鞲

鞲 · gōu

leather arm guard

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
gōu
Cantonese
gau1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

leather arm guard

Dictionary definitions & readings

鞲 gōu · variant of 韝 gōu

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Readings & dictionary references

XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0389.020:gōu Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
115.110:gōu Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
gōu粵gau1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
コウ ゆごて Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
古侯 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TJTTB Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4554 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1390.240 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+97B2
Radical
革 · 177
Strokes
19
Residual strokes
10
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6369

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

19 strokes
鞲
Strokes
19
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

19 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
kuw · 古侯 · 流開一平侯見 · #1028

PHONO-ML, source line 8196; 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
1469.203
kDaeJaweon
1905.160
kHanYu
74345.110
kIRGDaeJaweon
1905.160
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74345.110
kIRGKangXi
1390.240
kKangXi
1390.240
kMatthews
3433
kMorohashi
42963
kSMSZD2003Index
767.13
kCangjie
TJTTB
kFourCornerCode
4554
kMojiJoho
MJ028020
kPhonetic
589
kUnihanCore2020
GH
kIRG_GSource
G0-7738
kIRG_HSource
H-9A5D
kIRG_JSource
J14-7C29
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-85BC
kIRG_KSource
K2-6D22
kIRG_TSource
T3-5B5D
kRSUnicode
177.10
kTotalStrokes
19
kCCCII
234D7A
kCNS1986
E-5B5D
kCNS1992
3-5B5D
kEACC
234D7A
kGB0
8724
kGB1
8724
kJIS0213
2,92,09
kJis1
7147
kMainlandTelegraph
7271
kTGH
2013:6369
kXerox
321:344
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+18922+177.9.10
kCantonese
gau1
kDefinition
leather arm guard
kFanqie
古侯
kJapanese
コウ ゆごて
kJapaneseKun
YUGOTE
kJapaneseOn
KOU KU
kKorean
KWU
kMandarin
gōu
kSMSZD2003Readings
gōu粵gau1
kTGHZ2013
115.110:gōu
kXHC1983
0389.020:gōu
kSemanticVariant
U+97DD<kMatthews

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 鞲0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
革 beside 冓 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰革冓$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰革冓$(GHTJKP)

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