炬

炬	U+70AC, 炬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-70AC

← 炫
[U+70AB]

CJK Unified Ideographs

炭 →
[U+70AD]

Translingual

Han character

炬 (radical 86 火+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火尸尸 (FSS), four-corner 9181₇, composition ⿰火巨)

References

KangXi: page 668, character 20

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18949

Dae Jaweon: page 1077, character 21

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2191, character 11

Unihan data for U+70AC

Chinese

simp. and trad.		炬

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (巨) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
柜	*kaʔ
渠	*ɡa
磲	*ɡa
蕖	*ɡa
蟝	*ɡa
璖	*ɡa
巨	*ɡaʔ
距	*ɡaʔ
拒	*ɡaʔ
苣	*ɡaʔ
炬	*ɡaʔ
詎	ɡaʔ, ɡas
鉅	*ɡaʔ
秬	*ɡaʔ
粔	*ɡaʔ
駏	*ɡaʔ
歫	*ɡaʔ
矩	*kʷaʔ
榘	*kʷaʔ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jù (ju⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi⁶
Min Nan (POJ): kǐr / kū / kī / kîr

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jù
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ
  - Wade–Giles: chü⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiw
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: geoi⁶
  - Yale: geuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: goey⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gêu⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǐr
  - Tâi-lô: kǐr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɯ²²/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū
  - Tâi-lô: kū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ku
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ku³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ku²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī
  - Tâi-lô: kī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ki
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kîr
  - Tâi-lô: kîr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɯ²⁴/

Middle Chinese: /ɡɨʌ^X/▼

Rime
Character	炬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	其吕切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨʌ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiɔ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiɔ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨə̆^X/
Li Rong	/ɡiɔ^X/
Wang Li	/ɡĭo^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯wo^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jù

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡaʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	炬
Reading #	1/1
No.	7051
Phonetic component	巨
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɡaʔ/
Notes	見史記，說文作苣

Definitions

炬

torch

Compounds

一炬
付之一炬 (fùzhīyījù)
付諸一炬／付诸一炬

火炬 (huǒjù)
炬火 (jùhuǒ)
目光如炬

蠟炬／蜡炬
麻炬

Japanese

Kanji

炬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Goon: ご (go)
Kan’on: きょ (kyo)
Kan’yōon: こ (ko)
Kun: たいまつ (taimatsu, 炬); ともしび (tomoshibi, 炬); やく (yaku, 炬く)

Pronunciation

Kanji in this term
炬
たいまつ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) たいまつ [táꜜìmàtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
- (Tokyo) たいまつ [tàímátsú] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA^(key): [ta̠ima̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

炬 (hiragana たいまつ, rōmaji taimatsu)

Alternative spelling of 松明 (“torch”) (stick with flame at one end)

Korean

Hanja

炬 • (geo) (hangeul 거, revised geo, McCune–Reischauer kŏ, Yale ke)

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