虯

See also: 虬
虯 U+866F, 虯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-866F
← 虮
[U+866E] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 虰 →
[U+8670]

Translingual

Han character

虯 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+2, 8 strokes, cangjie input 中戈女中 (LIVL), four-corner 52100, composition ⿰虫丩)

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1076, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32810
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1545, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2833, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+866F

Chinese

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Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 虯
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (丩) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
艽 *krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw, *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
芁 *kriːw
荍 *ɡiw
叫 *kiːws
訆 *kiːws
嘂 *kiːws
收 *qʰljɯw, *qʰljɯws
糾 *kɯw, *krɯwʔ
朻 *kɯw, *krɯw, *krɯwʔ
丩 *kɯw, *krɯw
赳 *krɯw, *krɯwʔ
虬 *ɡrɯw
虯 *ɡrɯw
觓 *ɡrɯw

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡrɯw) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 丩 (OC *kɯw, *krɯw).

Etymology

Coblin (1986) compares this to Tibetan ཀླུ (klu, “serpent, naga”), yet see 蛟 (OC *kreːw); most likely etymology is "twisting, wriggling" (Carr, 1990; Schuessler, 2007). Note 糾 (OC *kɯw, *krɯwʔ) "to twist, plait, wind, entwine".

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 虯
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 幽 (138)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 渠幽切
Baxter gjiw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɡiɪu/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɡɨu/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɡieu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /gjiw/
Li
Rong		 /ɡiĕu/
Wang
Li		 /ɡiəu/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /gieu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 qiú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 kau4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 虯
Reading # 1/1
No. 6933
Phonetic
component		 丩
Rime
group		 幽
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 虯
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡrɯw/

Definitions

虯

  1. (mythology) young dragon with horns
  2. twisted
  3. (Hokkien) stingy; miserly; overly frugal

Synonyms

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Compounds
  • 虯枝／虬枝 (qiúzhī)
  • 虯蟠／虬蟠
  • 虯鏤亮槅／虬镂亮槅
  • 虯髯／虬髯
  • 虯髯客／虬髯客
  • 虯髯客傳／虬髯客传
  • 虯鬚／虬须
  • 虯龍／虬龙 (qiúlóng)
  • 蛟虯／蛟虬
  • 蟠虯紋／蟠虬纹

Japanese

Kanji
虯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. young dragon

Readings

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Compounds
  • 虯竜(きゅうりょう) (kyūryō), 虯竜(きゅうりゅう) (kyūryū)

Etymology
Kanji in this term
虯
みずち
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Noun

虯(みずち) • (mizuchi) ←みづち (miduti)?

  1. Alternative spelling of 蛟 (mizuchi): a mythical dragon-like beast

Korean

Hanja

虯 (eum 규 (gyu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

虯: Hán Nôm readings: cù, cú, cầu

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