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Yongding) | 佢 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 佢 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 佢 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 佢 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 佢 |
| Hakka | Qingliu | 佢 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 佢 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 佢 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 佢 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 佢 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Nankang) | 佢 |
| Hakka | Dingnan | 佢 |
| Hakka | Longnan | 佢 |
| Hakka | Xunwu | 佢 |
| Hakka | Huichang | 佢 |
| Hakka | Chongyi | 佢 |
| Hakka | Xingguo | 佢 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 佢 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 佢 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 佢 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 佢 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 佢 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 佢 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 佢 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 佢 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Shahe) | 佢 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Longtan) | 佢 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Lingping) | 佢 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Lingjiao) | 佢 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 佢 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 佢 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 佢 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 佢 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 佢 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 渠, 渠仂 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 渠 |
| Huizhou | Chun'an (Qiandaohu) | 渠 |
| Huizhou | Jiande (Meicheng) | 渠 |
| Huizhou | Jiande (Shouchang) | 渠, 渠儂 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 他 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 他 |
| Jin | Datong | 他 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 他 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 他 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 他 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 他 |
| Jin | Linhe | 他 |
| Jin | Jining | 他 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 他 |
| Jin | Baotou | 他 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 他 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 他 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 他 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 他 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 他 |
| Jin | Handan | 他 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 他 |
| Jin | Suide | 他 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 渠 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 渠 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 渠 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 渠 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 渠 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 渠 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 渠 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 伊$_1$ |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 伊$_1$ |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 伊$_1$ |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 伊$_1$ |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 伊$_1$ |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 伊$_1$ |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 伊$_1$ |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 伊$_1$ |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 伊$_1$ |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 伊$_1$ |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 伊$_1$ |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 伊$_1$ |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 伊$_1$ |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 伊$_1$ |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 伊$_1$ |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 伊$_1$ |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 伊$_1$ |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 伊$_1$ |
| Eastern Min | Taishun | 伊$_1$ |
| Eastern Min | Cangnan | 伊$_1$ |
| Eastern Min | Sitiawan (Gutian) | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Datian | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 他, 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Guilin (Biyange) | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Cangnan | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 伊$_1$ |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 伊$_1$ |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 伊$_1$ |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 渠 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 渠 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 渠 |
| Central Min | Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) | 渠 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shaowu | 𠇼 |
| Shaojiang Min | Guangze | 𠇼 |
| Shaojiang Min | Jiangle | 渠 |
| Shaojiang Min | Mingxi | 渠 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shunchang | 渠 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 伊$_1$ |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 伊$_1$ |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 佢 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 他 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 渠 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 伊$_2$ |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 是渠, 實渠, 渠 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 伊$_2$ |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 伊$_2$ |
| Wu | Suzhou | 俚, 俚倷, 唔倷 |
| Wu | Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) | 伊$_2$, 伊奴 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 佗 |
| Wu | Changshu | 伊$_2$ |
| Wu | Nantong (Haimen) | 他, 伊$_2$ |
| Wu | Jiaxing | 伊內 |
| Wu | Jiashan | 伊$_2$, 伊儂 |
| Wu | Pinghu | 伊儂 |
| Wu | Haining (Yanguan) | 伊$_2$ |
| Wu | Tongxiang | 伊$_2$, 夷儂 |
| Wu | Haiyan | 伊$_2$, 葉內, 候內 |
| Wu | Changzhou | 佗 |
| Wu | Danyang | 他 |
| Wu | Nanjing (Gaochun) | 他 |
| Wu | Huzhou | 是其 |
| Wu | Changxing | 是夷, 夷 |
| Wu | Anji | 其 |
| Wu | Deqing | 夷 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 他 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Yuhang) | 夷, 其 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Lin'an) | 夷, 是夷, 其 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Fuyang) | 夷, 是夷 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Xiaoshan) | 夷 |
| Wu | Tonglu | 夷, 是夷 |
| Wu | Tonglu (Wusheng) | 夷, 他 |
| Wu | Shaoxing | 夷 |
| Wu | Zhuji | 其 |
| Wu | Shengzhou | 夷 |
| Wu | Xinchang | 其 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 渠, 渠儂 |
| Wu | Ningbo (Zhenhai) | 其 |
| Wu | Ningbo (Fenghua) | 其 |
| Wu | Yuyao | 渠 |
| Wu | Cixi | 渠 |
| Wu | Xiangshan | 其, 像其 |
| Wu | Ninghai | 其, 其儂 |
| Wu | Zhoushan | 其 |
| Wu | Taizhou (Huangyan) | 渠 |
| Wu | Tiantai | 渠 |
| Wu | Xianju | 渠 |
| Wu | Sanmen | 渠 |
| Wu | Linhai | 渠 |
| Wu | Wenling | 渠 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 渠 |
| Wu | Yueqing | 渠 |
| Wu | Yongjia (Fenglin) | 渠 |
| Wu | Rui'an | 渠 |
| Wu | Pingyang | 渠 |
| Wu | Taishun | 其 |
| Wu | Wencheng | 渠 |
| Wu | Lishui | 渠 |
| Wu | Qingtian | 渠 |
| Wu | Jinyun | 渠 |
| Wu | Wuyi (Liucheng) | 渠 |
| Wu | Songyang (Xiping) | 渠 |
| Wu | Yunhe | 他, 其 |
| Wu | Jingning | 他, 渠 |
| Wu | Qingyuan | 渠 |
| Wu | Longquan | 渠 |
| Wu | Quzhou | 渠 |
| Wu | Suichang | 渠 |
| Wu | Jiangshan | 渠 |
| Wu | Changshan | 渠 |
| Wu | Kaihua | 渠 |
| Wu | Longyou | 渠, 渠儂 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 渠 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 渠, 渠儂 |
| Wu | Yiwu | 渠 |
| Wu | Yongkang | 渠 |
| Wu | Pujiang | 其, 徐 |
| Wu | Dongyang | 渠 |
| Wu | Wuyi | 渠 |
| Wu | Lanxi | 渠, 渠儂 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 他 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 他 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 他 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 他 |
| Note | In spoken language, Chinese varieties in general do not distinguish gender/animacy in the third-person pronoun; distinctions are only sometimes made in writing. 佢 is commonly used in Yue, Hakka and Pinghua, while 渠 is more common in other varieties | In spoken language, Chinese varieties in general do not distinguish gender/animacy in the third-person pronoun; distinctions are only sometimes made in writing. 佢 is commonly used in Yue, Hakka and Pinghua, while 渠 is more common in other varieties |

#### Compounds

* 渠們／渠们
* 渠儂／渠侬 (qúnóng)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): きょ (kyo)
* Kun: みぞ (mizo, 渠)、かれ (kare, 渠)、なんぞ (nanzo, 渠ぞ)

## Korean
### Hanja

渠 (eum 거 (geo))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

渠: Hán Nôm readings: cừ, gừa, khờ, cự
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