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Translingual

Han character

(radical 167 +9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 金竹木火 (CHDF), four-corner 89180)

  1. shovel

References

  • KangXi: page 1315, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40643
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1815, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4231, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+936C

Chinese

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simp.

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic  (metal) + phonetic  (OC *sʰɯw) – a metal shovel.

Pronunciation


Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

Noun

(hiragana くわ, romaji kuwa)

  1. hoe

Korean

Hanja

(cho) (hangeul , revised cho, McCune-Reischauer ch'o, Yale cho)

  1. (가래 초): a spade, shovel, ploughshare

Synonyms

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Vietnamese

Han character

(thâu)

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