轡

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See also: 㘘 and 辔
轡 U+8F61, 轡
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8F61
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Translingual

Han character

轡 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+15, 22 strokes, cangjie input 女火口 (VFR), four-corner 22609, composition ⿱𦆕口)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1249, character 37
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38587
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1728, character 28
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3561, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+8F61

Chinese

trad. 轡
simp. 辔
alternative forms 𦆕

Glyph origin

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

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 絲 (“rope”) + 軎 (“carriage part”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 轡
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 脂 (17)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 兵媚切
Baxter pijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pˠiɪH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pᵚiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/piɪH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/pjiH/
Li
Rong 		/pjiH/
Wang
Li 		/piH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/piH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		bei3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 轡
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		pèi
Middle
Chinese 		‹ pijH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*pr-s/
English reins

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 轡
Reading # 1/1
No. 9656
Phonetic
component 		轡
Rime
group 		隊
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		祕
Old
Chinese 		/*prɯds/

Definitions

轡

  1. bridle of horse
  2. reins

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

轡

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: ひ (hi)
  • Kan-on: ひ (hi)
  • Kun: くつわ (kutsuwa)、たづな (tazuna)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
轡
くつわ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Compound of 口 (kutsu, “mouth”, apophonic form of 口(くち) (kuchi)) +‎ 環 (wa, “ring”)

Noun

轡(くつわ) • (kutsuwa) 

  1. bit (metal in horse's mouth)
    Synonym: 馬銜 (hami)

Derived terms

Korean

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

轡 (eumhun 고삐 비 (goppi bi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

轡: Hán Nôm readings: bí

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