訄

訄 · qiú

to coerce, compel

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
qiú
Cantonese
kau4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

to coerce, compel

Dictionary definitions & readings

訄 qiú · (literary) to coerce sb; to compel sb

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
63939.060:qiú,kāo Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0941.090:qiú Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
306.090:qiú Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
qiú粵kau4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
キュウ コウ ドウ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
奴刀 苦刀 去鳩 巨鳩 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
KNYMR Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4001.6 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1146.110 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
158.53 208.05 211.05 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8A04
Radical
言 · 149
Strokes
9
Residual strokes
2
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6873

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
naw · 奴刀 · 效開一平豪泥 · #721
Middle Chinese
khaw · 苦刀 · 效開一平豪溪 · #722
Middle Chinese
khjuw · 去鳩 · 流開三平尤溪 · #1002
Middle Chinese
gjuw · 巨鳩 · 流開三平尤群 · #1014

PHONO-ML, source line 5908; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1237.401
kDaeJaweon
1613.060
kHanYu
63939.060
kIRGDaeJaweon
1613.060
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
63939.060
kIRGKangXi
1146.110
kKangXi
1146.110
kMorohashi
35215
kSBGY
158.53 208.05 211.05
kSMSZD2003Index
642.03
kCangjie
KNYMR
kFourCornerCode
4001.6
kMojiJoho
MJ024334
kPhonetic
587
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
CG
kIRG_GSource
G3-7253
kIRG_HSource
HB2-D0B0
kIRG_JSource
J1-5D43
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-7586
kIRG_KSource
K2-602B
kIRG_TSource
T2-2D51
kRSUnicode
149.2
kTotalStrokes
9
kBigFive
D0B0
kCCCII
23316E
kCNS1986
2-2D51
kCNS1992
2-2D51
kEACC
23316E
kGB3
8251
kJis1
6135
kTGH
2013:6873
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+22513+149.7.2
kCantonese
kau4
kDefinition
to coerce, compel
kFanqie
奴刀 苦刀 去鳩 巨鳩
kHanyuPinyin
63939.060:qiú,kāo
kJapanese
キュウ コウ ドウ
kJapaneseOn
KYUU KU KOU DOU NOU
kMandarin
qiú
kSMSZD2003Readings
qiú粵kau4
kTGHZ2013
306.090:qiú
kXHC1983
0941.090:qiú

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Structure & connections

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1dictionary records using 訄0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿺ Lower-left enclosure

Shape description
九 wraps around 言 from the lower left · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿺九言$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿺九言$(GHTJKP)

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