梏

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		梏

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
造	*skʰuːɡs, *sɡuːʔ
慥	*skʰuːɡs
艁	*skʰuːɡs, *sɡuːʔ
糙	*skʰuːɡs
告	*kuːɡs, *kuːɡ
誥	*kuːɡs
郜	*kuːɡs, *kuːɡ
祰	*kʰuːʔ, *kuːɡ
靠	*kʰuːɡs
浩	*ɡuːʔ, *kuːb
晧	*ɡuːʔ
皓	*ɡuːʔ
窖	*kruːɡs
簉	*skʰruɡs
梏	*kruːɡ, *kuːɡ
硞	*kʰruːɡ, *kʰuːɡ
牿	*kuːɡ
鵠	*kuːɡ, *ɡuːɡ
酷	*kʰuːɡ
焅	*kʰuːɡ
嚳	*kʰuːɡ
頶	*ɡuːɡ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gù (gu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): guk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gù
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gù
    • Wade–Giles: ku⁴
    • Yale: gù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guh
    • Palladius: гу (gu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: guk¹
    • Yale: gūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: guk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kaewk

Rime
Character	梏
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古岳切
Baxter	kaewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/kɔk̚/
Wang Li	/kɔk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gok3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kruːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	梏
Reading #	1/2
No.	3816
Phonetic component	告
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	覺
Old Chinese	/*kruːɡ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 梏

1. handcuffs; manacles; fetters

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jué (jue²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jué
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyué
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²
    • Yale: jywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyue
    • Palladius: цзюэ (czjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kowk

Rime
Character	梏
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	沃 (6)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古沃切
Baxter	kowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kuok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kawk̚/
Li Rong	/kok̚/
Wang Li	/kuok̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	guk1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kuːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	梏
Reading #	2/2
No.	3819
Phonetic component	告
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	梏
Old Chinese	/*kuːɡ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 梏

1. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 覺／觉 (jué, “tall and big; upright; honest”).

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Japanese

Kanji

梏

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• On (unclassified): 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 (eum 곡 (gok))

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Vietnamese

Han character

梏: Hán Nôm readings: gáo

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