鑊

See also: 镬

鑊 U+944A, 鑊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-944A ← 鑉 [U+9449] CJK Unified Ideographs 鑋 → [U+944B]

Translingual

Han character

鑊 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+14, 22 strokes, cangjie input 金廿人水 (CTOE), four-corner 8414₇, composition ⿰釒蒦)

Derived characters

• 𡆇

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1325, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40981
• Dae Jaweon: page 1825, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4262, character 4
• Unihan data for U+944A

Chinese

trad.		鑊
simp.		镬

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
檴	*ɢʷraːɡs, *ɢʷaːɡ
鱯	*ɢʷraːɡs, *ɢʷraːɡ
護	*ɢʷraːɡs
頀	*ɢʷraːɡs
濩	*ɢʷraːɡs, *ɢʷaːɡ, *qʷraːɡ
韄	*ɢʷraːɡs
鳠	*ɢʷraːɡs
擭	*ɢʷaːɡs, *ɢʷaːɡ, *qʷraːɡ
瓁	*ŋɢʷaːɡ
劐	*qʰʷaːɡ
穫	*ɢʷaːɡ
鑊	*ɢʷaːɡ
矆	*qʰʷaɡ
鸌	*qʷaːɡ
雘	*qʷaːɡ
蠖	*qʷaːɡ
臒	*qʷaːɡ, *qʷaɡ
嬳	*qʷaːɡ, *qʷaɡ
彠	*qʷaɡ, *qʷraːɡ, *ɢʷraːɡ
嚄	*ɢʷraːɡ
獲	*ɢʷraːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷaːɡ) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 蒦 ().

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huò (huo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wok⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): vok⁴

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): vo̍k

  (Meixian, Guangdong): vog⁶

• Eastern Min (BUC): huŏk
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ho̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): uag⁸ / uêg⁸

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸ghoq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huò
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huò
    • Wade–Giles: huo⁴
    • Yale: hwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoh
    • Palladius: хо (xo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wok⁶
    • Yale: wohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːk̚²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: vok⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /vɔk̚²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vo̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: vog
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vog⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /vok̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: vog⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /ʋɔk̚⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: huŏk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huoʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ho̍k
    • Tâi-lô: ho̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔk̚¹²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: uag⁸ / uêg⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ua̍k / ue̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uak̚⁴/, /uek̚⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸ghoq
    • MiniDict: ghoh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵hhoq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦoʔ¹²/

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• Middle Chinese: hwak

Rime
Character	鑊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	鐸 (104)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡郭切
Baxter	hwak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwak̚/
Li Rong	/ɣuɑk̚/
Wang Li	/ɣuɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣwɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wok6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷaːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鑊
Reading #	1/1
No.	5585
Phonetic component	蒦
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	穫
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷaːɡ/

Definitions

鑊

1. (historical) cauldron (for food)
2. (historical) cauldron (for execution by boiling)
3. (Cantonese, Hakka) wok (Classifier: 隻／只 c; 個／个 c)
4. (Cantonese, figurative) problem; trouble; blame
5. (Cantonese) satellite dish
6. (Cantonese) Classifier for the amount of food in a wok: wok

   炒鑊飯／炒镬饭 [Cantonese]  ―  caau² wok⁶ faan⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  to fry a wok of rice

7. (Cantonese) Classifier for occurrences of problems, conflicts, fights, etc.: time

   佢畀波士鬧咗鑊甘嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢畀波士闹咗镬甘嘅。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ bei² bo¹ si^6-2 naau⁶ zo² wok⁶ gam¹ ge³. [Jyutping]

   He got a serious scolding from his boss.

   鑊鑊都咁杰。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   镬镬都咁杰。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   wok⁶ wok⁶ dou¹ gam³ git⁶. [Jyutping]

