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鋸
鋸
See also: 锯
Translingual
Han character
鋸 (radical 167 金+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 金尸十口 (CSJR), four-corner 87164, composition ⿰金居)
References
- KangXi: page 1308, character 28
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40505
- Dae Jaweon: page 1810, character 21
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4226, character 2
- Unihan data for U+92F8
Chinese
| trad. | 鋸 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 锯 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (古) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 箇 | *kaːls |
| 個 | *kaːls |
| 居 | *kɯ, *kas |
| 橭 | *kaː, *kʰaː |
| 嫴 | *kaː |
| 姑 | *kaː |
| 辜 | *kaː |
| 酤 | *kaː, *kaːs, *ɡaːʔ |
| 蛄 | *kaː |
| 鴣 | *kaː |
| 沽 | *kaː, *kaːʔ, *kaːs |
| 盬 | *kaː, *kaːʔ |
| 古 | *kaːʔ |
| 罟 | *kaːʔ |
| 估 | *kaːʔ |
| 鈷 | *kaːʔ |
| 詁 | *kaːʔ |
| 牯 | *kaːʔ |
| 故 | *kaːs |
| 固 | *kaːs |
| 稒 | *kaːɡs |
| 痼 | *kaːɡs |
| 錮 | *kaːɡs |
| 鯝 | *kaːɡs |
| 棝 | *kaːɡs |
| 凅 | *kaːɡs |
| 枯 | *kʰaː |
| 軲 | *kʰaː |
| 跍 | *kʰaː |
| 骷 | *kʰaː |
| 苦 | *kʰaːʔ, *kʰaːs |
| 葫 | *qʰaː, *ɡaː |
| 餬 | *ɡaː |
| 瑚 | *ɡaː |
| 湖 | *ɡaː |
| 鶘 | *ɡaː |
| 猢 | *ɡaː |
| 醐 | *ɡaː |
| 糊 | *ɡaː |
| 箶 | *ɡaː |
| 蝴 | *ɡaː |
| 胡 | *ɡaː |
| 瓳 | *ɡaː |
| 怙 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 祜 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 岵 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 婟 | *ɡaːʔ, *ɡaːɡs |
| 楛 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 据 | *ka |
| 裾 | *ka |
| 琚 | *ka |
| 椐 | *ka, *kas, *kʰa |
| 鶋 | *ka |
| 蜛 | *ka |
| 崌 | *ka |
| 涺 | *ka |
| 腒 | *ka, *ɡa |
| 鋸 | *kas |
| 倨 | *kas |
| 踞 | *kas |
| 涸 | *ɡaːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kas) : semantic 金 + phonetic 居 (OC *kɯ, *kas).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi3, goe3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ki
- Min Dong (BUC): gé̤ṳ
- Min Nan (POJ): kì / kù
- Wu (Wiktionary): ke (T2); jy (T2)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ
- Wade-Giles: chü4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiw
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: geoi3, goe3
- Yale: geui, geu
- Cantonese Pinyin: goey3, goe3
- IPA (key): /kɵy̯³³/, /kœː³³/
- Note: goe3 - colloquial pronunciation.
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ki
- Hakka Romanization System: gi
- Hagfa Pinyim: gi4
- IPA: /ki⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: gé̤ṳ
- IPA (key): /køy²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: ke (T2); jy (T2)
- IPA (key): /kᴇ³⁴/, /t͡ɕy³⁴/
- Note: 2ke - vernacular; 2jy - literary.
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 鋸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 居御切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kɨʌH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kiɔH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kiɔH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kɨə̆H/ |
| Li Rong |
/kiɔH/ |
| Wang Li |
/kĭoH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ki̯woH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
jù |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 鋸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
jù |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ kjoH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*k(r)a-s/ |
| English | saw (n.) |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 鋸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4274 |
| Phonetic component |
古 |
| Rime group |
魚 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
據 |
| Old Chinese |
/*kas/ |
Definitions
鋸
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
鋸
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 鋸 |
|
のこぎり Jinmeiyō |
| kun'yomi |
Noun
鋸 (hiragana のこぎり, romaji nokogiri)
Korean
Hanja
鋸 • (geo) (hangeul 거, revised geo, McCune-Reischauer kŏ, Yale ke)
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