# 庫

| 庫 | U+5EAB, &#24235; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5EAB |
| ← 庪 [U+5EAA] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 庬 → [U+5EAC] |

## Translingual
### Han character

庫 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈十田十 (IJWJ), four-corner 0025$_6$, composition ⿸广車)

#### Derived characters

* 𠺟, 𣹫, 𪰽, 𣘍, 𪹜, 𦟏, 褲, 𮜇, 龲, 𧁷, 𥌙, 𪪫, 𧁹, 㐣, 廤, 𭚏

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 346, character 14
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9330
* Dae Jaweon: page 656, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 884, character 10
* Unihan data for U+5EAB

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 庫 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 車 | *kʰlja, *kla |
| 硨 | *kʰlja |
| 厙 | *qʰljaːs |
| 庫 | *kʰaːs |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰaːs): semantic 广 (“building”) + phonetic 車 (OC *kʰlja, *kla, “carriage”) – a carriage in a building.

### Etymology

According to Karlgren (1956), cognate with 車 (OC *kʰlja, *kla, “carriage”) (< "storehouse for carriages").

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): kù (ku$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ku$^4$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): кў (kw, III)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fu$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): fu$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ku$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): khu
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ku$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ku$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): ku̿
* Eastern Min (BUC): kó
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khò͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): kou$^3$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): keu$^3$ / ku$^3$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^1$khu / $^5$khou
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ku$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kù
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kù
*** Wade–Giles: kʻu$^4$
*** Yale: kù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuh
*** Palladius: ку (ku)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ku$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ku
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu²¹³/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: кў (kw, III)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu⁴⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fu$^3$
*** Yale: fu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fu$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /fuː³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: fu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fu³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ku$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khu
*** Hakka Romanization System: ku
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ku$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰu⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ku$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰu⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ku$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /kʰu⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ku̿
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: kó
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰou²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khò͘
*** Tâi-lô: khòo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qox
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔ²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔ²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔ¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔ²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: kou$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khòu
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰou²¹³/
** (Leizhou)
*** Leizhou Pinyin: keu$^3$ / ku$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰɛu²¹/, /kʰu²¹/
* keu3 - vernacular;
* ku3 - literary.
* Middle Chinese: khuH
Rime :
| Character | 庫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 苦故切 |
| Baxter | khuH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰuo$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰuo$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰo$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰɔ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰo$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kʰuo$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | kù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fu$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʰˤa-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 庫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | kù |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ khu$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[k]ʰˁa-s/ |
| English | arsenal; storehouse |
| 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 | 庫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 1314 |
| Phonetic component | 車 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 絝 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰaːs/ |

### Definitions

庫
* warehouse; storehouse; armory
** 1996, 《新標點和合本》 [Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation], 聯合聖經公會, 路加福音 [Luke] 12:24:
       Nǐ xiǎng wūyā, yě bù zhǒng yě bù shōu, yòu méiyǒu cāng yòu méiyǒu kù, Shén shàngqiě yǎnghuó tā. Nǐmen bǐ fēiniǎo shì héděng de guìzhòng ne! [Pinyin]
       Consider the ravens: they don’t sow, they don’t reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds! [World English Bible]
* (physics) Short for 庫侖／库仑 (kùlún, “coulomb (unit of electrical charge)”).
* (programming) library
* a surname, Ku

#### Descendants

* → Mongolian: хүү (xüü)