   It's tricky every time.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鍋 (“wok; cooking pot”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		釜
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鍋
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鍋
	Taiwan	鍋子, 鍋
	Malaysia	鍋
	Singapore	鍋
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	鍋
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	鍋
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鍋
	Wuhan	鍋 †, 䀇子, 煲
	Guilin	鍋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	鍋子, 鍋
	Hefei	鍋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鑊 †, 煲 ‡, 罉
	Hong Kong	鑊 †, 煲 ‡, 罉
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	鑊仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	鑊仔
	Dongguan	鑊 †, 煲 ‡
	Yangjiang	鑊 †, 煲
	Baise	煲
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	鑊 †, 煲 ‡
	Singapore (Guangfu)	鑊 †, 煲 ‡
Gan	Nanchang	鍋 †, 鼎罐
Hakka	Meixian	鑊頭 †, 鑊 †, 煲, 煲仔, 烳鑼
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	鑊頭 †
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	鑊 †
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	鑊 †
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	鑊頭 †
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	鑊仔 †
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	鑊 †, 鑊頭 †
	Boluo (Bendihua)	鑊頭 †
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	鑊頭 †
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	炒鑊 †
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	鑊仔 †
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	鑊俅 †
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	鑊俅 †
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	鑊 †, 鑊頭 †, 鑊仔蒂 †
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	鑊 †
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	鑊 †
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	鑊頭 †
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	鑊頭 †, 鑊仔 †
	Yudu	鑊頭
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鑊仔, 鑊頭 †
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鑊仔, 鑊頭 †
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鑊仔, 鑊頭 †
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鑊, 鑊頭 †
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鑊仔, 鑊頭 †
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鑊, 鑊頭 †
	Hong Kong	鑊頭
	Senai (Huiyang)	鑊頭
Jin	Taiyuan	鍋, 銚兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鼎 †, 鍋仔, 鍋
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鼎 †, 鍋鍋, 鍋
Southern Min	Xiamen	鼎 †, 鍋仔, 鍋
	Quanzhou	鼎 †, 鍋仔
	Zhangzhou	鼎 †, 鍋仔
	Taipei	鼎 †, 鍋
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	鼎 †, 鍋
	Kaohsiung	鼎 †, 鍋
	Yilan	鼎仔 †, 鍋
	Changhua (Lukang)	鼎 †, 鍋
	Taichung	鼎 †, 鍋
	Taichung (Wuqi)	鼎 †
	Tainan	鼎 †, 鼎仔 †, 鍋仔, 鍋
	Taitung	鍋仔
	Hsinchu	鼎 †, 鍋
	Kinmen	鼎 †, 鍋
	Penghu (Magong)	鼎 †, 鍋
	Penang (Hokkien)	鼎 †, 鍋 ‡, 木磬 ‡
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鼎 †, 鍋 ‡
	Manila (Hokkien)	鼎 †, 生鍋 ‡
	Medan (Hokkien)	鼎 †
	Chaozhou	鼎 †, 鍋
	Shantou	鼎 †, 鍋
	Jieyang	鼎 †, 鍋
	Bangkok (Teochew)	鼎 †, 鍋 ‡
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	鍋
	Singapore (Teochew)	鼎 †, 鍋 ‡
	Pontianak (Teochew)	鍋
	Wenchang	鼎 †
	Singapore (Hainanese)	鼎 †, 鍋 ‡
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鐺 †, 煲 ‡
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	鼎
Wu	Shanghai	鑊子, 鍋子
	Suzhou	鑊子 †, 鍋子
	Wenzhou	鑊 †, 鉛鍋兒, 鍋兒
Xiang	Changsha	鍋子, 鍋
	Shuangfeng	鍋子 †, 爐倉
Note	† - wok; ‡ - pot

Compounds

• 一鑊泡／一镬泡
• 一鑊熟／一镬熟
• 一鑊粥／一镬粥
• 候鑊／候镬
• 冷鑊死灶／冷镬死灶
• 刀鋸鼎鑊／刀锯鼎镬
• 大鑊／大镬
• 大鑊吂滾，細鑊洛洛滾／大镬吂滚，细镬洛洛滚
• 孭鑊／𱙷镬
• 平底鑊／平底镬
• 忠臣落油鑊／忠臣落油镬
• 斧鉞湯鑊／斧钺汤镬
• 易潔鑊／易洁镬
• 油鑊／油镬
• 湯鑊／汤镬
• 無油難脫鑊／无油难脱镬
• 爆大鑊／爆大镬
• 爆鑊／爆镬
• 落鑊／落镬
• 衛星鑊／卫星镬
• 補鑊／补镬 (bǔhuò)
• 起鑊／起镬
• 身膏鼎鑊／身膏鼎镬
• 鑊仔／镬仔
• 鑊形天線／镬形天线
• 鑊撈／镬捞
• 鑊氣／镬气 (huòqì)
• 鑊烹／镬烹
• 鑊鏟／镬铲
• 鑊鐸／镬铎
• 鑊頭／镬头
• 開鑊／开镬
• 飯鑊／饭镬
• 鬧鑊鐸／闹镬铎
• 鼎鑊／鼎镬
• 鼎鑊刀鋸／鼎镬刀锯

 

Descendants

Descendants of 鑊

• → Arabic: وُوك (wūk)
• → Armenian: վոկ (vok)
• →⇒ Czech: pánev wok
• → Danish: wok
• → Dutch: wok
• → English: wok
• → Esperanto: uoko
• → Faroese: vokk
• →⇒ Finnish: wokkipannu
• → French: wok
• → German: Wok
• →⇒ Icelandic: wok-panna
• → Irish: wok
• → Polish: wok
• → Portuguese: wok
• → Russian: вок (vok)
• → Scottish Gaelic: wok
• → Spanish: wok
• →⇒ Swedish: wokpanna
• → Welsh: woc
• → Vietnamese: vạc

Japanese

Kanji

鑊

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. cauldron
2. large iron pot

Readings

• On (unclassified): かく (kaku)^{←くゎく (kwaku, historical)}、わく (waku)
• Kun: かま (kama, 鑊)、なべ (nabe, 鑊)

Korean

Hanja

鑊 • (hwak) (hangeul 확, revised hwak, McCune–Reischauer hwak, Yale hwak)

1. caldron

Vietnamese

Han character

鑊: Hán Nôm readings: hoạch, vạc

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