Word Family of Terms Originally Pronounced KUG

Semantic Values of the Sound KUG: Frame + Circle/Mass




Terms in this word family suggest that there is an element of circularity and/or of massing with respect to the framing object.
　We find a bending line penetrating enclosures (区) or bracketing a frame (句), a bent-over body (欧 and 殴), people who bump into each other while rounding a curve (遇), a full set of tools (具), spacious garments (裕), and the frame formed by the circular mouth (口).

Among the non-Everyday Use Characters, we find the following examples:

Assemblage of curved wooden constructions, side by side (冓, 搆)
Bamboo bent to create a fish trap (笱)
A bamboo basket (篝)
Straw/hemp woven into sandals (屨)
Fruit/seed in a protective covering (蔲)
A lotus root with parallel tubular concavities (藕)
A round cavity (in a tooth) (齲)
A winding mountain path or recess (嶇, 嵎)
A raised mound (堠)
A lump of dried cooked rice (餱)
The hunched shape of a monkey (with a curving tail) (禺, 猴)
A round hut (寓)
A (nearly) round shell (鷇)
Bending of the body (嘔, 謳, 軀, 佝, 狗, 叩, 吼, 劬, 傴, 嫗, 扣, 呴, 姁, 痀, 喣, 耇)
Bending of the fingers (摳)
A bending/bent tree (枸)
A mouth curved in gasping for breath (喁)
A bent hook, or plow forks (鉤, 勾, 耦)
The curve formed by a drawn bow (彀)
The curving bridge of an instrument (駒)
Meeting that takes place on a curving path and/or out of sight (遘, 姤)
A curved piece of earthenware (甌)
Curved recesses in an object (窳)
A group of people (倶)
A swirling whirlwind (颶)
A button (釦)
Enveloping heat source (昫, 煦)

　Extensions of meaning or abstract applications of the senses noted above are found in the remaining characters in this group.




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