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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) | |
|---|---|
| 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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