# 佉

| 佉 | U+4F49, &#20297; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F49 |
| ← 佈 [U+4F48] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 佊 → [U+4F4A] |

## Translingual
### Han character

佉 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人土戈 (OGI), four-corner 2423$_1$, composition ⿰亻去)
* (archaic variant of 祛) expel, disperse, exorcise
* name of a divine being
* transliteration of Sanskrit 'kh'
* a surname

#### Derived characters

* 𠳷, 𨴿

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 98, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 499
* Dae Jaweon: page 206, character 14
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 129, character 12
* Unihan data for U+4F49

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 佉 | *kʰal |
| 呿 | *kʰal, *kʰas, *kʰab |
| 抾 | *kʰɯ, *kʰɯ, *kʰab |
| 弆 | *kaʔ, *kʰaʔ |
| 祛 | *kʰa |
| 袪 | *kʰa |
| 阹 | *kʰa |
| 胠 | *kʰa, *kʰas, *kʰab |
| 魼 | *kʰa, *kʰl'aːb |
| 去 | *kʰaʔ, *kʰas |
| 麮 | *kʰaʔ, *kʰas |
| 鼁 | *kʰas |
| 砝 | *kaːb, *kab |
| 劫 | *kab, *kab |
| 鉣 | *kab |
| 蜐 | *kab, *kab |
| 怯 | *kʰab |

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qū, qiā
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩ, ㄑㄧㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): keoi$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qū
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cyu
*** Wade–Giles: chʻü$^1$
*** Yale: chyū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiu
*** Palladius: цюй (cjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qiā
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cia
*** Wade–Giles: chʻia$^1$
*** Yale: chyā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chia
*** Palladius: ця (cja)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi̯ä⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: keoi$^1$
*** Yale: kēui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: koey$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kêu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɵy̯⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: khja
Rime :
| Character | 佉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 戈 (96) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 丘伽切 |
| Baxter | khja |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰɨɑ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰiɑ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰiɑ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰɨa/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰiɑ/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰǐɑ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kʰi̯ɑ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qiē |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | he$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰal/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 佉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 10674 |
| Phonetic component | 去 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 佉 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰal/ |
| Notes | 梵譯字 |

### Definitions

佉
* Obsolete form of 祛 (qū, “to expel; to remove”).
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) name of a divine being
* Used in 佉苴 (qūjū, “belt”).
* a surname
* Used in transcription. For Sanskrit syllables ख (kha) and ख्य (khya).

### Compounds

* 佉沙
* 佉苴 (qūjū)
* 豆佉

### References

* 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “佉”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00036

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: か (ka)、こ (ko)
* Kan-on: きゃ (kya)、きょ (kyo)

## Korean
### Hanja

佉 • (gu, geo) (hangeul 구, 거, revised gu, geo, McCune–Reischauer ku, kŏ)
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