# 軀

| 軀 | U+8EC0, &#36544; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8EC0 |
| ← 躿 [U+8EBF] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 軁 → [U+8EC1] |

## Translingual
### Han character

軀 (Kangxi radical 158, 身+11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹尸口口 (HHSRR), four-corner 2121$_6$, composition ⿰身區)

#### Derived characters

* 𨊘

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1238, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38137
* Dae Jaweon: page 1712, character 9
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3812, character 22
* Unihan data for U+8EC0

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 軀 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | 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 *kʰo) : semantic 身 (“body”) + phonetic 區 (OC *qoː, *kʰo)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-kəw (“body; chest; thorax; corpse”) (STEDT). Cognate with Tibetan སྐུ (sku, “body”) and Burmese ကိုယ် (kuiy, “body”).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qū (qu$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): keoi$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khi
* Northern Min (KCR): kṳ́
* Eastern Min (BUC): kṳ̆
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khu / khi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ku$^1$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): ku$^1$ / ki$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$chiu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qū
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cyu
*** Wade–Giles: chʻü$^1$
*** Yale: chyū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiu
*** Palladius: цюй (cjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: keoi$^1$
*** Yale: kēui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: koey$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kêu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɵy̯⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khi
*** Hakka Romanization System: ki
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ki$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰi⁵⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: kṳ́
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰy⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: kṳ̆
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰy⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khu
*** Tâi-lô: khu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qw
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰu³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰu⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khi
*** Tâi-lô: khi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qy
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ku$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khu
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu³³/
** (Leizhou)
*** Leizhou Pinyin: ku$^1$ / ki$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰu³⁵/, /kʰi³⁵/
* ku1 - vernacular;
* ki1 - literary.
* Middle Chinese: khju
Rime :
| Character | 軀 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 豈俱切 |
| Baxter | khju |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰɨo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰio/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰio/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰuə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰio/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰĭu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kʰi̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qū |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | heoi$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰo/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 軀 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 10607 |
| Phonetic component | 區 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 區 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰo/ |

#### Definitions

軀
* human body

#### Compounds

* 七尺軀 / 七尺躯
* 全軀 / 全躯
* 千金軀 / 千金躯
* 孱軀 / 孱躯
* 捐軀 / 捐躯 (juānqū)
* 捐軀報國 / 捐躯报国
* 捐軀殞首 / 捐躯殒首
* 捐軀濟難 / 捐躯济难
* 捐軀疆場 / 捐躯疆场
* 捐軀赴難 / 捐躯赴难
* 斷首捐軀 / 断首捐躯
* 灰軀糜骨 / 灰躯糜骨
* 為國捐軀 / 为国捐躯
* 病軀 / 病躯 (bìngqū)
* 碎首糜軀 / 碎首糜躯
* 萬金之軀 / 万金之躯
* 糜軀碎首 / 糜躯碎首
* 彪軀虎體 / 彪躯虎体
* 血肉之軀 / 血肉之躯 (xuèròuzhīqū)
* 賤軀 / 贱躯
* 身軀 / 身躯 (shēnqū)
* 軀命 / 躯命
* 軀幹 / 躯干 (qūgàn)
* 軀幹骨 / 躯干骨
* 軀殼 / 躯壳 (qūqiào)
* 軀老 / 躯老
* 軀體 / 躯体 (qūtǐ)
* 頑軀 / 顽躯

### Etymology 2

Probably the same as etymology 1 (Hsu, 2019). Lin (2007) considers it to be a contraction of 身軀／身躯 (sin-khu).

#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): su
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su
*** Tâi-lô: su
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sw
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Kinmen): /su⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Lukang): /su³³/

#### Definitions

軀
* (Hokkien) body
* (Hokkien) Classifier for sets of clothing.
    From: 2021, 蕭煌奇, 送予你的歌
    hiahⁿ kúi su lí ê saⁿ, saⁿ-nn̄g kang sé--kòe pha̍k--kòe koh pha̍k [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Compounds

* 合軀 / 合躯 (Hokkien)
* 圍軀裙 / 围躯裙 (Hokkien)
* 身軀 / 身躯 (Hokkien)

### References

* “Entry #12652”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
* “(#)”, in 臺灣閩南語按呢寫‎, Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2013.

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | 躯 |
| Kyūjitai | 軀 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 躯)
* body

#### Readings

* Go-on: く (ku)
* Kan-on: く (ku)
* Kun: からだ (karada, 軀)、み (mi, 軀)、むくろ (mukuro, 軀)、もくろ (mokuro, 軀)

### Definitions

* Kanji in this term
* 軀
* むくろ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 軀 – see the following entries. :
| 【躯】H | [kanji] hyōgai kanji [kanji] a body [kanji] a corpse [kanji] a snag, a dead tree Kanji reading: く, からだ, み, むくろ, もくろ |
| 【体】2 | [kanji] second grade kanji Kanji reading: たい, てい, からだ, なり, み, みる, もと |
| 【骸】S | [kanji] jōyō kanji [kanji] corpse Kanji reading: げ, かい, がい, むくろ |
(This term, 軀, is the kyūjitai of the above terms.) :

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 軀 (MC khju). Recorded as Middle Korean 구 (kwu) (Yale: kwu) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Hanja

Wikisource 軀 (eumhun 몸 구 (mom gu))
* hanja form of 구 (“body”)

#### Compounds

* 거구 (巨軀, geogu)
* 구간 (軀幹, gugan)
* 체구 (體軀, chegu)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.