# 夃

| 夃 | U+5903, &#22787; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5903 |
| ← 夂 [U+5902] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 处 → [U+5904] |

## Translingual
### Han character

夃 (Kangxi radical 34, 夂+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 弓竹尸水 (NHSE) or 弓尸竹水 (NSHE), four-corner 1722$_7$, composition ⿵乃又)

#### Derived characters

* 𬗅, 盈

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 244, character 19
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5693
* Dae Jaweon: page 485, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 393, character 6
* Unihan data for U+5903

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

In oracle bone inscriptions, an ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 人 (“person”) + [Term?] (“mark on the thigh”) – thigh. Original form of 股 (gǔ).
Shuowen interprets its later form as an ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 𠄎 + 夂.

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gǔ, gū
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ, ㄍㄨ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gu$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko͘ / kó͘
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gǔ
*** Wade–Giles: ku$^3$
*** Yale: gǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu
*** Palladius: гу (gu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gū
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gu
*** Wade–Giles: ku$^1$
*** Yale: gū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gu
*** Palladius: гу (gu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gu$^2$
*** Yale: gú
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gu$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kuː³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘
*** Tâi-lô: koo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kof
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘
*** Tâi-lô: kóo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kor
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴/
* Middle Chinese: kuX
Rime :
| Character | 夃 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 公戸切 |
| Baxter | kuX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kuo$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kuo$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ko$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kɔ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ko$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ku$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kuo$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | gǔ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gu$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kaːʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 夃 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4281 |
| Phonetic component | 夃 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 古 |
| Old Chinese | /*kaːʔ/ |

#### Definitions

夃
* (obsolete) to have great profit in sales

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 夃 – see 贏 (“to win; to triumph; to be victorious; to beat; to defeat; to triumph over; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 贏).

### References

* “夃”, 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

* Go-on: く (ku)、えい (ei)
* Kan-on: こ (ko)、えい (ei)
* Kun: もうける (mōkeru, 夃ける)、うる (uru, 夃る)、しばらく (shibaraku, 夃く)