# 鬮

| 鬮 | U+9B2E, &#39726; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B2E |
| ← 鬭 [U+9B2D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鬯 → [U+9B2F] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 鬮 |
| Shinjitai (extended) | 䦰 |
| Simplified | 阄 |

### Han character

鬮 (Kangxi radical 191, 鬥+17, 27 strokes, cangjie input 中弓竹月尸 (LNHBS) or 中弓弓難山 (LNNXU), four-corner 7711$_7$, composition ⿵鬥龜)

#### Related characters

* 䦰 (Japanese shinjitai)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1458, character 8
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45659
* Dae Jaweon: page 1990, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4517, character 4
* Unihan data for U+9B2E

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鬮 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 鬮 | *kʷɯ, *kʷruʔ |
| 龜 | *kʷɯ, *kʷrɯ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʷɯ, *kʷruʔ) : semantic 鬥 (“to fight; to compete”) + phonetic 龜 (OC *kʷɯ, *kʷrɯ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiū (jiu$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): kau$^1$ / gau$^1$ / kau$^4$ / kau$^5$ / cau$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ciu$^4$
* Gan (Wiktionary): gieu$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): khiêu
    (Meixian, Guangdong): kêu$^1$ / gêu$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): jiou$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): gé
* Eastern Min (BUC): kău
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): kao$^1$ / kiu$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khau / kiu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): kao$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$cieu
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gou$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiū
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiou
*** Wade–Giles: chiu$^1$
*** Yale: jyōu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiou
*** Palladius: цзю (czju)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiūr
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiour
*** Wade–Giles: chiu$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: jyōur
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jioul
*** Palladius: цзюр (czjur)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kau$^1$ / gau$^1$ / kau$^4$ / kau$^5$ / cau$^4$
*** Yale: kāu / gāu / kàuh / káuh / chàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kau$^1$ / gau$^1$ / kau$^4$ / kau$^5$ / tsau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: keo$^1$ / geo$^1$ / keo$^4$ / keo$^5$ / ceo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɐu̯⁵⁵/, /kɐu̯⁵⁵/, /kʰɐu̯²¹/, /kʰɐu̯¹³/, /t͡sʰɐu̯²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ciu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiu²¹/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: gieu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kiɛu⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiêu
*** Hakka Romanization System: kieu$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: kieu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯eu̯²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: kêu$^1$ / gêu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰeu⁴⁴/, /keu⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: jiou$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕiəu¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gé
*** Sinological IPA : /ke⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: kău
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰau⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: kao$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰau⁵³³/
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: kiu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰiu⁵³³/
* kao1 - colloquial;
* kiu1 - literary.
* Middle Chinese: kjuw, kjiwX
Rime :
| Character | 鬮 | 鬮 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) | 幽 (138) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 居求切 | 居黝切 |
| Baxter | kjuw | kjiwX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kɨu/ | /kiɪu$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kiu/ | /kɨu$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kiəu/ | /kieu$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kuw/ | /kjiw$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /kiu/ | /kiĕu$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /kĭəu/ | /kiəu$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ki̯ə̯u/ | /kieu$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiū | jiǔ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gau$^1$ | gau$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʷɯ/, /*kʷruʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 鬮 | 鬮 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 4613 | 4615 |
| Phonetic component | 龜 | 龜 |
| Rime group | 之 | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 鳩 | 糾 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʷɯ/ | /*kʷruʔ/ |

### Definitions

鬮
* lots (to be drawn)
    From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 利未記 (Leviticus) 16:8
    Wèi nà liǎng zhī yáng niānjiū, yī jiū guī yǔ Yēhéhuá, yī jiū guī yǔ Āsǎxièlè. [Pinyin]
    And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for the scapegoat [lit. Azazel].
* (literary) to draw lots

### Compounds

* 僭鬮／僭阄
* 反鬮／反阄
* 抓鬮／抓阄 (zhuājiū)
* 抓鬮兒／抓阄儿
* 拔鬮／拔阄
* 拈鬮／拈阄 (niānjiū)
* 抾鬮／抾阄
* 拈鬮兒／拈阄儿
* 捭鬮／捭阄
* 探鬮／探阄
* 撮鬮兒／撮阄儿
* 藏鬮／藏阄
* 話裡藏鬮／话里藏阄
* 詩鬮／诗阄
* 開鬮／开阄
* 鬮兒／阄儿
* 鬮定／阄定
* 鬮戲／阄戏
* 鬮書／阄书
* 鬮還／阄还
* 鬮金鬩玉／阄金阋玉
* 鬮韻／阄韵
* 鬮題／阄题

### References

* “鬮”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | 䦰 |
| Kyūjitai | 鬮 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 䦰)
* to capture by fighting
* lottery

#### Readings

* Go-on: く (ku)
* Kan-on: きゅう (kyū)
* Kun: たたかいとる (tatakaitoru, 鬮る)、くじ (kuji, 鬮)

### References

* ↑ “鬮”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

## Korean
### Hanja

鬮 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)
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