雎

Han character edit

雎 (Kangxi radical 172, 隹+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月一人土 (BMOG), four-corner 7011₄, composition ⿰且隹)

References edit

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1366, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42001
• Dae Jaweon: page 1871, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4096, character 15
• Unihan data for U+96CE

Glyph origin edit

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰa) : phonetic 且 (OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa) + semantic 隹 (“bird”).

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

雎

1. Used in 雎鳩／雎鸠 (jūjiū).
2. used in old names

   范雎 ― Fan Ju, Grand Chancellor of Qin state

3. (mythology) a river

   • 荊山之首，曰景山，……。雎水出焉，……。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     荆山之首，曰景山，……。雎水出焉，……。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Mountains and Seas

     Jīngshān zhī shǒu, yuē jǐngshān,....... Jūshuǐ chū yān,....... [Pinyin]

     Mount Jīng's summit is called mount Jǐng, [...] wherefrom the river Jū flows out [...].

Compounds edit

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings edit

• Go-on: そ (so)
• Kan-on: しょ (sho)
• Kun: みさご (misago, 雎)

Etymology edit

Hanja edit

雎 • (jeo) (hangeul 저, revised jeo, McCune–Reischauer chŏ, Yale ce)

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