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Translingual
Han character
冑 (Kangxi radical 13, 冂+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 中田月 (LWB) or 難中田月 (XLWB), four-corner 50227, composition ⿱由冃)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 129, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1537
- Dae Jaweon: page 291, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2059, character 9
- Unihan data for U+5191
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 袖
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*ljɯwɢs
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| 岫
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*ljɯwɢs
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| 牰
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*ljɯwɢs, *lɯwɢs
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| 抽
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*l̥ʰɯw
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| 妯
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*l̥ʰɯw, *l'ɯwɢ
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| 紬
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*l'ɯw
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| 怞
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*l'ɯw
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| 鮋
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*l'ɯw, *ɦljɯw, *lɯw
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| 菗
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*rlɯw
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| 宙
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*l'ɯwɢs
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| 胄
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*l'ɯwɢs
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| 冑
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*l'ɯwɢs
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| 伷
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*l'ɯwɢs
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| 駎
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*l'ɯwɢs
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| 油
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*lɯw, *lɯwɢs
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| 由
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*lɯw
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| 蚰
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*lɯw
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| 秞
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*lɯw
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| 邮
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*lɯw
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| 釉
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*lɯwɢs
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| 柚
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*lɯwɢs, *l'ɯwɢ
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| 鼬
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*lɯwɢs
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| 苖
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*l'ɯːwɢ, *l̥ʰɯwɢ
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| 笛
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*l'ɯːwɢ
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| 迪
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*l'ɯːwɢ
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| 頔
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*l'ɯːwɢ
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| 軸
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*l'ɯwɢ
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| 舳
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*l'ɯwɢ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l'ɯwɢs): semantic 冃 + phonetic 由 (OC *lɯw).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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冑
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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zhòu
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ drjuwH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ru-s/
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| English
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helmet
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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冑
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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15521
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Phonetic
component
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由
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Rime
group
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奧
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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胄
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Old
Chinese
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/*l'ɯwɢs/
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Definitions
冑
- (historical) helmet worn by warriors in ancient times
Compounds
See also
- (not to be confused with) 胄 (zhòu, “descendant”)
Japanese
Kanji
冑
(Hyōgai kanji)
- helmet
Readings
Noun
冑 • (kabuto)
- alternative form of 兜
Korean
Hanja
冑 • (ju) (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune–Reischauer chu)
- (투구 주, tugu-): helmet (especially, made of iron)
Usage notes
- 胄 (맏아들 주, mad-adeul ju) eldest son, heir (hence, similar but after all different from this entry, 冑)
Synonyms
Compounds
See also