鎧

See also: 铠

Translingual

Han character

鎧 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 金山一廿 (CUMT), four-corner 8211₈, composition ⿰釒豈)

1. armor, chain mail

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1318, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40735
• Dae Jaweon: page 1817, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4241, character 2
• Unihan data for U+93A7

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Chinese

trad.		鎧
simp.		铠

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
獃	*tŋɯː, *ŋɯː
剴	*kŋɯːl, *ŋɯːl
凱	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
愷	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
塏	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
鎧	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯːls
颽	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
暟	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
闓	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯːls
豈	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯlʔ
隑	*ɡɯːls, *ŋɯːl
皚	*ŋɯːl
嵦	*ŋɡɯːl
敳	*ŋɯːl
磑	*ŋɯːl, *ŋuːl, *ŋuːls
螘	*ŋralʔ, *ŋɯlʔ
覬	*krɯls
溰	*ŋɯl
顗	*ŋɯlʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǎi (kai³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² / koi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǎi
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai³
    • Yale: kǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kae
    • Palladius: кай (kaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hoi² / koi³
    • Yale: hói / koi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² / koi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² / koi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵/, /kʰɔːi̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: khojX, khojH

Rime
Character	鎧	鎧
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	苦亥切	苦蓋切
Baxter	khojX	khojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰʌiX/	/kʰʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰəiX/	/kʰəiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɒiX/	/kʰɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəjX/	/kʰəjH/
Li Rong	/kʰᴀiX/	/kʰᴀiH/
Wang Li	/kʰɒiX/	/kʰɒiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰɑ̆iX/	/kʰɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kǎi	kài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hoi2	hoi3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.qʰˤəjʔ/, /*C.qʰˤəjʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ/, /*ŋ̊ʰɯːls/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鎧	鎧
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kǎi	kǎi
Middle Chinese	‹ khojX ›	‹ khojH ›
Old Chinese	/*C.qʰˁəjʔ/	/*C.qʰˁəjʔ-s/
English	coat of mail	coat of mail
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	鎧	鎧
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10105	10110
Phonetic component	豈	豈
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	愷	磕
Old Chinese	/*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ/	/*ŋ̊ʰɯːls/

Definitions

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References

• “鎧”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

鎧

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• Go-on: かい (kai)
• Kan-on: かい (kai)
• Kan’yō-on: がい (gai)
• Kun: よろい (yoroi, 鎧)^{←よろひ (yorofi, 鎧, historical)}; よろう (yorou, 鎧う)^{←よろふ (yorofu, 鎧ふ, historical)}

Etymology

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Kanji in this term
鎧
よろい Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• 甲

Noun

鎧(よろい) • (yoroi) ^{←よろひ (yorofi)?}

1. armor

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Korean

Hanja

鎧 • (gae) (hangeul 개, revised gae, McCune–Reischauer kae, Yale kay)

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