梏

Translingual

Han character

梏 (radical 75 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木竹土口 (DHGR), four-corner 4496₁)

1. handcuffs, manacles, fetters

References

• KangXi: page 528, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14841
• Dae Jaweon: page 917, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1215, character 8
• Unihan data for U+688F

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Cantonese

Hanzi

梏 (Yale guk1)

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Japanese

Kanji

梏 (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• On: こく (koku), かく (kaku)
• Kun: てかせ (tekase)

Compounds

• 梏桎 (こくしつ, kokushitsu) (“manacles and shackles”)
• 桎梏 (しっこく, shikkoku) (“shackles and manacles”)

Etymology

Alteration from older form てかし, itself a compound of 手 (te, “hand”) + 架す (kasu, “to bridge, to join two sides”).

Noun

1. manacles, handcuffs

Usage notes

This kanji is seldom used to spell the word てかせ. More common spellings include:

• 手枷
• 手械
• 手桎

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Korean

Hanja

梏 (hangeul 곡, revised gok, McCune-Reischauer kok, Yale kok)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

梏 (pinyin gù (gu4), jué (jue2), Wade-Giles ku⁴, chüeh²)