鼩

鼩 · qú

shrew

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
qú
Cantonese
keoi4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

shrew

Dictionary definitions & readings

鼩 qú · used in 鼩鼱 qú jīng

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

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
74774.050:qú Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0945.020:qú Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
308.100:qú Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
qú粵keoi4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ク グ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
其俱 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
HVPR Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
7771.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1528.100 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
074.48 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9F29
Radical
鼠 · 208
Strokes
18
Residual strokes
5
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #8011

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

18 strokes
鼩
Strokes
18
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

18 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
gju · 其俱 · 遇合三平虞群 · #255

PHONO-ML, source line 2204; 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
1568.305
kDaeJaweon
2064.270
kHanYu
74774.050
kIRGDaeJaweon
2064.270
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74774.050
kIRGKangXi
1528.100
kKangXi
1528.100
kMorohashi
48422 48422:E0100
kSBGY
074.48
kSMSZD2003Index
829.08
kCangjie
HVPR
kFourCornerCode
7771.2
kMojiJoho
MJ030014 MJ030014:E0100 MJ030015:E0101
kPhonetic
673*
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
CT
kIRG_GSource
G3-7C6B
kIRG_HSource
HB2-F1E7
kIRG_JSource
JMJ-030014
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-91A3
kIRG_KSource
K2-7455
kIRG_TSource
T2-6533
kRSUnicode
208.5
kTotalStrokes
18
kBigFive
F1E7
kCCCII
235F4D
kCNS1986
2-6533
kCNS1992
2-6533
kGB3
9275
kTGH
2013:8011
kCantonese
keoi4
kDefinition
shrew
kFanqie
其俱
kHanyuPinyin
74774.050:qú
kJapanese
ク グ
kMandarin
qú
kSMSZD2003Readings
qú粵keoi4
kTGHZ2013
308.100:qú
kXHC1983
0945.020:qú

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 鼩0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
鼠 beside 句 · the shape used in China, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰鼠句$(GP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰鼠句$(GP)

^⿺鼠句$(HTK)

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