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Translingual
Han character
矩 (Kangxi radical 111, 矢+5 in traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean, 矢+4 in mainland China, 10 strokes in traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean, 9 strokes in mainland China, cangjie input 人大尸尸 (OKSS), four-corner 81417 or 81817, composition ⿰矢巨)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 824, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23947
- Dae Jaweon: page 1236, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2582, character 2
- Unihan data for U+77E9
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 柜
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*kaʔ
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| 渠
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*ɡa
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| 磲
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*ɡa
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| 蕖
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*ɡa
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| 蟝
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*ɡa
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| 璖
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*ɡa
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| 巨
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*ɡaʔ
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| 距
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*ɡaʔ
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| 拒
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*ɡaʔ
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| 苣
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*ɡaʔ
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| 炬
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*ɡaʔ
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| 詎
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*ɡaʔ, *ɡas
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| 鉅
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*ɡaʔ
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| 秬
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*ɡaʔ
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| 粔
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*ɡaʔ
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| 駏
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*ɡaʔ
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| 歫
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*ɡaʔ
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| 矩
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*kʷaʔ
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| 榘
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*kʷaʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʷaʔ) : semantic 矢 + phonetic 巨 (OC *ɡaʔ).
Etymology
- “(physics) moment”
- From the sense “square shape”; coined by Chinese translator Wu Guangjian in 1904, but not widely used then; in the 1930s, 矩 (jǔ) was chosen as the standard translation of moment by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China, and this word became more and more common than the former term 能率 (nénglǜ) (Wang, 2013).
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Pronunciation
Note: gu2 - Chaoyang, Puning, Huilai.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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矩
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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jǔ
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ kjuX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʷ(r)aʔ/
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| English
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carpenter"s square
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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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矩
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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7059
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Phonetic
component
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巨
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Rime
group
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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矩
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʷaʔ/
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Definitions
矩
- † carpenter's square
- square (shape)
- rule; law
- (physics) moment
- 力矩 ― lìjǔ ― torque
- 磁矩 ― cíjǔ ― magnetic moment
- Synonym: 能率 (nénglǜ) (obsolete)
- (～州) (historical) Old name for 貴州／贵州 (Guìzhōu, “Guizhou”) during the Yuan dynasty.
Synonyms
- 屈尺 (khut-chhioh) (Hokkien)
- 曲尺 (qūchǐ)
- 矩尺 (jǔchǐ)
- 角尺 (jiǎochǐ)
- 魯班尺／鲁班尺 (lǔbānchǐ)
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
矩
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
- carpenter's square
Readings
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Affix
矩 • (ku)
- carpenter's square
- square (shape)
- rule; law
Noun
矩 • (ku)
- (astronomy) quadrature
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 矩 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 矩, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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References
- ^ “矩”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia) (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024
Korean
Hanja
矩 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)
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Vietnamese
Han character
矩: Hán Nôm readings: củ
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