杇

See also: 杅 and 朽

杇 U+6747, 杇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6747 ← 杆 [U+6746] CJK Unified Ideographs 杈 → [U+6748]

Translingual

Han character

杇 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+3, 7 strokes, Cangjie input 木一一尸 (DMMS), four-corner 4192₇, composition ⿰木亏)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 511, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14450
• Dae Jaweon: page 895, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1156, character 14
• Unihan data for U+6747

Chinese

simp. and trad.		杇
alternative forms		𣏓 圬 釫／𬬨 鋘／𬭌 𣑀 𣏓 圬 釫／𬬨 鋘／𬭌 𣑀 𢫸

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
侉	*qaːls
夸	*kʰʷraː
姱	*kʰʷraː
胯	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
跨	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
誇	*kʰʷraː
垮	*kʰʷraːʔ
銙	*kʰʷraːʔ
骻	*kʰʷraːʔ
咵	*kʰʷraːʔ
釫	*ɢʷraː, *qʷaː
摦	*ɡʷraːs
鮬	*pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː
嶀	*qʰʷl'aː
扝	*kʰʷaː, *qʷaː
刳	*kʰʷaː
郀	*kʰʷaː
挎	*kʰʷaː
袴	*kʰʷaːs
絝	*kʰʷaːs
褲	*kʰʷaːs
恗	*qʰaː
洿	*ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː
瓠	*ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs
鄠	*ɢʷlaːʔ
污	*qʷaː, *qʷaːs
杇	*qʷaː
圬	*qʷaː
鴮	*qʷaː
盓	*qʷaː
汙	*qʷaːs, *ɢʷa
樗	*qʰʷl'a
摴	*qʰʷl'a
荂	*pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa
雩	*qʰʷla, *ɢʷla
吁	*qʰʷa, *ɢʷas
盱	*qʰʷa
訏	*qʰʷa
扜	*qʰʷa, *qʷa
旴	*qʰʷa
冔	*qʰʷaʔ
紆	*qʷa
陓	*qʷa
迂	*qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa
虶	*qʷa
于	*ɢʷa
盂	*ɢʷa
竽	*ɢʷa
邘	*ɢʷa
玗	*ɢʷa
芋	*ɢʷa, *ɢʷas
杅	*ɢʷa
釪	*ɢʷa
骬	*ɢʷa
謣	*ɢʷla
宇	*ɢʷaʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʷaː): semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 亏 (OC *ɢʷa). Compare 杅.

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wū (wu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wū
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wu
    • Wade–Giles: wu¹
    • Yale: wū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: u
    • Palladius: у (u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wu¹
    • Yale: wū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'u

Rime
Character	杇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	哀都切
Baxter	'u
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔuo/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔuo/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɔ/
Li Rong	/ʔo/
Wang Li	/u/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʷaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	杇
Reading #	1/1
No.	15680
Phonetic component	于
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	烏
Old Chinese	/*qʷaː/

Definitions

杇

1. (masonry) trowel

   Synonym: 鏝 / 镘 (màn)

   • 宰予晝寢。子曰：「朽木不可雕也，糞土之牆，不可杇也，於予與何誅。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     宰予昼寝。子曰：「朽木不可雕也，粪土之墙，不可杇也，于予与何诛。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

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

     Zǎi Yú zhòuqǐn. Zǐ yuē: “Xiǔmù bùkě diāo yě, fèntǔ zhī qiáng, bùkě wū yě, yú Yú yú hé zhū.” [Pinyin]

     Zai Yu being asleep during the daytime, the Master said, "Rotten wood cannot be carved; a wall of dirty earth will not receive the trowel. This Yu!—what is the use of my reproving him?"

2. to plaster

Compounds

• 杇人
• 杇刀
• 杇墁 / 杇槾 / 杇鏝 / 杇镘
• 杇者
• 糞土之牆不可杇 / 粪土之墙不可杇
• 雕杇

References

• 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “杇”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B01615

Japanese

Kanji

杇

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. loquat

Readings

• On (unclassified): お (o)、う (u)、こ (ko)、ご (go)
• Kun: こて (kote)、ぬる (nuru, 杇る)

Korean

Hanja

杇 (eumhun 흙손 오 (heukson o))

1. (masonry) trowel
2. to plaster

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
杇

Hán Nôm

杇: Nôm readings: ô

1. chữ Nôm form of ô (“betel tray”)

References

• Vietnamese Nôm Preservation Foundation [Hội Bảo Tồn Di Sản Chữ Nôm] (since 1999), “杇”, in Nomfoundation.org‎^[1] (in English)