# 句

| 句 | U+53E5, &#21477; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53E5 |
| ← 古 [U+53E4] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 另 → [U+53E6] |
| 句 | U+F906, &#63750; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F906 |
| ← 串 [U+F905] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 龜 → [U+F907] |

## Translingual
### Han character

句 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 心口 (PR), four-corner 2762$_0$, composition ⿹勹口)
* Shuowen Jiezi radical №51

#### Derived characters

* 佝, 呴, 坸, 姁, 岣, 㣘, 怐, 拘, 泃, 狗, 䧁, 昫, 朐, 枸, 玽, 胊, 㽛, 眗, 竘, 袧, 絇(𰬆), 翑, 䑦, 蚼, 夠, 訽, 豞, 豿, 䝭(𫎧), 跔, 軥(𰺁), 䣱, 鉤(𰽭/钩), 䬲(𬲯), 駒(驹), 鮈(𬶋), 鼩, 齁, 齣(𫠚/𱌮)
* 䞤, 劬, 邭, 敂, 斪, 欨, 㲒, 够, 雊, 䪷, 鴝(鸲), 䵶(𱌁), 苟, 茍, 耇, 笱, 耈, 痀, 䅓
* 𫲢, 𢂁, 𣧬, 𤖵, 𤘽, 𫞮, 𪿕, 𥘮, 𠣫, 𦍵, 𦕙, 𡌲, 𮍘, 𧯠, 𨈳, 𠹪, 𩉿, 𩐝, 𡳏, 𢊙, 𢑪, 𭪹, 𪀊, 𥢀
* 𨒡, 𪵙, 𰴏(𫌩), 𪓞, 𪚶, 𠛎, 𭇕, 𢼒, 𤫱, 𠴦, 𦐛, 𠣪, 𡊦, 𢎅, 𥩮, 𦊒, 𠷜, 𦲆, 𣕽, 𡱈, 𢩁, 𦓂, 𧙎, 𭴔, 𪓟, 𦴳
* 𠴣, 𬈌, 𭷫, 𤩉, 𣀖, 𣤒, 𬐏, 𧡳, 𩀣, 𢀆, 𠒟, 𪟑, 𤍥, 𭋘, 𦱩

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 171, character 11
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3234
* Dae Jaweon: page 382, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 571, character 3
* Unihan data for U+53E5
* Unihan data for U+F906

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 句 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | 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 *koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo): semantic 丩 (“to entangle”) + phonetic 口 (OC *kʰoːʔ), which may represent the tip of a big nail.
The 丩 component, originally two entangled ropes, now resembles the unrelated 勹.

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): jù (ju$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ju$^4$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): geoi$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): gui$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): jy$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ki
    (Meixian, Guangdong): gi$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): jy$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): gṳ̿
* Eastern Min (BUC): guó
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kù / kì
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gu$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$ciu
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jy$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jù
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyù
*** Wade–Giles: chü$^4$
*** Yale: jyù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuh
*** Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ju$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gy
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: geoi$^3$
*** Yale: geui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: goey$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gêu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɵy̯³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: gui$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kui³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: jy$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ki
*** Hakka Romanization System: gi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: gi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: jy$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕy⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gṳ̿
*** Sinological IPA : /ky³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: guó
*** Sinological IPA : /kuɔ²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Kinmen, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kù
*** Tâi-lô: kù
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kux
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /ku⁴¹/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /ku¹²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ku¹¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /ku²¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kì
*** Tâi-lô: kì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kix
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gu$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kù
*** Sinological IPA : /ku²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$ciu
*** MiniDict: ciu$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$jy
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕy³⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: jy$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy⁴⁵/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit句 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /t͡ɕy⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /t͡ɕy⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /t͡ɕy⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /t͡ɕy²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /t͡ɕy⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /t͡ɕy³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /t͡ɕy⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /t͡ɕy²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /t͡ɕy¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /t͡ɕy¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /t͡ɕy²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡ɕy³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡ɕy¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡ɕi²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /t͡ɕi²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /t͡ɕy⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /t͡sz̩ʷ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡ɕy⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /t͡ɕy³⁵/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡ɕy⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡ɕy³⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /t͡ɕy⁵¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /t͡sz̩ʷ⁴⁴⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /t͡ɕy⁴²/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡ɕy³²⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /t͡ɕy⁴²/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡ɕy⁵⁵/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /t͡ɕy⁵⁵/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡ɕy⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /ki⁵³/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /ki⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /køy³³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /ky³³/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /køy³³/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /ku²¹/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /kuɔ²¹²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /ky³³/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /ku²¹³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /ku³⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: kjuH
Rime :
| Character | 句 |
| Reading # | 3/4 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 九遇切 |
| Baxter | kjuH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kɨo$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kio$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kio$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kuə̆$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kio$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kĭu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ki̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | geoi$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k](r)o-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kos/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 句 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jù |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kju$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[k](r)o-s/ |
| English | phrase |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 句 |
| Reading # | 3/4 |
| No. | 7102 |
| Phonetic component | 句 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 屨 |
| Old Chinese | /*kos/ |
| Notes | 朱駿聲從丩口聲 |

