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鋤
鋤
See also: 锄
Translingual
Han character
鋤 (radical 167 金+7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 金月一尸 (CBMS), four-corner 84127, composition ⿰釒助)
References
- KangXi: page 1308, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40480
- Dae Jaweon: page 1810, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4207, character 12
- Unihan data for U+92E4
Chinese
| trad. | 鋤 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 锄 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (且) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 虘 | *zaːl, *zaː |
| 蔖 | *zlaːl, *sʰaːʔ |
| 摣 | *rnaː, *ʔsraː |
| 袓 | *ʔsjaː, *zaʔ |
| 怚 | *ʔsjaː, *ʔsas, *zaʔ |
| 罝 | *ʔsjaː |
| 謯 | *ʔslja, *ʔsraːʔ |
| 姐 | *ʔsjaːʔ |
| 抯 | *ʔsljaːʔ, *ljaːʔ, *ʔsraː |
| 飷 | *ʔsjaːʔ |
| 且 | *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa |
| 趄 | *sʰjaːs, *sʰa |
| 笡 | *sʰjaːs |
| 查 | *ʔsraː, *zraː, *zraː |
| 柤 | *ʔsraː |
| 樝 | *ʔsraː |
| 皻 | *ʔsraː |
| 渣 | *ʔsraː |
| 楂 | *zraː |
| 苴 | *zraː, *ʔsa, *ʔsaʔ, *sʰa |
| 駔 | *ʔslaːŋʔ, *zaːʔ |
| 租 | *ʔsaː |
| 蒩 | *ʔsaː, *ʔsaːʔ, *sʰa |
| 祖 | *ʔsaːʔ |
| 組 | *ʔsaːʔ |
| 珇 | *ʔsaːʔ |
| 靻 | *ʔsaːʔ |
| 粗 | *sʰaː, *zaːʔ |
| 徂 | *zaː |
| 殂 | *zaː |
| 麆 | *zaːʔ, *zras |
| 伹 | *zaːʔ, *sʰa |
| 蛆 | *ʔsa, *sʰa |
| 沮 | *ʔsa, *ʔsas, *sʰa, *zaʔ, *ʔsra |
| 咀 | *ʔsaʔ, *zaʔ |
| 疽 | *sʰa |
| 雎 | *sʰa |
| 狙 | *sʰa, *sʰas |
| 岨 | *sʰa |
| 砠 | *sʰa |
| 坥 | *sʰa, *sʰas |
| 刞 | *sʰas |
| 覰 | *sʰas |
| 覷 | *sʰas |
| 跙 | *zaʔ |
| 筯 | *das |
| 菹 | *ʔsra |
| 葅 | *ʔsra |
| 阻 | *ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras |
| 俎 | *ʔsraʔ |
| 詛 | *ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras |
| 鉏 | *zra, *zraʔ |
| 豠 | *zra |
| 鋤 | *zra |
| 耡 | *zra, *zras |
| 齟 | *zraʔ |
| 助 | *zras |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˊ
- Wade-Giles: ch'u2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwu
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: co4
- Yale: chòh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tso4
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰɔː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tî / tû
- Tâi-lô: tî / tû
- Phofsit Daibuun: dii, duu
- IPA (Xiamen): /ti²⁴/, /tu²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ti²⁴/, /tu²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti¹³/, /tu¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /ti²⁴/, /tu²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti²³/, /tu²³/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 鋤 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 崇 (20) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 士魚切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/d͡ʒɨʌ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɖ͡ʐiɔ/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/d͡ʒiɔ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɖ͡ʐɨə̆/ |
| Li Rong |
/d͡ʒiɔ/ |
| Wang Li |
/d͡ʒĭo/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ɖ͡ʐʱi̯wo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
chú |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 鋤 | 鋤 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
chú | chú |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ dzrjo › | ‹ dzrjo › |
| Old Chinese |
/*s-[l]<r>a/ | /*s-[l]<r>a/ |
| English | hoe (n.) | to hoe |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | ||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 鋤 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 10453 |
| Phonetic component |
且 |
| Rime group |
魚 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
鉏 |
| Old Chinese |
/*zra/ |
| Notes | 同鉏見釋名 |
Definitions
鋤
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Compounds
- 鋤草/锄草 (“to weed”)
Japanese
Kanji
鋤
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Readings
Compounds
Compounds
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| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 鋤 |
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すき Hyōgaiji |
| kun'yomi |
Noun
Korean
[[File:Hoe Chrastava CoA.svg|thumb|Hoe (short-handled, one-handed), compare ]

Hoe (long-handled, two-handed)
Hanja
鋤 • (seo) (hangeul 서, revised seo, McCune-Reischauer sŏ, Yale se)
- (호미 서): hoe (short-handled, one-handed)
- (김맬 서): to weed, eradicate, compare mow, hew, hoe.
- (없앨 서): to remove, eliminate
Synonyms
- 鋤 (호미 서): hoe (short-handled, one-handed)
- 鉏 (호미 서): hoe (short-handled, one-handed)
- 錤 (호미 기): hoe (short-handled, one-handed)
- 鎡 (호미 자): hoe (short-handled, one-handed)
- 鎒 (호미 호): hoe (short-handled, one-handed)
- 钁 (괭이 곽): hoe (long-handled, two-handed)
- 钃 (괭이/호미 촉): hoe (long- or short-handled)
See also
- 鍤 (가래 삽): spade, shovel
- 鍬 (가래 초): spade, shovel, ploughshare
- 鏵 (가래 화): spade, shovel, ploughshare
- 鋘 (가래 화): spade, shovel, ploughshare

Shovels. Compare
Vietnamese
Han character
鋤 (sừ, xừ)
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