掫

掫 U+63AB, 掫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63AB ← 措 [U+63AA] CJK Unified Ideographs 掬 → [U+63AC]

Translingual

Han character

掫 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, Cangjie input 手尸十水 (QSJE), four-corner 5104₇, composition ⿰扌取)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 439, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12287
• Dae Jaweon: page 791, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1891, character 5
• Unihan data for U+63AB

Chinese

trad.		掫
simp. #		掫

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 掫
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
陬	*ʔsloː, *ʔsru, *ʔslo
棷	*ʔsloː, *sʰloːʔ, *sloːʔ, *ʔsru
掫	*ʔsloː, *ʔsruʔ, *ʔslo
緅	*ʔsloː, *ʔsru, *slos
趣	*sʰloːʔ, *sʰlos
取	*sʰloːʔ, *sʰloʔ
鯫	*zloː, *zloːʔ, *sʰlo
棸	*rlu, *rluʔ, *ʔsru
鄹	*ʔsru, *zloʔ, *ljoːnʔ
郰	*ʔsru
齱	*ʔsru, *sʰroːɡ
菆	*ʔsru, *sʰros, *zloːn
箃	*ʔsru
黀	*ʔsru
驟	*zrus
最	*zloːds
襊	*sʰoːds, *sʰoːd
蕞	*zoːds
嘬	*sʰroːds
諏	*ʔslo
娵	*ʔslo
娶	*sʰloʔ, *sʰlos, *slo
聚	*zloʔ, *zlos
埾	*zlos
藂	*zloːŋ
叢	*zloːŋ
繓	*ʔsoːd
撮	*ʔsoːd, *sʰoːd

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zōu (zou¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zou
    • Wade–Giles: tsou¹
    • Yale: dzōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzou
    • Palladius: цзоу (czou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zau¹
    • Yale: jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsju, tsuw, tsrjuwX

Rime
Character	掫	掫	掫
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	精 (13)	莊 (18)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	侯 (137)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I	III
Fanqie	子于切	子侯切	側九切
Baxter	tsju	tsuw	tsrjuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨo/	/t͡səu/	/t͡ʃɨuX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sio/	/t͡səu/	/ʈ͡ʂiuX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sio/	/t͡səu/	/t͡ʃiəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡suə̆/	/t͡səw/	/ʈ͡ʂuwX/
Li Rong	/t͡sio/	/t͡su/	/t͡ʃiuX/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭu/	/t͡səu/	/t͡ʃĭəuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯u/	/t͡sə̯u/	/ʈ͡ʂi̯ə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jū	zōu	zhǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zeoi1	zau1	zau2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tso/, /*tsˤro/, /*tsˤroʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsloː/, /*ʔsruʔ/, /*ʔslo/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	掫	掫	掫
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zōu	zōu	zōu
Middle Chinese	‹ tsju ›	‹ tsrjuw ›	‹ tsrjuwX ›
Old Chinese	/*tso/	/*tsˁro/	/*tsˁroʔ/
English	beat night watches	beat night watches	beat night watches
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	掫	掫	掫
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	10623	10643	10652
Phonetic component	取	取	取
Rime group	侯	幽	侯
Rime subdivision	0	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	𣠏	掫	諏
Old Chinese	/*ʔsloː/	/*ʔsruʔ/	/*ʔslo/

Definitions

掫

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to be on night watch; to beat night watches
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to gather
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) hemp reed; hemp stalk
4. (historical) A place in present-day Lintong District, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chōu (chou¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chou
    • Wade–Giles: chʻou¹
    • Yale: chōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chou
    • Palladius: чоу (čou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

掫

1. (historical dictionaries only) to take things by hand; to fetch

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 掫 – see 㨄 (“(dialectal) to lift something heavy on one side”). (This character is a variant form of 㨄).

Japanese

Kanji

掫

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. night watch
2. rake

Readings

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• Go-on: しゅ (shu)、す (su)
• Kan-on: しゅ (shu)、しゅう (shū)^{←しう (siu, historical)}、そう (sō)
• Kun: うつ (utsu, 掫つ)、たきぎ (takigi, 掫)、まもる (mamoru, 掫る)