#### Definitions

句
* sentence; phrase
* Classifier for sentences.
       Tā yīgòng yě méi shuō jǐ jù huà. [Pinyin]
       He didn't say much. [lit. He didn't say many sentences.]
       jat$^1$ geoi$^3$ “do$^1$ ze$^6$” dou$^1$ mou$^5$ [Jyutping]
       without even a word of "thank you"
* (Cantonese; formal in Hong Kong) Classifier for hours.

##### Synonyms

* (sentence): 句子 (jùzi), 語句／语句 (yǔjù)

#### Compounds

* 一句起，兩句止 / 一句起，两句止 (jat$^1$ geoi$^3$ hei$^2$ loeng$^5$ geoi$^3$ zi$^2$) (Cantonese)
* 一字半句
* 一替一句
* 一言半句 (yīyánbànjù)
* 三言兩句 / 三言两句
* 例句 (lìjù)
* 佳句 (jiājù)
* 俳句 (páijù)
* 倒句
* 倒裝句 / 倒装句 (dàozhuāngjù)
* 偶句對 / 偶句对
* 兩句半 / 两句半
* 冗詞贅句 / 冗词赘句
* 分句 (fēnjù)
* 判斷句 / 判断句
* 包孕句
* 句型 (jùxíng)
* 句子 (jùzi)
* 句子成分
* 句字頭 / 句字头
* 句度
* 句式 (jùshì)
* 句斷 / 句断
* 句格 (jùgé)
* 句法 (jùfǎ)
* 句群
* 句脈 / 句脉
* 句號 / 句号 (jùhào)
* 句讀 / 句读 (jùdòu)
* 句重音
* 句點 / 句点 (jùdiǎn)
* 名句 (míngjù)
* 命令句 (mìnglìngjù)
* 單句 / 单句 (dānjù)
* 單句對 / 单句对
* 單部句 / 单部句
* 垛句
* 奇文瑰句
* 字句 (zìjù)
* 字斟句酌
* 尋章摘句 / 寻章摘句 (xúnzhāngzhāijù)
* 對句 / 对句 (duìjù)
* 形容句
* 彫章鏤句 / 雕章镂句
* 感嘆句 / 感叹句
* 意謂繁句 / 意谓繁句
* 拗句
* 排句
* 換句話說 / 换句话说 (huànjùhuàshuō)
* 描寫句 / 描写句
* 搜章擿句
* 摘句尋章 / 摘句寻章 (zhāijùxúnzhāng)
* 摛章繪句 / 摛章绘句
* 敘事句 / 叙事句
* 敘述句 / 叙述句
* 文句 (wénjù)
* 新句
* 斷句 / 断句 (duànjù)
* 斷章截句 / 断章截句
* 斷章摘句 / 断章摘句
* 有無句 / 有无句
* 條件句 / 条件句
* 概念句
* 樂句 / 乐句 (yuèjù)
* 死句
* 沉吟章句
* 法句經 / 法句经 (Fǎjùjīng)
* 法華文句 / 法华文句
* 活句
* 清詞麗句 / 清词丽句
* 琢句
* 當句對 / 当句对
* 疊句 / 叠句 (diéjù)
* 疑問句 / 疑问句
* 短句
* 破句 (pòjù)
* 祈使句 (qíshǐjù)
* 竄句 / 窜句
* 累句
* 絕句 / 绝句 (juéjù)
* 繁句
* 聯句 / 联句 (liánjù)
* 表態句 / 表态句
* 複句 / 复句 (fùjù)
* 覓句 / 觅句
* 詞句 / 词句 (cíjù)
* 詩句 / 诗句 (shījù)
* 語句 / 语句 (yǔjù)
* 警句 (jǐngjù)
* 費句 / 费句 (fèijù)
* 起句 (qǐjù)
* 辭句 / 辞句 (cíjù)
* 造句 (zàojù)
* 連句 / 连句
* 逐字逐句 (zhúzìzhújù)
* 遣辭用句 / 遣辞用句
* 鄙言累句
* 金句 (jīnjù)
* 鉤章棘句 / 钩章棘句
* 錦囊佳句 / 锦囊佳句
* 鍊句 / 炼句
* 長句 / 长句 (chángjù)
* 長短句 / 长短句 (chángduǎnjù)
* 閉門覓句 / 闭门觅句
* 陳述句 / 陈述句 (chénshùjù)
* 險句 / 险句
* 集句
* 雕章繢句 / 雕章缋句
* 雕章鏤句 / 雕章镂句
* 雙部句 / 双部句
* 章句
* 章句之徒
* 章句儒
* 章決句斷 / 章决句断

