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U+5C4B, 屋
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C4B

[U+5C4A]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5C4C]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
9 strokes

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 44, +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 尸一戈土 (SMIG), four-corner 77214, composition )

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 301, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7684
  • Dae Jaweon: page 598, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 972, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5C4B

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Originally phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *qoːɡ) : phonetic 𡉉 () + semantic (room). The upper part have been corrupted into 尸, and Shuowen describe this character as Ideogrammic compound (會意会意) .

Pronunciation[edit]



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /u⁵⁵/
Harbin /u⁴⁴/
Tianjin /u²¹/
Jinan /u²¹³/
Qingdao /vu⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /u²⁴/
Xi'an /u²¹/
Xining /v̩⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /vu¹³/
Lanzhou /vu¹³/
Ürümqi /vu⁴⁴/
Wuhan /u²¹³/
Chengdu /u³¹/
Guiyang /u²¹/
Kunming /u³¹/
Nanjing /uʔ⁵/
Hefei /uəʔ⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /vəʔ²/
Pingyao /uʌʔ¹³/
Hohhot /vəʔ⁴³/
Wu Shanghai /oʔ⁵/
Suzhou /oʔ⁵/
Hangzhou /ʔoʔ⁵/
Wenzhou /v̠u²¹³/
Hui Shexian /uʔ²¹/
Tunxi /u⁵/
Xiang Changsha /u²⁴/
Xiangtan /u²⁴/
Gan Nanchang /uʔ⁵/
Hakka Meixian /vuk̚¹/
Taoyuan /vu²²/
Cantonese Guangzhou /ok̚⁵/
Nanning /uk̚⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /uk̚⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /ɔk̚³²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /ouʔ²³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /u²⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /ok̚²/
Haikou (Hainanese) /ok̚⁵/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (34)
Final () (3)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter 'uwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔuk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔuk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔuk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔəwk̚/
Li
Rong
/ʔuk̚/
Wang
Li
/uk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔuk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
uk1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔuwk ›
Old
Chinese
/*qˁok/ (or *ʔˁok ?)
English house; roof

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 13075
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qoːɡ/

Definitions[edit]

  1. house (Classifier: c)
    [Cantonese]  ―  cyun4 uk1 mou5 coeng1 [Jyutping]  ―  there is not a single window in the entire house
  2. room

Synonyms[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. roof
  2. dwelling
  3. vendor
  4. seller
  5. store

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *ya.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

() (ya

  1. house
Synonyms[edit]

Suffix[edit]

() (-ya

  1. shop, establishment
    パン()panyabakery
    寿司(すし)()sushiyasushi restaurant
  2. someone who sells or does that thing; -ist
    パン()panyabaker
    パン()さんpanya-sanbaker
    寿司(すし)()sushiyasushi chef
    (ころ)()koroshiyahitman
  3. someone with that characteristic
    頑張(がんば)()ganbariyatenacious person
    ()からず()wakarazuyaobstinate person
    気取(きど)()kidoriyapretentious person
See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
おく
Grade: 3
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese (MC 'uwk).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(おく) (okuをく (woku)?

  1. house

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

(eumhun (jip ok))

  1. Hanja form? of (house).

Compounds[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

: Hán Việt readings: ốc ((ô)(cốc)(thiết))[1][2][3][4]
: Nôm readings: ốc[1][2][4][5], óc[1][2], ọc[3][6], nóc[1]

  1. chữ Hán form of ốc (house).

Compounds[edit]

References[edit]