橛

Translingual

Han character

橛 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 木一廿人 (DMTO), four-corner 4198₂, composition ⿰木厥)

1. post, stake, peg
2. axle

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 554, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15556
• Dae Jaweon: page 942, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1290, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6A5B

Chinese

Glyph origin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Definitions

橛

1. wooden post; stake; peg

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

橛

1. (Cantonese, Southern Min) Classifier for sections of something long.

   斷成兩橛／断成两橛 [Cantonese]  ―  tyun⁵ sing⁴ loeng⁵ gyut⁶   ―  to break into two segments

   • 1886, Lim Hiong Seng, “Notes—Nautical”, in Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular, Singapore: Koh Yew Hean Press:

     船頭枝桅個旗。若是升半𰉗就要行。 [Teochew, trad.]
     船头枝桅个旗。若是升半𰉗就要行。 [Teochew, simp.]

     zung⁵ tao⁵ gi¹ ui⁵ gai⁵ gi⁵, nan⁷ si⁶ liu⁷ buan³ guêh⁸ ziu⁶ ain³ gian⁵ [Peng'im]

     If the flag of the foremast is hoisted half mast high, then the steamer is going to start.

Synonyms

• 截 (jié), 段 (duàn)

References

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

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けつ (ketsu); かち (kachi); けい (kei); け (ke)
• Kun: くい (kui)

Korean

Hanja

橛 (eumhun 말뚝 궐 (malttuk gwol))

1. Hanja form^? of 궐 (“stake”).

Vietnamese

Han character

橛: Hán Nôm readings: cột

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