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錮
錮
See also: 锢
Translingual
Han character
錮 (radical 167 金+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 金田十口 (CWJR), four-corner 86100)
- run metal into cracks
- confine
References
- KangXi: page 1312, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40578
- Dae Jaweon: page 1813, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4219, character 6
- Unihan data for U+932E
Chinese
| trad. | 錮 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 锢 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 錮
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|---|
| Small seal script |
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| 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 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ
- Wade-Giles: ku4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guh
- IPA (key): /ku⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: gu3
- Yale: gu
- Cantonese Pinyin: gu3
- IPA (key): /kuː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 錮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 古暮切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kuoH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kuoH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/koH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kɔH/ |
| Li Rong |
/koH/ |
| Wang Li |
/kuH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/kuoH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
gù |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 錮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
gù |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ kuH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[k]ˤaʔ-s/ |
| English | chronic (of illness) |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 錮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4233 |
| Phonetic component |
古 |
| Rime group |
暮 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
顧 |
| Old Chinese |
/*kaːɡs/ |
Definitions
錮
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Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
錮
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
錮 • (go) (hangeul 고, revised go, McCune-Reischauer ko, Yale ko)
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Vietnamese
Han character
錮 (cố)
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