# 丩

| 丩 | U+4E29, &#20009; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E29 |
| ← 丨 [U+4E28] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 个 → [U+4E2A] |

## Translingual
### Han character

丩 (Kangxi radical 2, 丨+1, 2 strokes, cangjie input 女中 (VL) or 難難女中 (XXVL), four-corner 2270$_0$, composition ⿰𠄌丨)
* Shuowen Jiezi radical №52

#### Derived characters

* 𫡅, 叫, 𢀙, 𢒾, 㧃, 𤜟, 朻, 㸨, 㺩, 𥘊, 𥃧, 糾(纠), 舏, 虯, 觓, 訆, 赳, 𧾻, 䡂, 䤛, 𧆢, 𧆮, 𢒥, 鼼
* 丱, 𠚨, 𠠳, 収, 𪜡, 𬻲, 收, 𭍼, 𠁫, 𭔬, 𠨞, 𪓓, 㔿, 𦫶, 𬔅, 㽱, 嘂, 虛, 𥳁

#### Descendants

* ㄐ

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 78, character 21
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 68
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 49, character 2
* Unihan data for U+4E29

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 丩 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Spring and Autumn | Warring States | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Qin slip script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| Small seal scripts01631 |||||||
| References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script). |||||||
| | Old Chinese |
| 艽 | *krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw, *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw |
| 芁 | *kriːw |
| 荍 | *ɡiw |
| 叫 | *kiːws |
| 訆 | *kiːws |
| 嘂 | *kiːws |
| 收 | *qʰljɯw, *qʰljɯws |
| 糾 | *kɯw, *krɯwʔ |
| 朻 | *kɯw, *krɯw, *krɯwʔ |
| 丩 | *kɯw, *krɯw |
| 赳 | *krɯw, *krɯwʔ |
| 虬 | *ɡrɯw |
| 虯 | *ɡrɯw |
| 觓 | *ɡrɯw |
Pictogram (象形) : two entangled ropes – to entangle; to intertwine. Original form of 糾. See also 己.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiū (jiu$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gau$^2$
* 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/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gau$^2$
*** Yale: gáu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gau$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: geo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɐu̯³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: kjuw
Rime :
| Character | 丩 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 居求切 |
| Baxter | kjuw |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kɨu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kiu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kiəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kuw/ |
| Li Rong | /kiu/ |
| Wang Li | /kĭəu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ki̯ə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiū |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gau$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*k-riw/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kɯw/, /*krɯw/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 丩 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jiū |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kjiw › |
| Old Chinese | /*k-riw/ (dialect: *k-r- > *kr-) |
| English | twist (v.) |
| 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 | 丩 | 丩 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 6925 | 6926 |
| Phonetic component | 丩 | 丩 |
| Rime group | 幽 | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 鳩 | 樛 |
| Old Chinese | /*kɯw/ | /*krɯw/ |
| Notes | | 注爲今體 |

### Definitions

丩
* Alternative form of 糾／纠 (“to entangle; to entwine”)
* to connect or graft a vine

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* to connect or graft a vine

#### Readings

* Go-on: く (ku)、ぎょう (gyō)
* Kan-on: きゅう (kyū)、きょう (kyō)
* Kun: まつわる (matsuwaru, 丩わる)

## Korean
### Hanja

丩 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku)
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