杵

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杵 U+6775, 杵
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6775
← 杴
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 杶 →

Translingual

Han character

杵 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木人十 (DOJ), four-corner 48940, composition ⿰木午)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 513, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14503
  • Dae Jaweon: page 901, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1170, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+6775

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 杵

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (午) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
卸 *sŋjaːs
汻 *hŋaːŋʔ
滸 *hŋaːʔ
午 *ŋaːʔ
仵 *ŋaːʔ
旿 *ŋaːʔ
忤 *ŋaːs
迕 *ŋaːs
杵 *ŋ̊ʰjaʔ
籞 *ŋaʔ
蘌 *ŋaʔ
篽 *ŋaʔ
禦 *ŋaʔ, *ŋas
許 *hŋaʔ
御 *ŋas

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋ̊ʰjaʔ) : semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 午 (OC *ŋaːʔ, “pestle”) – a wooden pestle.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Note: su2 - literary.
Rime
Character 杵
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 昌 (24)
Final (韻) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 昌與切
Baxter tsyhoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡ɕʰɨʌX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡ɕʰiɔX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡ɕʰiɔX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/cʰɨə̆X/
Li
Rong 		/t͡ɕʰiɔX/
Wang
Li 		/t͡ɕʰĭoX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡ɕʰi̯woX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		chǔ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		cyu2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 杵
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		chǔ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tsyhoX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*t.qʰaʔ/
English pestle

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 杵
Reading # 1/1
No. 13174
Phonetic
component 		午
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		杵
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋ̊ʰjaʔ/

Definitions

杵

  1. pestle
  2. baton used to beat clothes
  3. (Northeastern Mandarin) to stand (straight like a post)

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Note: Singapore.

Definitions

杵

  1. (Singapore Hokkien and Teochew) Alternative form of 悇

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 傻 (“foolish”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 傻
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 傻
Taiwan 傻
Singapore 傻, 戇
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 傻
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 瓜
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 哈, 瓜, 寶
Wuhan 苕, 哈, 嘎
Guilin 哈
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 呆, 木足, 瓜
Hefei 呆, 傻
Cantonese Guangzhou 戇, 傻, 戇居
Hong Kong 傻, 戇, 戇居
Taishan 傻, 吽, 戇
Dongguan 戇, 傻, 吽
Yangjiang 傻, 戇
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 傻, 戇
Singapore (Guangfu) 傻, 戇
Gan Nanchang 蟬
Hakka Meixian 傻, 戇
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 戇, 傻
Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) 傻
Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) 戇
Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) 戇
Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) 戇鳩
Boluo (Bendihua) 呆愕
Heyuan (Bendihua) 戇
Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) 戇鬼
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) 傻
Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) 慢, 嚒
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) 戇鳩
Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) 戇
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) 傻
Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) 戇鳩
Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) 戇鳩
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 戇
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 戇
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 戇
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 戇
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 戇
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 戇
Jin Taiyuan 傻, 二不楞
Northern Min Jian'ou 賴, 戇
Eastern Min Fuzhou 戇
Fuzhou (Changle) 戇
Fuqing 戇
Yongtai 戇
Gutian 阿褒
Fu'an 戇
Ningde 戇, 庸
Shouning 戇, 庸
Zhouning 戇
Fuding 庸
Matsu 戇
Southern Min Xiamen 戇
Quanzhou 戇, 潲面 vulgar
Zhangzhou 戇, 哚哥, 潲面 vulgar
Zhao'an 戇
Kaohsiung 戇
Changhua (Lukang) 戇
Taichung 戇
Taichung (Wuqi) 呆
Tainan 槌, 戇
Hsinchu 戇
Penghu (Magong) 戇
Penang (Hokkien) 戇
Singapore (Hokkien) 戇, 悇, 呆, 歁戇, 戇戇, 戇呆, 呆呆, 悇悇
Manila (Hokkien) 戇, 戇戇, 洽, 洽潲 vulgar, 洽仔, 山猴, 三八, 三八潲 vulgar
Chaozhou 㦙, 白仁, 戇
Jieyang 㦙, 白仁, 戇
Singapore (Teochew) 㦙, 戇, 悇
Wenchang 戇, 傻
Haikou 戇
Qionghai 戇
Singapore (Hainanese) 戇
Wu Shanghai 戇, 壽, 糞
Shanghai (Songjiang) 戇, 壽, 踱
Suzhou 戇, 壽, 踱
Wuxi 戇, 壽
Tongxiang 踱
Ningbo 呆, 戇
Wenzhou 呆, 憨
Xiang Changsha 寶, 醒
Shuangfeng 哈

Japanese

Kanji

杵

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: しょ (sho)
  • Kan-on: しょ (sho)
  • Kun: きね (kine, 杵)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
杵
きね
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 杵 – see the following entry.
【きね】
pestle
(This term, 杵, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

杵 (eum 저 (jeo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

杵: Hán Nôm readings: ngỏ

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