### Compounds

* 人才庫 / 人才库 (réncáikù)
* 倉庫 / 仓库 (cāngkù)
* 備安庫 / 备安库
* 入庫 / 入库 (rùkù)
* 內庫 / 内库
* 公庫 / 公库
* 冷庫 / 冷库 (lěngkù)
* 冷藏倉庫 / 冷藏仓库
* 冷藏庫 / 冷藏库 (lěngcángkù)
* 努庫阿洛法 / 努库阿洛法 (Nǔkù'āluòfǎ)
* 合作金庫 / 合作金库
* 吉爾庫克 / 吉尔库克
* 哈拉庫圖 / 哈拉库图
* 四庫 / 四库
* 四庫全書 / 四库全书 (Sìkù Quánshū)
* 四行倉庫 / 四行仓库
* 國庫 / 国库 (guókù)
* 國庫券 / 国库券 (guókùquàn)
* 土庫 / 土库 (tǔkù)
* 土庫曼 / 土库曼 (Tǔkùmàn)
* 塔什庫爾干 / 塔什库尔干 (Tǎshíkù'ěrgān)
* 寶庫 / 宝库 (bǎokù)
* 寺庫 / 寺库
* 巴庫 / 巴库 (Bākù)
* 府庫 / 府库 (fǔkù)
* 庫侖 / 库仑 (kùlún)
* 庫侖定律 / 库仑定律
* 庫倫 / 库伦 (kùlún)
* 庫兵 / 库兵
* 庫券 / 库券
* 庫勒山 / 库勒山
* 庫司 / 库司
* 庫吏 / 库吏
* 庫大使 / 库大使
* 庫存 / 库存 (kùcún)
* 庫平 / 库平
* 庫德 / 库德 (Kùdé)
* 庫房 / 库房 (kùfáng)
* 庫拉木勒克 / 库拉木勒克 (Kùlāmùlèkè)
* 庫木巴希 / 库木巴希 (Kùmùbāxī)
* 庫爾勒 / 库尔勒 (Kù'ěrlè)
* 庫爾河 / 库尔河
* 庫狄 / 库狄
* 庫穆塔格 / 库穆塔格
* 庫米什 / 库米什 (Kùmǐshí)
* 庫緞 / 库缎
* 庫藏 / 库藏
* 庫車 / 库车 (Kùchē)
* 庫部 / 库部
* 庫里爾臺 / 库里尔台
* 庫銀 / 库银 (kùyín)
* 庫頁島 / 库页岛 (Kùyè Dǎo)
* 德基水庫 / 德基水库
* 思想庫 / 思想库 (sīxiǎngkù)
* 文庫 / 文库 (wénkù)
* 智庫 / 智库 (zhìkù)
* 書庫 / 书库 (shūkù)
* 曾文水庫 / 曾文水库
* 樓庫 / 楼库
* 正庫 / 正库
* 武庫 / 武库
* 水庫 / 水库 (shuǐkù)
* 油庫 / 油库 (yóukù)
* 火藥庫 / 火药库
* 燒箱庫 / 烧箱库
* 瓊庫勒 / 琼库勒 (Qióngkùlè)
* 白河水庫 / 白河水库
* 皮解庫 / 皮解库
* 盤庫 / 盘库
* 眼庫 / 眼库
* 石門水庫 / 石门水库
* 管庫 / 管库
* 翡翠水庫 / 翡翠水库
* 腦庫 / 脑库 (nǎokù)
* 腿庫 / 腿库 (thúi-khò͘) (Min Nan)
* 色格孜庫勒 / 色格孜库勒 (Sègézī Kùlè)
* 蓋孜庫木 / 盖孜库木 (Gàizīkùmù)
* 薩利吉勒干南庫勒 / 萨利吉勒干南库勒 (Sàlìjílègānnánkùlè)
* 藩庫 / 藩库
* 血庫 / 血库 (xuèkù)
* 行庫 / 行库
* 解典庫 / 解典库
* 解庫 / 解库
* 語料庫 / 语料库 (yǔliàokù)
* 資料庫 / 资料库 (zīliàokù)
* 質庫 / 质库 (zhìkù)
* 車庫 / 车库 (chēkù)
* 軍火庫 / 军火库
* 達見水庫 / 达见水库
* 金庫 / 金库 (jīnkù)
* 銀庫 / 银库 (yínkù)
* 長生庫 / 长生库
* 阿依庫勒 / 阿依库勒 (Āyīkùlè)
* 阿洪魯庫木 / 阿洪鲁库木 (Āhóng Lǔkùmù)
* 雅庫次克 / 雅库次克
* 零庫存 / 零库存
* 題庫 / 题库 (tíkù)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)
* warehouse

#### Readings

* Go-on: く (ku, Jōyō $^†$)
* Kan-on: こ (ko, Jōyō)
* Kan’yō-on: く (ku, Jōyō $^†$)
* Kun: くら (kura, 庫)

#### Compounds

* 庫裏(くり) (kuri)
* 格納庫(かくのうこ) (kakunōko)
* 金庫(きんこ) (kinko)
* 国庫(こっこ) (kokko)
* 在庫(ざいこ) (zaiko)
* 車庫(しゃこ) (shako)
* 神庫(じんこ) (jinko)
* 倉庫(ぞうこ) (zōko)
* 弾薬庫(だんやくこ) (dan'yakuko)
* 貯蔵庫(ちょぞうこ) (chozōko)
* 艇庫(ていこ) (teiko)
* 入庫(にゅうこ) (nyūko)
* 兵庫(ひょうご) (Hyōgo)
* 文庫(ぶんこ) (bunko)
* 宝庫(ほうこ) (hōko)
* 防湿庫(ぼうしつこ) (bōshitsuko)
* 冷蔵庫(れいぞうこ) (reizōko)
* 冷凍庫(れいとうこ) (reitōko)

## Korean
### Hanja

庫 (eumhun 곳집 고 (gotjip go))
* hanja form of 고 (“warehouse, storehouse”)
* hanja form of 고 (“armory”)

#### Compounds

* 냉장고 (冷藏庫, naengjanggo, “refrigerator”)
* 냉동고 (冷凍庫, naengdonggo, “freezer”)
* 차고 (車庫, chago, “garage”)
* 무기고 (武器庫, mugigo, “armoury; arsenal”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

庫: Hán Nôm readings: khố, kho, khó
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