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gōu (gou$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau$^1$ / gau$^1$
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gao$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gōu
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄡ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gou
*** Wade–Giles: kou$^1$
*** Yale: gōu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gou
*** Palladius: гоу (gou)
*** Sinological IPA : /koʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ngau$^1$ / gau$^1$
*** Yale: ngāu / gāu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ngau$^1$ / gau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ngeo$^1$ / geo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋɐu̯⁵⁵/, /kɐu̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gao$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kau
*** Sinological IPA : /kau³³/
* Middle Chinese: kuw
Rime :
| Character | 句 |
| Reading # | 2/4 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 侯 (137) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 古侯切 |
| Baxter | kuw |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kəu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kəu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kəw/ |
| Li Rong | /ku/ |
| Wang Li | /kəu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | gōu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gau$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤ(r)o/
    (Zhengzhang): /*koː/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 句 |
| Reading # | 1/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | gōu |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kuw › |
| Old Chinese | /*[k]ˁ(r)o/ |
| English | curved |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 句 |
| Reading # | 1/4 |
| No. | 7064 |
| Phonetic component | 句 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 鉤 |
| Old Chinese | /*koː/ |

#### Definitions

句
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to bend; to curve
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 鉤 / 钩 (gōu, “hook”)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to be polite and modest
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to arrest; to capture
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to examine
* (historical geometry) Alternative form of 勾 (“the shorter leg of a right triangle”)
* a surname

##### Coordinate terms

* (geometry): 股 (gǔ)

#### Compounds

* 倨句
* 句卒
* 句吳 / 句吴 (Gōuwú)
* 句廉
* 句戟
* 句無 / 句无
* 句股 (gōugǔ)
* 句芒
* 句踐復國 / 句践复国
* 句鑃
* 句驪 / 句骊
* 高句麗 / 高句丽 (Gāogōulí)

