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See also:
U+92F8, 鋸
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-92F8

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 167, +8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 金尸十口 (CSJR), four-corner 87164, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1308, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40505
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1810, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4226, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+92F8

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kas) : semantic + phonetic (OC *kɯ, *kas).

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

trad.
simp.

Pronunciation


Note:
  • ge4 - vernacular;
  • ju4 - literary.
Note:
  • goe3 - vernacular;
  • geoi3 - literary.
Note:
  • gie4 - vernacular;
  • jy4 - literary.
Note:
  • 2ke - vernacular;
  • 2jy - literary.
Note:
  • ge4, ge5 - vernacular;
  • jy4 - literary.

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (28)
    Final () (22)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter kjoH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /kɨʌH/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /kiɔH/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /kiɔH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /kɨə̆H/
    Li
    Rong
    /kiɔH/
    Wang
    Li
    /kĭoH/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren
    /ki̯woH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    geoi3
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ kjoH ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*k(r)a-s/
    English saw (n.)

    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.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 4274
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*kas/

    Definitions

    1. saw (tool) (Classifier: m c)
    2. to saw
    3. to amputate
    4. (dialectal) to play (a stringed instrument)
    Synonyms
    • (saw):
    • (to play):

    Compounds

    Descendants

    • Vietnamese: cưa

    Etymology 2

    trad.
    simp.
    alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    Definitions

    1. to kill; to slaughter
      尋晚 [Cantonese, trad.]
      寻晚 [Cantonese, simp.]
      cam4 maan5 keoi5 bei2 jan4 goe1 zo2.
      He was killed last night.
    2. (Cantonese, figuratively) to swindle (to obtain by deceitful methods)

    Etymology 3

    For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“cramp used for mending broken crockery; to mend with cramps; etc.”).
    (This character is a variant form of ).

    Japanese

    Kanji

    (Jinmeiyō kanji)

    1. saw

    Readings

    • Go-on: (ko)
    • Kan-on: きょ (kyo)
    • Kun: のこぎり (nokogiri, )のこ (noko, )

    Etymology

    Kanji in this term
    のこぎり
    Jinmeiyō
    kun'yomi
      on Japanese Wikipedia

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Noun

    (のこぎり) or (ノコギリ) (nokogiri

    1. a saw (tool)
      • 2000 June 23, “インセクション [Insection]”, in Booster(ブースター) R1, Konami:
        (あたま)ノコギリ(ほか)に、(うで)ノコギリになっているクワガタ。
        Atama no nokogiri no hoka ni, ude mo nokogiri ni natte iru kuwagata.
        In addition to the saw on its head, a stag beetle also has saws on its arms.

    Derived terms

    Korean

    Hanja

    (eum (geo))

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    : Hán Nôm readings: cưa

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