See also:
U+9278, 鉸
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9278

[U+9277]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9279]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 167, +6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 金卜金大 (CYCK), four-corner 80148, composition )

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1303, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40346
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1804, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4201, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+9278

Chinese

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trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *kreːws) : semantic (metal) + phonetic (OC *kreːw).

Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial () (28) (28) (28)
Final () (90) (90) (90)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () II II II
Fanqie
Baxter kaew kaewX kaewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠau/ /kˠauX/ /kˠauH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚau/ /kᵚauX/ /kᵚauH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kau/ /kauX/ /kauH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kaɨw/ /kaɨwX/ /kaɨwH/
Li
Rong
/kau/ /kauX/ /kauH/
Wang
Li
/kau/ /kauX/ /kauH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kau/ /kauX/ /kauH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiāo jiǎo jiào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gaau1 gaau2 gaau3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jiǎo
Middle
Chinese
‹ kæwX ›
Old
Chinese
/*mə-[k]ˁr[a]wʔ/
English shear; scissors

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 # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 6303 6308 6315
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kreːw/ /*kreːwʔ/ /*kreːws/

Definitions

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  1. scissors
  2. (colloquial) to cut with scissors
  3. to ream
  4. hinge (Classifier: c)

Synonyms

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Compounds

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Descendants

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  • Proto-Mien: *ʔglji̯euB (scissors)
  • Vietnamese: kéo (scissors)
  • Zhuang: geuz (scissors)

Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Readings

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  • On (unclassified): こう ()きょう (kyō)
  • Kun: はさみ (hasami)
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Note 3