矻

矻 · kū

toil, slave away; busy

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
kū
Cantonese
ngat6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

toil, slave away; busy

Dictionary definitions & readings

矻 kū · used in 矻矻 kū kū; Taiwan pr. kù

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42417.130:kū,qià Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0653.060:kū Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
199.060:kū Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
kū粵ngat6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
カチ カツ コツ クチ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
골:1 Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
苦骨 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
MRON Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
1861.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0827.180 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
482.04 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+77FB
Radical
石 · 112
Strokes
8
Residual strokes
3
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6668

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

8 strokes
矻
Strokes
8
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

8 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
khwot · 苦骨 · 臻合一入魂溪 · #3382

PHONO-ML, source line 17518; 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
962.504
kDaeJaweon
1241.190
kHanYu
42417.130
kIRGDaeJaweon
1241.190
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42417.130
kIRGKangXi
0827.180
kKangXi
0827.180
kMatthews
3498
kMeyerWempe
2046g
kMorohashi
24043
kSBGY
482.04
kSMSZD2003Index
467.12
kCangjie
MRON
kFourCornerCode
1861.7
kMojiJoho
MJ018420
kPhonetic
440
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
CT
kIRG_GSource
G3-5749
kIRG_HSource
HB2-CD7D
kIRG_JSource
J14-723C
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-5F9E
kIRG_KSource
K1-593E
kIRG_TSource
T2-283F
kRSUnicode
112.3
kTotalStrokes
8
kBigFive
CD7D
kCCCII
226368
kCNS1986
2-283F
kCNS1992
2-283F
kEACC
226368
kGB3
5541
kGB8
9332
kJIS0213
2,82,28
kJis1
4745
kMainlandTelegraph
4262
kTGH
2013:6668
kTaiwanTelegraph
4262
kXerox
312:305
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+18208+112.5.3
kCantonese
ngat6
kDefinition
toil, slave away; busy
kFanqie
苦骨
kHangul
골:1
kHanyuPinyin
42417.130:kū,qià
kJapanese
カチ カツ コツ クチ
kJapaneseKun
ISHI
kJapaneseOn
KOTSU KUCHI KATSU KACHI
kKorean
KOL
kMandarin
kū
kSMSZD2003Readings
kū粵ngat6
kTGHZ2013
199.060:kū
kXHC1983
0653.060:kū

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
3dictionary records using 矻0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰石乞$(GHTJKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.