箍

Translingual

Han character

箍 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹手尸月 (HQSB), four-corner 8851₂, composition ⿱⺮㧜)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 887, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26130
• Dae Jaweon: page 1315, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2978, character 6
• Unihan data for U+7B8D

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Chinese

trad.		箍
simp. #		箍

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʷaː) : semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 㧜 ()

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gū (gu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ku¹ / kau¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiêu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kho͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gū
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gu
    • Wade–Giles: ku¹
    • Yale: gū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gu
    • Palladius: гу (gu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ku¹ / kau¹
    • Yale: kū / kāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ku¹ / kau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ku¹ / keo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuː⁵⁵/, /kʰɐu̯⁵⁵/

Note:

• kau1 - Malaysia (“dollar; ringgit”).

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiêu
    • Hakka Romanization System: kieu^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kieu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯eu̯²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kho͘
    • Tâi-lô: khoo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qof
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kou¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰou³³/

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• Middle Chinese: ku

Rime
Character	箍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古胡切
Baxter	ku
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuo/
Pan Wuyun	/kuo/
Shao Rongfen	/ko/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɔ/
Li Rong	/ko/
Wang Li	/ku/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	箍
Reading #	1/1
No.	4206
Phonetic component	箍
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	孤
Old Chinese	/*kʷaː/
Notes	集韻又作笟

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 箍

1. hoop; ring
2. to bind; to encircle
3. (Hakka, Hokkien, Malaysia Cantonese) Classifier for money: yuan; dollar; buck

   五十箍 [Hokkien]  ―  gō͘-cha̍p kho͘ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  50 dollars

4. (Hokkien, chiefly Tong'an Hokkien, vulgar) to fuck
5. (Wuhan Mandarin, Gan, Xiang) to hug; to embrace

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 元 (“yuan; dollar”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		圓, 元
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	塊
	Taiwan	塊
	Harbin	塊
	Malaysia	塊
	Singapore	塊
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	塊
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	塊
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	塊
	Wanrong	塊
	Xi'an	塊
	Xining	塊
	Xuzhou	塊
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	塊
	Lanzhou	塊
	Ürümqi	塊
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	塊
	Wuhan	塊
	Guiyang	塊
	Guilin	塊
	Liuzhou	塊
	Nanning (Wuming)	塊
	Shanglin (Sanli)	塊
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	塊
	Yangzhou	塊
	Hefei	塊
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蚊, 蚊雞, 雞士, 個, 銀
	Hong Kong	蚊, 蚊雞, 雞士, 個, 銀, 雞嘢
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	蚊
	Macau	蚊
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	蚊
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	蚊
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	蚊
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	蚊
	Foshan	蚊
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	文
	Foshan (Shunde)	蚊
	Foshan (Sanshui)	蚊雞
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	蚊雞
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	蚊
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	蚊
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	蚊
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	蚊
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	蚊
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	蚊
	Taishan	蚊
	Kaiping (Chikan)	蚊
	Enping (Niujiang)	蚊
	Heshan (Yayao)	蚊
	Dongguan	蚊, 蚊雞
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	蚊
	Qingyuan	蚊
	Fogang	蚊
	Yingde (Hanguang)	蚊
	Yangshan	蚊
	Lianshan (Butian)	蚊
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	蚊
	Shaoguan	蚊
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	蚊
	Renhua	蚊雞
	Lechang	蚊
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	蚊
	Sihui	蚊雞
	Deqing	蚊
	Huaiji	蚊
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	蚊
	Yunfu	蚊
	Xinxing	蚊
	Luoding	蚊
	Yunan (Pingtai)	蚊
	Yangjiang	蚊, 個
	Lianjiang	蚊
	Nanning	蚊
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	蚊
	Qinzhou	蚊
	Beihai	蚊
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	蚊
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	蚊
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	蚊
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	箍, 蚊
	Penang (Guangfu)	蚊
	Singapore (Guangfu)	蚊, 箍
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	蚊
	Móng Cái	蚊
Gan	Nanchang	塊
	Lichuan	塊
	Pingxiang	塊
Hakka	Meixian	塊
	Xingning	吊
	Yudu	塊
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	個
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	個
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	個
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	個
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	個
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	銀, 箍
	Hong Kong	塊, 蚊
	Sabah (Longchuan)	箍
	Senai (Huiyang)	箍
	Kuching (Hepo)	箍
	Singkawang	盾
	Singapore (Dabu)	箍
Huizhou	Jixi	塊
Jin	Taiyuan	塊
	Xinzhou	塊
Northern Min	Jian'ou	塊
	Pucheng (Shibei)	塊
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	塊
	Fuqing	塊
	Matsu	塊
Southern Min	Xiamen	箍
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	箍
	Quanzhou	箍
	Shishi	箍
	Zhangzhou	箍
	Zhao'an	箍
	Dongshan	箍
	Taipei	箍
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	箍
	Kaohsiung	箍
	Yilan	箍
	Changhua (Lukang)	箍
	Taichung	箍
	Tainan	箍
	Hsinchu	箍
	Kinmen	箍
	Penghu (Magong)	箍
	Penang (Hokkien)	箍
	Singapore (Hokkien)	箍
	Manila (Hokkien)	箍
	Chaozhou	銀, 箍, 個, 個銀
	Shantou	銀, 個, 箍 dated, 個銀
	Shantou (Chenghai)	銀
	Jieyang	個, 個銀
	Haifeng	個銀
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	箍
	Singapore (Teochew)	箍, 個銀
	Leizhou	個
	Wenchang	銀, 個
	Haikou	個銀, 銀
	Qionghai	銀
	Singapore (Hainanese)	箍
Puxian Min	Putian	個
	Xianyou	個
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	蚊
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蚊, 蚊雞
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	塊
Wu	Shanghai	塊
	Shanghai (Chongming)	塊
	Suzhou	塊
	Danyang	塊
	Hangzhou	塊
	Wenzhou	個
	Jinhua	塊
Xiang	Changsha	塊
	Loudi	塊
	Shuangfeng	塊
	Quanzhou	塊

