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Translingual

Han character

(radical 75 +7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木竹土口 (DHGR), four-corner 44961, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 528, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14841
  • Dae Jaweon: page 917, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1215, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+688F

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*skʰuːɡs, *sɡuːʔ
*skʰuːɡs
*skʰuːɡs, *sɡuːʔ
*skʰuːɡs
*kuːɡs
*kuːɡs
*kuːɡs, *kuːɡ
*kʰuːʔ, *kuːɡ
*kʰuːɡs
*ɡuːʔ, *kuːb
*ɡuːʔ
*ɡuːʔ
*kruːɡs
*skʰruɡs
*kruːɡ, *kuːɡ
*kʰruːɡ, *kʰuːɡ
*kuːɡ
*kuːɡ, *ɡuːɡ
*kʰuːɡ
*kʰuːɡ
*kʰuːɡ
*ɡuːɡ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (28) (28)
Final () (6) (10)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kuok̚/ /kˠʌk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/kuok̚/ /kᵚɔk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/kok̚/ /kɔk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/****̚/ /kaɨwk̚/
Li
Rong
/kok̚/ /kɔk̚/
Wang
Li
/kuok̚/ /kɔk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kuok̚/ /kɔk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gu jue
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 3816 3819
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kruːɡ/ /*kuːɡ/

Definitions

  1. handcuffs, manacles, fetters

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Etymology

Alteration from older form てかし, itself a compound of (te, hand) + 架す (kasu, to bridge, to join two sides).

Noun

  1. manacles, handcuffs
Usage notes

This kanji is seldom used to spell the word てかせ. More common spellings include:


Korean

Hanja

(gok) (hangeul , revised gok, McCune-Reischauer kok, Yale kok)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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