# 勼

| 勼 | U+52FC, &#21244; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52FC |
| ← 勻 [U+52FB] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 勽 → [U+52FD] |

## Translingual
### Han character

勼 (Kangxi radical 20, 勹+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 心大弓 (PKN) or 難心大弓 (XPKN), four-corner 2742$_0$, composition ⿹勹九)

#### Derived characters

* 𧺤, 䬨, 𥫷, 𦜛

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 150, character 21
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2498
* Dae Jaweon: page 339, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 256, character 2
* Unihan data for U+52FC

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 勼
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 尻 | *kʰuː |
| 訄 | *kʰuː, *kʰu, *ɡu |
| 艽 | *krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw, *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw |
| 虓 | *qʰruː |
| 鳩 | *ku |
| 勼 | *ku |
| 九 | *kuʔ |
| 究 | *kus |
| 仇 | *ɡu |
| 鼽 | *ɡu |
| 犰 | *ɡu |
| 叴 | *ɡu |
| 厹 | *ɡu |
| 頄 | *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw |
| 朹 | *ɡu, *kʷrɯwʔ |
| 馗 | *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw |
| 扏 | *ɡu |
| 訅 | *ɡu |
| 釚 | *ɡu |
| 肍 | *ɡu |
| 軌 | *kʷrɯwʔ |
| 宄 | *kʷrɯwʔ |
| 氿 | *kʷrɯwʔ |
| 匭 | *kʷrɯwʔ |
| 泦 | *kuɡ |
| 旭 | *qʰʷoɡ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiū (jiu$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gau$^1$ / kau$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiû
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiu
* 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$^1$ / kau$^1$
*** Yale: gāu / kāu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gau$^1$ / kau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: geo$^1$ / keo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɐu̯⁵⁵/, /kʰɐu̯⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiû
*** Hakka Romanization System: giu$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: giu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯u²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiu
*** Tâi-lô: kiu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kiw
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kiu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kiu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: kjuw
Rime :
| Character | 勼 |
| 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
    (Zhengzhang): /*ku/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 勼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6940 |
| Phonetic component | 九 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 鳩 |
| Old Chinese | /*ku/ |

### Definitions

勼
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to gather
    alt. forms: 鳩 / 鸠 (jiū)
* (Hokkien) to contract; to shrink
* (Hokkien, by extension) to recoil and withdraw; to shrink and retreat
* (Quanzhou Hokkien, specifically) to shrink due to absorbing water (of cloth, etc.)
* (Quanzhou Hokkien, specifically) to become skinny, contracted, or disappear (caused by some reason)

#### Synonyms

* (Hokkien) 糾／纠

#### Compounds

* 伸勼
* 勼勼狹狹 / 勼勼狭狭
* 勼圇 / 勼囵
* 勼寒
* 勼手
* 勼水
* 勼狹 / 勼狭
* 勼跤
* 勼跤勼手
* 老倒勼

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C00800
* “勼”, 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
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): きゅう (kyū)、く (ku)
* Kun: あつめる (atsumeru)、あつまる (atsumaru)

## Korean
### Hanja

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