# 笱

| 笱 | U+7B31, &#31537; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B31 |
| ← 笰 [U+7B30] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 笲 → [U+7B32] |

## Translingual
### Han character

笱 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹心口 (HPR), four-corner 8862$_7$, composition ⿱𥫗句)

#### Derived characters

* 𣙱

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 881, character 9
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25948
* Dae Jaweon: page 1309, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2958, character 9
* Unihan data for U+7B31

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 笱 :
| Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| 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 *koːʔ): semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 句 (OC *koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gǒu (gou$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gau$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hò
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kô / kó͘ / kió
    (Teochew, Peng'im): go$^5$ / gou$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gǒu
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gǒu
*** Wade–Giles: kou$^3$
*** Yale: gǒu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goou
*** Palladius: гоу (gou)
*** Sinological IPA : /koʊ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gau$^2$
*** Yale: gáu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gau$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: geo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɐu̯³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hò
*** Hakka Romanization System: ho$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ho$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ho¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kô
*** Tâi-lô: kô
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kooi
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko¹³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ko²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘
*** Tâi-lô: kóo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kor
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kió
*** Tâi-lô: kió
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kioir
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kio⁵⁵⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: go$^5$ / gou$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kô / kóu
*** Sinological IPA : /ko⁵⁵/, /kou⁵²/
* Middle Chinese: kuwX
Rime :
| Character | 笱 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 侯 (137) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 古厚切 |
| Baxter | kuwX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kəu$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kəu$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kəu$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kəw$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ku$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /kəu$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kə̯u$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | gǒu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gau$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*koːʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 笱 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7072 |
| Phonetic component | 句 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 苟 |
| Old Chinese | /*koːʔ/ |

### Definitions

笱
* bamboo basket for trapping fish

### Compounds

* 幌笱
* 搖笱 / 摇笱
* 笱仔
* 蝦笱 / 虾笱
* 魚笱 / 鱼笱 (yúgǒu)
* 魚笱仔 / 鱼笱仔

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* basket trap for fish
* placed in the opening of a weir

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): こう (kō)、く (ku)

## Korean
### Hanja

笱 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)
* a weir made of willow or bamboo
* a fish trap