罟

罟 U+7F5F, 罟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7F5F ← 罞 [U+7F5E] CJK Unified Ideographs 罠 → [U+7F60]

Translingual

Han character

罟 (Kangxi radical 122, 网+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 田中十口 (WLJR), four-corner 6060₄, composition ⿱罒古)

1. net
2. snare

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 947, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28248
• Dae Jaweon: page 1388, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2915, character 10
• Unihan data for U+7F5F

Chinese

simp. and trad.		罟
alternative forms		𦊟 𦊖 䇢

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 罟
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (古) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
箇	*kaːls
個	*kaːls
居	*kɯ, *kas
橭	*kaː, *kʰaː
嫴	*kaː
姑	*kaː
辜	*kaː
酤	*kaː, *kaːs, *ɡaːʔ
蛄	*kaː
鴣	*kaː
沽	*kaː, *kaːʔ, *kaːs
盬	*kaː, *kaːʔ
古	*kaːʔ
罟	*kaːʔ
估	*kaːʔ
鈷	*kaːʔ
詁	*kaːʔ
牯	*kaːʔ
故	*kaːs
固	*kaːs
稒	*kaːɡs
痼	*kaːɡs
錮	*kaːɡs
鯝	*kaːɡs
棝	*kaːɡs
凅	*kaːɡs
枯	*kʰaː
軲	*kʰaː
跍	*kʰaː
骷	*kʰaː
苦	*kʰaːʔ, *kʰaːs
葫	*qʰaː, *ɡaː
餬	*ɡaː
瑚	*ɡaː
湖	*ɡaː
鶘	*ɡaː
猢	*ɡaː
醐	*ɡaː
糊	*ɡaː
箶	*ɡaː
蝴	*ɡaː
胡	*ɡaː
瓳	*ɡaː
怙	*ɡaːʔ
祜	*ɡaːʔ
岵	*ɡaːʔ
婟	*ɡaːʔ, *ɡaːɡs
楛	*ɡaːʔ
据	*ka
裾	*ka
琚	*ka
椐	*ka, *kas, *kʰa
鶋	*ka
蜛	*ka
崌	*ka
涺	*ka
腒	*ka, *ɡa
鋸	*kas
倨	*kas
踞	*kas
涸	*ɡaːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔ (gu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ku³
    • Yale: gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu
    • Palladius: гу (gu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gu²
    • Yale: gú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘
    • Tâi-lô: koo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kof
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kuX

Rime
Character	罟
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	公戸切
Baxter	kuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuoX/
Pan Wuyun	/kuoX/
Shao Rongfen	/koX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɔX/
Li Rong	/koX/
Wang Li	/kuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuoX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gu2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kaːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	罟
Reading #	1/1
No.	4220
Phonetic component	古
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	古
Old Chinese	/*kaːʔ/

Definitions

罟

1. net (especially for catching fish or birds)

   • 數罟不入洿池，魚鼈不可勝食也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     数罟不入洿池，鱼鳖不可胜食也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Cùgǔ bù rù wūchí, yú biē bùkě shēng shí yě. [Pinyin]

     If close nets are not allowed to enter the pools and ponds, the fishes and turtles will be more than can be consumed.

2. to catch (with a net)

Compounds

• 下罟 (Xiàgǔ)
• 數罟 / 数罟 (cùgǔ)
• 牽罟 / 牵罟
• 罟仔
• 罟客
• 罟寮
• 罟師 / 罟师
• 罟罟
• 罟罟冠
• 頂罟 / 顶罟 (Dǐnggǔ)
• 魚罟 / 鱼罟

References

• “罟”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

罟

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こ (ko)
• Kun: あみ (ami)

Korean

Hanja

罟 • (go) (hangeul 고, revised go, McCune–Reischauer ko, Yale ko)

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