箍

Translingual

Han character

箍 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹手尸月 (HQSB), four-corner 8851₂, composition ⿱𥫗㧜)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 887, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26130
• Dae Jaweon: page 1315, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2978, character 6
• Unihan data for U+7B8D

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʷaː) : semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 㧜 ()

Pronunciation

Definitions

箍

1. hoop; ring
2. to bind; to encircle

   箍頸／箍颈 [Cantonese]  ―  ku¹ geng²   ―  to grab someone around his/her neck, especially to chokehold someone

3. (Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew, Malaysian Cantonese) Classifier for money: yuan; dollar; buck; peso; ringgit; rupiah

   五十箍 [Hokkien]  ―  gō͘-cha̍p kho͘ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  50 dollars

4. (Tong'an Hokkien, vulgar) to fuck
5. (Wuhan Mandarin, Gan, Xiang) to hug; to embrace

Synonyms

Compounds

Japanese

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Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. barrel hoop

Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: こ (ko)
• Kun: たが (taga, 箍); いずみ (izumi, 箍)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たが​ (Odaka – )
• IPA^(key):

Noun

箍(たが) • (taga) 

1. a barrel hoop

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Shift from 飯詰め (izume, “a traditional straw basket for storing unhulled rice over the winter; a similar kind of straw basket used as a baby cradle”). The 箍 kanji spelling appears to be in reference to the round hoop-like shape of the opening of this basket.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いずみ (Heiban – )
• IPA^(key):

Noun

箍(いずみ) • (izumi) ^{←いづみ (idumi)?}

1. (rare) a kind of traditional straw basket used as a baby cradle

   Synonyms: つぐら (tsugura), 揺籃 (yōran)

References

Korean

Hanja

箍 • (go) (hangeul 고, revised go, McCune–Reischauer ko, Yale ko)

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