釦

See also: 扣

釦	U+91E6, 釦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-91E6

← 釥
[U+91E5]

CJK Unified Ideographs

釧 →
[U+91E7]

Translingual

Han character

釦 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+3, 11 strokes, cangjie input 金口 (CR), four-corner 8610₀, composition ⿰釒口)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1296, character 16
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40175
Dae Jaweon: page 1800, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4171, character 9
Unihan data for U+91E6

Chinese

trad.		釦/扣
simp.		扣
nonstandard simp.		𬬪

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 釦
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (口) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
口	*kʰoːʔ
叩	*kʰoːʔ
扣	kʰoːʔ, kʰoːs
釦	*kʰoːʔ
筘	*kʰoːs

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kòu (kou⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kau³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khieu
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khà / khàu / khiò
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵kheu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kòu
  - Wade–Giles: kʻou⁴
  - Yale: kòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kow
  - Palladius: коу (kou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: kau³
  - Yale: kau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: keo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khieu
  - Hakka Romanization System: kieu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kieu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯eu̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khà / khàu / khiò
  - Tâi-lô: khà / khàu / khiò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qax, qaux, qioix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰa²¹/, /kʰau²¹/, /kʰio²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰa⁴¹/, /kʰau⁴¹/, /kʰio⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰa²¹/, /kʰau²¹/, /kʰio²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰa¹¹/, /kʰau¹¹/, /kʰio¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰa²¹/, /kʰau²¹/, /kʰiɤ²¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵kheu
  - MiniDict: kheu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²kheu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰɤ³⁴/

Middle Chinese: khuwX

Rime
Character	釦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦后切
Baxter	khuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰəu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰəu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰəu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəw^X/
Li Rong	/kʰu^X/
Wang Li	/kʰəu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰə̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hau²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰoːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	釦
Reading #	1/1
No.	7493
Phonetic component	口
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	口
Old Chinese	/*kʰoːʔ/

Definitions

釦

button (knob or small disc serving as a fastener)
(archery) metal loop at the nock point of a bow string
to engrave; to decorate

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

釦

(Hyōgai kanji)

button

Readings

Go-on: く (ku)
Kan-on: こう (kō)
Kun: ボタン (botan, 釦)

Definitions

Kanji in this term
釦
ぼたん Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 釦 – see the following entry.

【ボタン】

[noun] [from 1651] a button (clothing)

[noun] [from 1885] a button (mechanical device)

Alternative spelling
鈕

(This term, 釦, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

釦 • (gu) (hangeul 구)

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Vietnamese

Han character

釦: Hán Nôm readings: khấu, khẩu

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