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鎧
鎧
See also: 铠
Translingual
Han character
鎧 (radical 167 金+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 金山一廿 (CUMT), four-corner 82118)
- armor, chain mail
References
- KangXi: page 1318, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40735
- Dae Jaweon: page 1817, character 27
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4241, character 2
- Unihan data for U+93A7
Chinese
| trad. | 鎧 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 铠 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 鎧
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| Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (豈) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 獃 | *tŋɯː, *ŋɯː |
| 剴 | *kŋɯːl, *ŋɯːl |
| 凱 | *ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ |
| 愷 | *ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ |
| 塏 | *ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ |
| 鎧 | *ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̥ʰɯːls |
| 颽 | *ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ |
| 暟 | *ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ |
| 闓 | *ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̥ʰɯːls |
| 豈 | *ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̥ʰɯlʔ |
| 隑 | *ɡɯːls, *ŋɯːl |
| 皚 | *ŋɯːl |
| 嵦 | *ŋɡɯːl |
| 敳 | *ŋɯːl |
| 磑 | *ŋɯːl, *ŋuːl, *ŋuːls |
| 螘 | *ŋralʔ, *ŋɯlʔ |
| 覬 | *krɯls |
| 溰 | *ŋɯl |
| 顗 | *ŋɯlʔ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄞˇ
- Wade-Giles: k'ai3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kae
- IPA (key): /kʰaɪ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: hoi2, koi3
- Yale: hói, koi
- Cantonese Pinyin: hoi2, koi3
- IPA (key): /hɔːi̯³⁵/, /kʰɔːi̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 鎧 | 鎧 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 咍 (41) | 咍 (41) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 苦亥切 | 苦蓋切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kʰʌiX/ | /kʰʌiH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kʰəiX/ | /kʰəiH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kʰɒiX/ | /kʰɒiH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kʰəjX/ | /kʰəjH/ |
| Li Rong |
/kʰᴀiX/ | /kʰᴀiH/ |
| Wang Li |
/kʰɒiX/ | /kʰɒiH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/kʰɑ̆iX/ | /kʰɑ̆iH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
kǎi | kài |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 鎧 | 鎧 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
kǎi | kǎi |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ khojX › | ‹ khojH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*C.qʰˤəjʔ/ | /*C.qʰˤəjʔ-s/ |
| English | coat of mail | coat of mail |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | ||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 鎧 | 鎧 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 10105 | 10110 |
| Phonetic component |
豈 | 豈 |
| Rime group |
微 | 微 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
愷 | 磕 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ/ | /*ŋ̥ʰɯːls/ |
Definitions
鎧
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Compounds
References
Korean
Hanja
鎧 • (gae) (hangeul 개, revised gae, McCune-Reischauer kae, Yale kay)
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