笏

笏 U+7B0F, 笏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B0F ← 笎 [U+7B0E] CJK Unified Ideographs 笐 → [U+7B10]

Translingual

Han character

笏 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹心竹竹 (HPHH), four-corner 8822₇, composition ⿱𥫗勿)

Derived characters

• 𨖃

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 878, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25882
• Dae Jaweon: page 1307, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2951, character 10
• Unihan data for U+7B0F

Chinese

trad.		笏
simp. #		笏

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 笏
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (勿) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
脗	*minʔ
吻	*mɯnʔ
刎	*mɯnʔ
伆	*mɯnʔ, *mɯd
勽	*buːs, *mɯnʔ
沕	*mrɯd, *mɯd
忽	*hmɯːd
昒	*hmɯːd, *mɯd
惚	*hmɯːd
匫	*hmɯːd
笏	*hmɯːd
曶	*hmɯːd
淴	*ʔmɯːd
物	*mɯd
勿	*mɯd
芴	*mɯd
岉	*mɯd

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hù (hu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fat¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fut
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hut

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hù
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hù
    • Wade–Giles: hu⁴
    • Yale: hù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huh
    • Palladius: ху (xu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fat¹
    • Yale: fāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: fed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fut
    • Hakka Romanization System: fud`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fud⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /fut̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hut
    • Tâi-lô: hut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hud
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hut̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hut̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hut̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hut̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hut̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: xwot

Rime
Character	笏
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	魂 (56)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	呼骨切
Baxter	xwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/huət̚/
Pan Wuyun	/huot̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwət̚/
Li Rong	/xuət̚/
Wang Li	/xuət̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/xuət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fat1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hmɯːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	笏
Reading #	1/1
No.	13215
Phonetic component	勿
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	忽
Old Chinese	/*hmɯːd/

Definitions

笏

1. (historical) tablet held by officials at court (used to take notes, or for ceremonial purposes)

Synonyms

• 手板 (shǒubǎn)
• 手版 (shǒubǎn)

Compounds

• 一笏
• 倒笏躬身
• 出笏
• 帶笏／带笏
• 拄笏看山
• 搢笏
• 牙笏
• 秉笏披袍
• 笏板
• 笢笏
• 簪笏
• 袍笏
• 袍笏登場／袍笏登场
• 象笏

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fat¹, wat¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fat¹, wat¹
    • Yale: fāt, wāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁷, wat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: fed¹, wed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚⁵/, /wɐt̚⁵/

Definitions

笏

1. (Cantonese) Used in place names.

   掃管笏／扫管笏 [Cantonese]  ―  so³ gun² wat¹ [Jyutping]  ―  So Kwun Wat (a place in Hong Kong)

References

• “笏”, 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–

Japanese

Kanji

笏

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. thin tablet
2. mace
3. scepter

Readings

• Go-on: こち (kochi)
• Kan-on: こつ (kotsu)
• Kun: しゃく (shaku, 笏)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
笏
しゃく Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

From 尺 (shaku, “shaku”, length unit), so named because of its length. The original name こつ (kotsu) is avoided for being homophonous with 骨 (kotsu, “bone”).

Noun

笏(しゃく) • (shaku) 

1. shaku; a thin tablet held in the right hand by those in full court dress.

   Synonym: 手板 (teita)

See also

• 束帯(そくたい) (sokutai)

Korean

Hanja

笏 • (hol) (hangeul 홀, revised hol, McCune–Reischauer hol, Yale hol)

1. a tablet held by officials at court (used to take notes, or for ceremonial purposes)