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錘
錘
See also: 锤
Translingual
Han character
錘 (radical 167 金+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 金竹十一 (CHJM), four-corner 82114)
- balance weight on scale
- hammer
References
- KangXi: page 1310, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40547
- Dae Jaweon: page 1812, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4220, character 7
- Unihan data for U+9318
Chinese
| trad. | 錘 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 锤 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 錘
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|---|
| Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (垂) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 埵 | *toːlʔ |
| 綞 | *toːlʔ |
| 涶 | *tʰoːl, *tʰoːls |
| 唾 | *tʰoːls |
| 厜 | *stol |
| 腄 | *tol, *dols, *ɢʷɯ |
| 箠 | *tol, *tjolʔ |
| 娷 | *tols |
| 諈 | *tols |
| 錘 | *dol, *dols, *du |
| 甀 | *dol, *dols |
| 硾 | *dols |
| 捶 | *tjolʔ |
| 垂 | *djol |
| 陲 | *djol |
| 倕 | *djol |
| 菙 | *djolʔ |
| 睡 | *djols |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟˊ
- Wade-Giles: ch'ui2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwei
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ceoi4, seoi4
- Yale: chèuih, sèuih
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey4, soey4
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰɵy̯²¹/, /sɵy̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhùi
- Hakka Romanization System: cuiˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: cui2
- IPA: /t͡sʰu̯i¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thûi
- Tâi-lô: thuî
- Phofsit Daibuun: tuii
- IPA (Xiamen): /tʰui²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰui²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰui¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰui²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰui²³/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 錘 | 錘 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 澄 (11) | 澄 (11) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (14) | 支 (14) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | Chongniu III | Chongniu III |
| Fanqie | 直垂切 | 馳僞切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɖˠiuᴇ/ | /ɖˠiuᴇH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɖʷᵚiɛ/ | /ɖʷᵚiɛH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ȡiuɛ/ | /ȡiuɛH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɖjwiə̆/ | /ɖjwiə̆H/ |
| Li Rong |
/ȡjue/ | /ȡjueH/ |
| Wang Li |
/ȡǐwe/ | /ȡǐweH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ȡʱwie̯/ | /ȡʱwie̯H/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
chuí | zhuì |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 錘 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
chuí |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ drjwe › |
| Old Chinese |
/*m-t<r>oj/ |
| English | sledge-hammer |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 錘 | 錘 | 錘 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 1668 | 1670 | 1681 |
| Phonetic component |
垂 | 垂 | 垂 |
| Rime group |
歌 | 歌 | 微 |
| Rime subdivision |
3 | 3 | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
鬌 | 縋 | 鎚 |
| Old Chinese |
/*dol/ | /*dols/ | /*du/ |
| Notes | 又鎚字注亦從垂 | ||
Definitions
錘
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Compounds
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References
- (Cantonese) Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)
- “Query for 錘”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan], Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese
Kanji
錘
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
Readings
Usage notes
Removed from the daily use Jōyō kanji by the Japanese government in 2010.[1]
References
- ↑ October 21, 2009, The Japan Times, Get set for next year's overhaul of joyo kanji. Accessed February 23, 2010.
Korean
Hanja
錘 • (chu) (hangeul 추, revised chu, McCune-Reischauer ch'u, Yale chwu)
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Vietnamese
Han character
錘 (chuy, chuỳ, dùi, thuỳ)
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