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Radical 150谷

谷 (Kangxi radical 150,谷+0, 7 strokes,cangjie input金人口 (COR),four-corner8060₈,composition⿳八人口)

1. Kangxi radical #150,⾕.

• Appendix:Chinese radical/谷
• 逧,䞱,卻,郤,欲,㞃,鵒(鹆),容,䘱
• 俗,唂,峪,浴,䧍,㭲,焀,䀰,硲,裕,綌(绤),䎥,䛦,輍,鋊

• Kangxi Dictionary:page 1189, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36182
• Dae Jaweon: page 1652, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3902, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8C37

Historical forms of the character谷
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan)	Liushutong (compiled inMing)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) —valley (口) in between twomountain walls represented by near-parallel lines. The original version is𠔌. See also㕣.

FromProto-Sino-Tibetan *kl(j)u(ŋ/k) (“river; gorge”). Cognate withTibetan ལྗོངས (ljongs),Tibetan ཀླུང (klung) andTibetan ལུང་པ (lung pa).

谷

1. valley;gorge;ravine

   • 孔明棄車步行。忽到一山，望見一谷，形如長蛇，皆危峭石壁，並無樹木。[Written Vernacular Chinese,trad.]
     孔明弃车步行。忽到一山，望见一谷，形如长蛇，皆危峭石壁，并无树木。[Written Vernacular Chinese,simp.]

     From:Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th centuryCE

     Kǒng Míng qì chē bùxíng. Hū dào yī shān, wàngjiàn yīgǔ, xíng rú cháng shé, jiē wēiqiào shíbì, bìng wú shùmù.[Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. river orstream between twomountains;(in general)stream orriver

   • 夫山居而谷汲者，膢臘而相遺以水。[Classical Chinese,trad.]
     夫山居而谷汲者，𦝼腊而相遗以水。[Classical Chinese,simp.]

     From:Han Feizi, circa 2^nd centuryBCE

     Fū shān jū érgǔ jí zhě, lóulà ér xiàng wèi yǐ shuǐ.[Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. (figurative)difficultposition;predicament

   進退維谷／进退维谷  ― jìntuìwéigǔ  ―  to be caught between a rock and a hard place

4. asurname

   谷愛凌／谷爱凌  ― Gǔ Àilíng  ― EileenGu

谷(Cantonese)

1. topressure
2. tohasten; toboost
3. tocause toswell bypressuring
4. tohold back orconcealnegativeemotions orfeelings

FromEnglishgroup.Doublet ofgroup.

谷

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, social media, Internetslang)group(Classifier:個／个c)

• 群組／群组 (qúnzǔ)

谷

1. Only used in吐谷渾／吐谷浑 (tǔyùhún, “Tuyuhun:name of anancientnomadicpeople innorthwesternChina”) and谷渾／谷浑 (Yùhún, “surname”).

谷

1. Only used in谷蠡王 (lùlíwáng) and谷蠡 (lùlí, “title forXiongnuofficials”).

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

1. valley
2. lowland,plain

FromMiddle Chinese谷 (MC kuwk, “valley,gorge”):

• Go-on:こく(koku,Jōyō)
• Kan-on:こく(koku,Jōyō)
• Kun:たに(tani,谷,Jōyō)、きわまる(kiwamaru,谷まる)^{←きはまる(kifamaru,谷まる,historical)}、や(ya,谷)、やつ(yatsu,谷)
• Nanori:ひろ(hiro)

FromMiddle Chinese谷 (MC yowk), as in吐谷渾 (Toyokukon, “Tuyuhun”):

• Go-on:よく(yoku)
• Kan-on:よく(yoku)

FromMiddle Chinese谷 (MC luwk), as in谷蠡 (Rokuri):

• Go-on:ろく(roku)
• Kan-on:ろく(roku)

JapaneseWikipedia has an article on:

谷

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JapaneseWikipedia has an article on:

谷 (曖昧さ回避)

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EnglishWikipedia has an article on:

Valley

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FromOld Japanese.

• (Tokyo)たに[tàníꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ta̠ɲ̟i]

谷(たに)• (tani) 

1. avalley(elongateddepression betweenhills ormountains)
2. atrough(lowportion of awavecycle)
3. anintersection of tworecedingroofslopes

谷(たに)• (Tani) 

1. asurname

谷(やつ)• (yatsu) 

1. alow-lyingwetland
2. avalley

Possibly a shift fromyatsu above.

谷(や)• (ya) 

1. avalley

Variant shift fromyatsu above.

谷(やち)• (yachi) 

1. (regional)Same asやつ (yatsu)above

Another variant shift fromyatsu above.

谷(やと)• (yato) 

1. Same asやつ (yatsu)above

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

谷(さこ)• (sako) 

1. (regional, especially Kansai) asmallvalley

FromMiddle Chinese谷 (MC kuwk). Recorded asMiddle Korean곡(kwok) (Yale:kwok) inHunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

KoreanWikisource has texts containing thehanja:

谷

Wikisource

谷 (eumhun골곡(gol gok))

1. hanja form^? of곡(“valley”)

FromMiddle Chinese谷 (MC yowk). Recorded asMiddle Korean욕〮(ywók) (Yale:yok) inHunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

谷 (eumhun나라이름욕(nara ireum yok))

1. (historical)hanja form^? of욕(“Only used in토욕혼 (吐谷渾,toyokhon, “Tuyuhun:name of anancientnomadicpeople innorthwesternChina”)”)

FromMiddle Chinese谷 (MC luwk). Recorded asMiddle Korean록〮 (Yale:lwok) inDongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

谷 (eumhun벼슬이름록(byeoseul ireum rok),word-initial (South Korea)벼슬이름녹(byeoseul ireum nok))

1. (historical)hanja form^? of록/녹(“Only used in녹려 (谷蠡,nongnyeo,title forXiongnuofficials)”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary,전자사전／電子字典.[1]

谷:Hán Nôm readings:cốc,góc,hốc,dục,thung,lủng

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