鬮

鬮 (Kangxi radical 191, 鬥+17, 27 strokes, cangjie input 中弓竹月尸 (LNHBS) or 中弓弓難山 (LNNXU), four-corner 7711₇, composition ⿵鬥龜)

• 䦰 (Japanese shinjitai)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1458, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45659
• Dae Jaweon: page 1990, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4517, character 4
• Unihan data for U+9B2E

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʷɯ, *kʷruʔ) : semantic 鬥 (“to fight; to compete”) + phonetic 龜 (OC *kʷɯ, *kʷrɯ).

鬮

1. lots (to be drawn)

   • 為那兩隻羊拈鬮，一鬮歸與耶和華，一鬮歸與阿撒瀉勒。 [MSC, trad.]
     为那两只羊拈阄，一阄归与耶和华，一阄归与阿撒泻勒。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 利未記 (Leviticus) 16:8

     Wèi nà liǎng zhī yáng niānjiū, yī jiū guī yǔ Yēhéhuá, yī jiū guī yǔ Āsǎxièlè. [Pinyin]

     And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for the scapegoat [lit. Azazel].

2. (literary) to draw lots

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

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 䦰)

1. lottery

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: きゅう (kyū)^{←きう (kiu, historical)}
• Kun: くじ (kuji, 鬮)

鬮 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

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