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冑

冑

冑 U+5191, 冑
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5191
← 冐
[U+5190] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 冒 →
[U+5192]
See also: 胄

Translingual

Han character

冑 (radical 13 冂+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 中田月 (LWB) or X中田月 (XLWB), four-corner 50227, composition ⿱由冃)

  1. helmet

References

  • KangXi: page 129, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1537
  • Dae Jaweon: page 291, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2059, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+5191

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 冑

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (由) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
袖 *ljɯwɢs
岫 *ljɯwɢs
牰 *ljɯwɢs, *lɯwɢs
抽 *l̥ʰɯw
妯 *l̥ʰɯw, *l'ɯwɢ
紬 *l'ɯw
怞 *l'ɯw
鮋 *l'ɯw, *ɦljɯw, *lɯw
菗 *rlɯw
宙 *l'ɯwɢs
胄 *l'ɯwɢs
冑 *l'ɯwɢs
伷 *l'ɯwɢs
駎 *l'ɯwɢs
油 *lɯw, *lɯwɢs
由 *lɯw
蚰 *lɯw
秞 *lɯw
邮 *lɯw
釉 *lɯwɢs
柚 *lɯwɢs, *l'ɯwɢ
鼬 *lɯwɢs
苖 *l'ɯːwɢ, *l̥ʰɯwɢ
笛 *l'ɯːwɢ
迪 *l'ɯːwɢ
頔 *l'ɯːwɢ
軸 *l'ɯwɢ
舳 *l'ɯwɢ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 冑
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 澄 (11)
Final (韻) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 直祐切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɖɨuH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɖiuH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȡiəuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɖuwH/
Li
Rong		 /ȡiuH/
Wang
Li		 /ȡĭəuH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȡʱi̯ə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zhòu
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 冑
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 zhòu
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ drjuwH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[l]ru-s/
English helmet

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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 冑
Reading # 1/1
No. 15521
Phonetic
component		 由
Rime
group		 奧
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 胄
Old
Chinese		 /*l'ɯwɢs/

Definitions

冑

  1. helmet worn by warriors in ancient times

See also

  • (not to be confused with) 胄 (zhòu, “descendent”)

Japanese

Kanji

冑

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Noun

冑 ‎(hiragana かぶと, romaji kabuto)

  1. Alternative form of 兜

Korean

Hanja

冑 • ‎(ju) (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune-Reischauer chu)

  1. (투구 주, tugu-): helmet (especially, made of iron)

Usage notes

  • 胄 (맏아들 주, mad-adeul ju) eldest son, heir (hence, similar but after all different from this entry, 冑)

Synonyms

Compounds

See also

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