Dialectal synonyms of 摟 (“to hug; to embrace”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		擁, 摟
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		摟抱, 擁抱
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	摟
	Taiwan	摟, 抱
	Singapore	擁抱, 抱
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	摟
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	摟
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	抱, 摟
	Wuhan	箍, 摟
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	摟, 抱
	Hefei	摟, 抱
Cantonese	Guangzhou	攬
	Hong Kong	攬
	Taishan	攬
	Singapore (Guangfu)	攬
Gan	Nanchang	攬, 箍
Hakka	Meixian	揇
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	揇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	揇
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	揇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	揇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	揇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	攬
Jin	Taiyuan	摟
Northern Min	Jian'ou	抱
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	兜, 攬
	Matsu	攬
Southern Min	Xiamen	攬
	Quanzhou	攬
	Zhangzhou	攬
	Taipei	攬
	Kaohsiung	攬
	Penang (Hokkien)	攬
	Singapore (Hokkien)	攬
	Manila (Hokkien)	攬
	Chaozhou	攬
Wu	Shanghai	搿
	Suzhou	搿
	Wenzhou	搩
Xiang	Changsha	箍, 摟
	Shuangfeng	傘, 箍

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Japanese

Kanji

箍

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. barrel hoop

Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: こ (ko)
• Kun: たが (taga)、いずみ (izumi)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
箍
たが Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

• 𥶡 (rare)

Noun

箍(たが) • (taga) 

1. a barrel hoop

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 箍(た)が緩(がゆる)む (taga ga yurumu)
• 箍(たが)を締(し)める (taga o shimeru)
• 箍(たが)を外(はず)す (taga o hazusu)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
箍
いずみ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Shift from 飯詰め (izume, “a traditional straw basket for storing unhulled rice over the winter; a similar kind of straw basket used as a baby cradle”). The 箍 kanji spelling appears to be in reference to the round hoop-like shape of the opening of this basket.

Noun

箍(いずみ) • (izumi) ^{←いづみ (idumi)?}

1. (rare) a kind of traditional straw basket used as a baby cradle

   Synonyms: つぐら (tsugura), 揺籃 (yōran)

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Hanja

箍 • (go) (hangeul 고, revised go, McCune–Reischauer ko, Yale ko)

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