# 跔

| 跔 | U+8DD4, &#36308; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8DD4 |
| ← 跓 [U+8DD3] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 跕 → [U+8DD5] |

## Translingual
### Han character

跔 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口一心口 (RMPR), composition ⿰𧾷句)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1223, character 28
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37466
* Dae Jaweon: page 1695, character 17
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3697, character 10
* Unihan data for U+8DD4

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 勾 | *koː, *koːs |
| 鉤 | *koː |
| 鴝 | *koː, *ɡo |
| 句 | *koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo |
| 夠 | *koː, *koːs, *kʰoː |
| 枸 | *koː, *koːʔ, *koʔ |
| 軥 | *koː, *koːs, *ɡo |
| 狗 | *koːʔ |
| 苟 | *koːʔ |
| 岣 | *koːʔ, *ko |
| 笱 | *koːʔ |
| 玽 | *koːʔ |
| 耇 | *koːʔ |
| 豿 | *koːʔ, *qʰroːɡ |
| 敂 | *koːʔ |
| 怐 | *koːs, *kʰoːs, *qʰoːs, *kos |
| 雊 | *koːs |
| 竘 | *kʰoːʔ, *kʰoʔ |
| 齁 | *qʰoː |
| 呴 | *qʰoːʔ, *qʰos |
| 蚼 | *qʰoːʔ, *ɡo |
| 豞 | *qʰoːs |
| 訽 | *qʰoːs, *ɡoːs |
| 佝 | *qʰoːs |
| 拘 | *ko |
| 駒 | *ko |
| 眗 | *ko |
| 跔 | *ko |
| 鮈 | *ko |
| 痀 | *ko |
| 蒟 | *koʔ, *kos |
| 絇 | *kos, *ɡo |
| 邭 | *kos |
| 劬 | *ɡo |
| 朐 | *ɡo |
| 鼩 | *ɡo |
| 斪 | *ɡo |
| 翑 | *ɡo |
| 葋 | *ɡo |
| 姁 | *ɡo, *qʰo, *qʰoʔ, *qʰos |
| 欨 | *qʰo, *qʰoʔ |
| 喣 | *qʰoʔ |
| 煦 | *qʰoʔ, *qʰos |
| 昫 | *qʰos |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ko): semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 句 (OC *koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jū (ju$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): keoi$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ku
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jū
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyu
*** Wade–Giles: chü$^1$
*** Yale: jyū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiu
*** Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: keoi$^1$
*** Yale: kēui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: koey$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kêu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɵy̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ku
*** Tâi-lô: ku
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kw
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ku⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ku³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ku⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ku⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ku⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: kju
Rime :
| Character | 跔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 舉朱切 |
| Baxter | kju |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kɨo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kio/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kio/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kuə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /kio/ |
| Wang Li | /kĭu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ki̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jū |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | geoi$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ko/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 跔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7097 |
| Phonetic component | 句 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 拘 |
| Old Chinese | /*ko/ |

### Definitions

跔
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of the legs and feet) to twitch because of the cold
* (Hokkien) to bend down; to squat
* (Hokkien) to stay

### References

* “跔”, 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.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): く (ku)
* Kun: かがむ (kagamu)