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gòu (gou$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gòu
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gòu
*** Wade–Giles: kou$^4$
*** Yale: gòu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gow
*** Palladius: гоу (gou)
*** Sinological IPA : /koʊ̯⁵¹/
* Middle Chinese: kuwH
Rime :
| Character | 句 |
| Reading # | 4/4 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 侯 (137) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 古候切 |
| Baxter | kuwH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kəu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kəu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kəu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kəw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ku$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kəu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kə̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | gòu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gau$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤ(r)ok-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*koːs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 句 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | gòu |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kuw$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[k]ˁ(r)ok-s/ |
| English | loan for 彀 draw a bow to the full |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 句 |
| Reading # | 2/4 |
| No. | 7079 |
| Phonetic component | 句 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 遘 |
| Old Chinese | /*koːs/ |

#### Definitions

句
* Used in 句當／句当, alternative form of 勾當 / 勾当
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 彀 (gòu, “to draw a bow”)
* a surname

### Pronunciation 4

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qú (qu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qú
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cyú
*** Wade–Giles: chʻü$^2$
*** Yale: chyú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyu
*** Palladius: цюй (cjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰy³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: gju
Rime :
| Character | 句 |
| Reading # | 1/4 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 其俱切 |
| Baxter | gju |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɡɨo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡio/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡio/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /guə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡio/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡĭu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /gi̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | keoi$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡo/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 句 |
| Reading # | 4/4 |
| No. | 7108 |
| Phonetic component | 句 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 衢 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡo/ |

#### Definitions

句
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 絇 / 𰬆 (jù, “a kind of shoe ornament or decoration”)

#### Compounds

* 冤句 (Yuānqú)
* 宛句 (Wǎnqú)

### References

* "冤句音义考" ["Yuānqú Yīnyì Kǎo", "An Inquiry into the Sound and Meaning of Yuanqu"], 《山东方志》 [Shāndōng Fāngzhì, Shandong Local Records], 山东省情网 [Shāndōng Shěng Qíng Wǎng, Shandong Provincial Network], Jinan: Shandong Provincial Archives, 2006. (in Chinese)
* Tian Miao's "A Formal System of the Gougu Method" in The History of Mathematical Proof in Ancient Traditions, pp. 386–7.
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00497
* “句”, 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

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: く (ku, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: く (ku, Jōyō)、こう (kō)
* Nanori: すく (suku)

#### Compounds

* 一(いっ)句(く) (ikku)
* 句(く)読(とう)点(てん) (kutōten)
* 語(ご)句(く) (goku)
* 聖(せい)句(く) (seiku)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 句
* く Grade: 5
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 句 (kju$^H$, “phrase”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) く [kúꜜ] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [kɯ̟]

### Noun

句(く) • (ku)
* a short section from a longer text:
** a phrase or clause
** a sentence or line
** a passage or paragraph
** a verse from a song
** a stanza from a poem

### Counter

句(く) • (-ku)
* counter for stanzas from a poem or for haiku

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ku]
* Phonetic hangul: [구]

### Hanja

Wikisource 句 (eumhun 글귀 구 (geulgwi gu))
* hanja form of 구 (“sentence; phrase”)

#### Compounds

* 구두 (句讀, gudu, “periods and commas, sentences and clauses”)
* 구두점 (句讀點, gudujeom, “punctuation mark”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

句: Hán Việt readings: câu, cú, cấu
* chữ Hán form of câu (“sentence, expression, line”).
* chữ Hán form of cú (“sentence, expression, line”).

#### Compounds

* 七言八句 (thất ngôn bát cú)
* 句促 (câu thúc)
* 句傳 (câu chuyện)
* 句句 (câu cú)
* 句對 (câu đối)
* 句法 (cú pháp)
* 句留 (câu lưu)
* 句監 (câu giam)
* 句詩 (câu thơ)
* 句賭 (câu đố)
* 句魂 (câu hồn)
* 句𠳨 (câu hỏi)
* 絕句 (tuyệt cú)

#### References

* 1 2 3 Thiều Chửu (1942).
* 1 2 3 Nguyễn (1974).
* 1 2 Trần (1999).
* ↑ Hồ (1976).