圐圙

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (圐圙)		圐	圙
variant forms		㗄𠼟

Glyph origin

An enclosed (囗) representation of the idiom 四方八面 (sìfāngbāmiàn, “all around; in all directions”).

Etymology

From Mongolian ᠬᠦᠷᠢᠶ᠎ᠡ (küriy-e, “enclosure; area”), whence Khalkha Mongolian хүрээ (hüree). Hence a variant of 庫倫／库伦 (kùlún, “used in placenames”).

Alternatively, as a disyllabic Jin derivative of 圈 (OC *kʰron, *ɡronʔ, *kʰon, *ɡlonʔ, *ɡlons, “circle”) which has preserved the -l- in Old Chinese (Qiao, 2008).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kūlüè

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄌㄩㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ku¹ loek⁶
Jin (Wiktionary): kueh⁴ lye³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: kūlüè
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄌㄩㄝˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuliueh
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵⁵ lɥ̯œ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ku¹ loek⁶
  - Yale: kū leuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ku¹ loek⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ku¹ lêg⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰuː⁵⁵ lœ̽ːk̚²/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: kueh⁴ lye³
  - IPA (old-style): /kʰxuəʔ² lye⁴⁵/

Noun

圐圙

(Jin) enclosed yard or grassland; chiefly used in placenames in Shanxi and Inner Mongolia

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