钁

See also: 镢

钁 U+9481, 钁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9481 ← 钀 [U+9480] CJK Unified Ideographs 钂 → [U+9482]

Translingual

Han character

钁 (radical 167, 金+20, 28 strokes, cangjie input 金月山水 (CBUE), four-corner 8614₇, composition ⿰釒矍)

1. a mattock
2. a billhook

References

• KangXi: page 1328, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41092
• Dae Jaweon: page 1829, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4278, character 2
• Unihan data for U+9481

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Chinese

trad.		钁
simp.		䦆
variant forms		⿰钅夬 second round simplified

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (矍) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
钁	*kʷaɡ
攫	*kʷaɡ
矍	*kʷaɡ
躩	*kʷaɡ, *kʰʷaɡ, *kʰʷaɡ
玃	*kʷaɡ
貜	*kʷaɡ, *ɡʷaɡ, *ɡʷaɡ
彏	*kʷaɡ, *qʰʷaɡ
戄	*ɡʷaɡ, *ɡʷaɡ, *qʰʷaɡ
籰	*ɢʷaɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jué (jue²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut³, gwok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jué
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyue
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕɥ̯œ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kyut³, gwok³
    • Yale: kyut, gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸, gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: küd³, guog³
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³/, /kʷɔːk̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʉɐk̚/▼

Rime
Character	钁
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	藥 (108)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居縛切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʉɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷiɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuak̚/
Li Rong	/kiuak̚/
Wang Li	/kĭak̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kiwak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jue

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷaɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	钁
Reading #	1/1
No.	7263
Phonetic component	矍
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	玃
Old Chinese	/*kʷaɡ/

Definitions

钁

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Compounds

• 钁頭／䦆头

References

• Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)

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Japanese

Kanji

钁

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): かく (kaku)
• Kun: くわ (kuwa)

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Korean

钁

钁

Hanja

钁 • (gwak) (hangeul 곽, revised gwak, McCune–Reischauer kwak, Yale kwak)

1. (괭이 곽): hoe (long-handled, two-handed, L-shaped)

Synonyms

• (hoe): 钁 (괭이 곽), 钃 (괭이/호미 촉), 鋤 (호미 서), 鉏 (호미 서), 錤 (호미 기), 鎡 (호미 자), 鎒 (호미 호)

See also

• (hoe): 鍤 (가래 삽), 鍬 (가래 초), 鏵 (가래 화), 鋘 (가래 화)