牁

牁 U+7241, 牁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7241 ← 牀 [U+7240] CJK Unified Ideographs 牂 → [U+7242]

Translingual

Han character

牁 (Kangxi radical 90, 爿+5, 9 strokes, Cangjie input 女一一弓口 (VMMNR), four-corner 2722₀, composition ⿰爿可)

1. mooring stake
2. painter, mooring

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 691, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19767
• Dae Jaweon: page 1104, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2374, character 8
• Unihan data for U+7241

Chinese

simp. and trad.		牁
alternative forms		牱

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
砢	*ɡ·raːlʔ
柯	*kaːl
菏	*kaːl, *ɡaːl
牁	*kaːl
滒	*kaːl
哥	*kaːl
歌	*kaːl
謌	*kaːl
鴚	*kaːl
哿	*kaːlʔ
舸	*kaːlʔ
笴	*kaːlʔ, *kaːnʔ
軻	*kʰaːl, *kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls
珂	*kʰaːl
可	*kʰaːlʔ
岢	*kʰaːlʔ
坷	*kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls
蚵	*kʰaːls, *ɡaːl
呵	*qʰaːl, *qʰaːls
訶	*qʰaːl
抲	*qʰaːl
荷	*qʰaːls, *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ
何	*ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ
河	*ɡaːl
苛	*ɡaːl
魺	*ɡaːl
袔	*ɡaːls
阿	*qaːl
妸	*qaːl, *qaːlʔ
疴	*qaːl, *kʰraːls
鈳	*qaːl
娿	*qaːl, *qaːlʔ
痾	*qaːl
跒	*kʰraːlʔ
閜	*qʰraːlʔ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kē (ke¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): go¹ / o¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kē
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ke
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo¹
    • Yale: kē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ke
    • Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: go¹ / o¹
    • Yale: gō / ō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: go¹ / o¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: go¹ / o¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔː⁵⁵/, /ɔː⁵⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

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• Middle Chinese: ka

Rime
Character	牁
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古俄切
Baxter	ka
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/kɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/kɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ka/
Li Rong	/kɑ/
Wang Li	/kɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gē
Expected Cantonese Reflex	go1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kaːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	牁
Reading #	1/1
No.	7435
Phonetic component	可
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	歌
Old Chinese	/*kaːl/

Definitions

牁

1. only used in 牂牁

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 牁 – see 柯 (“axe handle; stalk; branch; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 柯).

Japanese

Kanji

牁

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: か (ka)
• Kan-on: か (ka)
• Kun: くい (kui, 牁)^{←くひ (kufi, 牁, historical)}