矩

See also: 榘

Translingual

Han character

矩 (Kangxi radical 111, 矢+5 in traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean, 矢+4 in mainland China, 10 strokes in traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean, 9 strokes in mainland China, cangjie input 人大尸尸 (OKSS), four-corner 8141₇ or 8181₇, composition ⿰矢巨)

Derived characters

• 𬄃, 榘, 𩰤

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 824, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23947
• Dae Jaweon: page 1236, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2582, character 2
• Unihan data for U+77E9

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Chinese

trad.		矩
simp. #		矩

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
柜	*kaʔ
渠	*ɡa
磲	*ɡa
蕖	*ɡa
蟝	*ɡa
璖	*ɡa
巨	*ɡaʔ
距	*ɡaʔ
拒	*ɡaʔ
苣	*ɡaʔ
炬	*ɡaʔ
詎	*ɡaʔ, *ɡas
鉅	*ɡaʔ
秬	*ɡaʔ
粔	*ɡaʔ
駏	*ɡaʔ
歫	*ɡaʔ
矩	*kʷaʔ
榘	*kʷaʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǔ (ju³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kír / kú / kí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chü³
    • Yale: jyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeu
    • Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: geoi²
    • Yale: géui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kír
    • Tâi-lô: kír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kú
    • Tâi-lô: kú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuo
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /ku⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kí
    • Tâi-lô: kí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: kjuX

Rime
Character	矩
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	俱雨切
Baxter	kjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨoX/
Pan Wuyun	/kioX/
Shao Rongfen	/kioX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuə̆X/
Li Rong	/kioX/
Wang Li	/kĭuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	geoi2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʷ(r)aʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷaʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	矩
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ kjuX ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʷ(r)aʔ/
English	carpenter"s square
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	矩
Reading #	1/1
No.	7059
Phonetic component	巨
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	矩
Old Chinese	/*kʷaʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 矩

1. carpenter's square
2. square (shape)
3. rule; law
4. (～州) (historical) Old name for 貴州／贵州 (Guìzhōu, “Guizhou”) during the Yuan dynasty.

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Japanese

Kanji

矩

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): く (ku)
• Kun: さしがね (sashigane, 矩); かねざし (kanezashi); のり (nori, 矩)

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Korean

Hanja

矩 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 矩 (củ)

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