錁

See also: 锞

錁 U+9301, 錁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9301 ← 錀 [U+9300] CJK Unified Ideographs 錂 → [U+9302]

Translingual

Alternative forms

• In the historical Jiyun 《集韻 (Jíyùn)》 dictionary, the vertical 丨 stroke at the middle of 果 is written with a vertical 亅 hook instead.
• In the historical Longkan Shoujian 《龍龕手鑑》 dictionary, the bottom component of 果 is written similar to 朩.

Han character

錁 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 金田木 (CWD), four-corner 8619₄, composition ⿰釒果)

Related characters

• 锞 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1309, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40514
• Dae Jaweon: page 1811, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4218, character 11
• Unihan data for U+9301

Chinese

trad.		錁
simp.		锞

Glyph 1

This section refers to the standard glyph form.

Glyph origin

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kè (ke⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kè
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kè
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴
    • Yale: kè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keh
    • Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fo³
    • Yale: fo
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³³/

Definitions

錁

1. gold or silver ingot

Compounds

• 錁子／锞子

 

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B05381
• “錁”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Glyph 2

This section refers to the historical glyph form where the vertical 丨 stroke at the middle of 果 is written with a vertical 亅 hook instead. Note that the two glyph forms are considered identical in modern usage.

Etymology 1

Glyph origin

Found in the Jiyun 《集韻 (Jíyùn)》 rime dictionary published during the Song dynasty (1037 AD) and Longkan Shoujian 《龍龕手鑑》 dictionary compiled in 997 AD.

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 金 (“gold; metal”) + phonetic 果.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǒ (guo³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guǒ
    • Wade–Giles: kuo³
    • Yale: gwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guoo
    • Palladius: го (go)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwo²
    • Yale: gwó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³⁵/

Definitions

錁

1. Alternative form of 輠／𰺍 (“grease pot hung under axle of cart”)
2. ^‡ sickle

   Synonym: 鐮／镰 (lián)

3. (dated, chemistry) transcription of gallium

   Synonym: 鎵／镓 (jiā)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B05381
• “錁”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Etymology 2

Glyph origin

Found in the historical Jiyun 《集韻 (Jíyùn)》 rime dictionary published during the Song dynasty and 《重訂直音篇》 published during the Ming dynasty.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 錁 – see 銙 (“an ornament attached to the belt during the Tang Dynasty, made of jade, gold, silver, iron, rhinoceros horn, etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 銙).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C14913-002#26

Vietnamese

Han character

錁: Hán Nôm readings: khóa/khoá, quả

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References

• Nom Foundation