沽

沽 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水十口 (EJR), four-corner 3416₀, composition ⿰氵古)

1. buy and sell
2. cheap, shoddy, inferior in quality

• 𢜃

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 614, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17258
• Dae Jaweon: page 1008, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1581, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6CBD

Historical forms of the character 沽
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kaː, *kaːʔ, *kaːs) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 古 (OC *kaːʔ).

Cognate with 酤 (OC *kaː, *kaːs, *ɡaːʔ, “to buy alcoholic drink”)，賈 (OC *kraːʔ, *kraːs, *klaːʔ, “to buy or sell”).

沽

1. to buy
2. to sell

   沽咗層樓／沽咗层楼 [Cantonese]  ―  gu¹ zo² cang⁴ lau^4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to sell one's flat

   • 子貢曰：「有美玉於斯，韞櫝而藏諸？求善賈而沽諸？」子曰：「沽之哉！沽之哉！我待賈者也。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子贡曰：「有美玉于斯，韫椟而藏诸？求善贾而沽诸？」子曰：「沽之哉！沽之哉！我待贾者也。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zǐ Gòng yuē: “Yǒu měiyù yú sī, yùn dú ér cáng zhū? Qiú shàn ɡǔ ér gū zhū?” Zǐ yuē: “Gū zhī zāi! Gū zhī zāi! Wǒ dài ɡǔ zhě yě.” [Pinyin]

     Zi Gong said, "There is a beautiful gem here. Should I lay it up in a case and keep it? or should I seek for a good price and sell it?" The Master said, "Sell it! Sell it! But I would wait for one to offer the price."

3. Short for 天津 (Tiānjīn).

• “沽”, 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–

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: こ (ko)
• Kun: あたい (atai, 沽い); あらい (arai, 沽い); うる (uru, 沽る)

沽 (eum 고 (go))

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沽: Hán Nôm readings: cô

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• Nom Foundation

沽

1. Sawndip form of gyu (“salt”)