# 捄

| 捄 | U+6344, &#25412; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6344 |
| ← 捃 [U+6343] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 捅 → [U+6345] |

## Translingual
### Han character

捄 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手戈十水 (QIJE), four-corner 5303$_2$, composition ⿰扌求)
* long and curved

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 433, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12127
* Dae Jaweon: page 782, character 16
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1878, character 2
* Unihan data for U+6344

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 救 | *kus |
| 求 | *ɡu |
| 球 | *ɡu |
| 逑 | *ɡu |
| 賕 | *ɡu |
| 蛷 | *ɡu |
| 莍 | *ɡu |
| 殏 | *ɡu |
| 梂 | *ɡu |
| 俅 | *ɡu |
| 脙 | *ɡu, *qʰu |
| 絿 | *ɡu |
| 銶 | *ɡu |
| 毬 | *ɡu |
| 捄 | *ɡu, *ko |
| 觩 | *ɡu |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡu, *ko): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 求 (OC *ɡu)

### Etymology 1

* For pronunciation and definitions of 捄 – see 救 (“to aid; to support; to save; to rescue; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 救).

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jū (ju$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩ
* 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/
* Middle Chinese: kju
Rime :
| Character | 捄 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| 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 | 捄 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 10576 |
| Phonetic component | 求 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 拘 |
| Old Chinese | /*ko/ |

#### Definitions

捄
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to put dirt in a basket
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Jū zhī réngréng, duó zhī hōnghōng. [Pinyin]
    Crowds brought the earth in baskets; they threw it with shouts into the frames.

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qiú (qiu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qiú
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cióu
*** Wade–Giles: chʻiu$^2$
*** Yale: chyóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyou
*** Palladius: цю (cju)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: gjuw
Rime :
| Character | 捄 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 巨鳩切 |
| Baxter | gjuw |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɡɨu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡiu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡiəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /guw/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡiu/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡĭəu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /gi̯ə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qiú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | kau$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡu/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 捄 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 10573 |
| Phonetic component | 求 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 𧚍 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡu/ |

#### Definitions

捄
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) long and curved
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Yǒu méng guǐsūn, yǒu qiú jíbǐ. [Pinyin]
    Well loaded with millet were the dishes, and long and curved were spoons of thorn-wood.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): きゅう (kyū)、ぐ (gu)
* Kun: もる (moru)

## Korean
### Hanja

捄 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

捄: Hán Nôm readings: cứu
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#### References

* Nom Foundation