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Translingual

Han character

(radical 111 +5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人大尸尸 (OKSS), four-corner 81417, composition)

  1. carpenter's square, ruler, rule

References

  • KangXi: page 824, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23947
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1236, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2582, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+77E9

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kaʔ
*ɡa
*ɡa
*ɡa
*ɡa
*ɡa
*ɡaʔ
*ɡaʔ
*ɡaʔ
*ɡaʔ
*ɡaʔ
*ɡaʔ, *ɡas
*ɡaʔ
*ɡaʔ
*ɡaʔ
*ɡaʔ
*ɡaʔ
*kʷaʔ
*kʷaʔ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (24)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɨoX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kioX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kioX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kuə̆X/
Li
Rong
/kioX/
Wang
Li
/kĭuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ki̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ kjuX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]ʷ(r)aʔ/
English carpenter"s square

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 7059
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʷaʔ/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 不踰矩
  • 中規中矩中规中矩
  • 前矩
  • 力矩
  • 大家規矩大家规矩
  • 循規蹈矩循规蹈矩
  • 應規蹈矩应规蹈矩
  • 方領矩步方领矩步
  • 死規矩兒死规矩儿
  • 沒規沒矩没规没矩
  • 沒規矩没规矩
  • 疊矩重規叠矩重规
  • 矩尺
  • 矩形
  • 矩形體矩形体
  • 矩教
  • 矩步
  • 矩步方行
  • 矩矱
  • 矩矱繩尺矩矱绳尺
  • 矩誨矩诲
  • 矩陣矩阵 (jǔzhèn)
  • 破矩為圓破矩为圆
  • 立規矩立规矩
  • 絜矩
  • 老規矩老规矩
  • 裴矩
  • 規圓矩方规圆矩方
  • 規矩规矩 (guījǔ)
  • 規矩準繩规矩准绳
  • 規矩繩墨规矩绳墨
  • 規矩鉤繩规矩钩绳
  • 規行矩止规行矩止
  • 規行矩步规行矩步
  • 規規矩矩规规矩矩
  • 規言矩步规言矩步
  • 規重矩疊规重矩叠
  • 踰矩
  • 蹈矩循規蹈矩循规
  • 蹈規循矩蹈规循矩
  • 逾矩
  • 重規疊矩重规叠矩
  • 重規累矩重规累矩
  • 重規襲矩重规袭矩
  • 高曾規矩高曾规矩

Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

  • On: (ku)
  • Kun: さしがね (sashigane), かねざし (kanezashi), のり (nori)

Korean

Hanja

(gu) (hangeul , revised gu, McCune-Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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