梏

Translingual

Han character

梏 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木竹土口 (DHGR), four-corner 4496₁, composition ⿰木告)

Derived characters

𠻧

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 528, character 21
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14841
Dae Jaweon: page 917, character 9
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1215, character 8
Unihan data for U+688F

Chinese

simp. and trad.		梏

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (告) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
造	skʰuːɡs, sɡuːʔ
慥	*skʰuːɡs
艁	skʰuːɡs, sɡuːʔ
糙	*skʰuːɡs
告	kuːɡs, kuːɡ
誥	*kuːɡs
郜	kuːɡs, kuːɡ
祰	kʰuːʔ, kuːɡ
靠	*kʰuːɡs
浩	ɡuːʔ, kuːb
晧	*ɡuːʔ
皓	*ɡuːʔ
窖	*kruːɡs
簉	*skʰruɡs
梏	kruːɡ, kuːɡ
硞	kʰruːɡ, kʰuːɡ
牿	*kuːɡ
鵠	kuːɡ, ɡuːɡ
酷	*kʰuːɡ
焅	*kʰuːɡ
嚳	*kʰuːɡ
頶	*ɡuːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kruːɡ, *kuːɡ) : semantic 木 + phonetic 告 (OC *kuːɡs, *kuːɡ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gù (gu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): guk¹
Eastern Min (BUC): gók
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gù
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gù
  - Wade–Giles: ku⁴
  - Yale: gù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guh
  - Palladius: гу (gu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: guk¹
  - Yale: gūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: guk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: gug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊk̚⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gók
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kouʔ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kok
  - Tâi-lô: kok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔk̚³²/

Middle Chinese: kaewk

Rime
Character	梏
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古岳切
Baxter	kaewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/kɔk̚/
Wang Li	/kɔk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gok³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kruːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	梏
Reading #	1/2
No.	3816
Phonetic component	告
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	覺
Old Chinese	/*kruːɡ/

Definitions

梏

(historical) wooden handcuffs; manacles; fetters
(archaic) to handcuff; to take into custody

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jué (jue²)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jué
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyué
  - Wade–Giles: chüeh²
  - Yale: jywé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyue
  - Palladius: цзюэ (czjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/

Middle Chinese: kowk

Rime
Character	梏
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	沃 (6)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古沃切
Baxter	kowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kuok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kawk̚/
Li Rong	/kok̚/
Wang Li	/kuok̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	guk¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kuːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	梏
Reading #	2/2
No.	3819
Phonetic component	告
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	梏
Old Chinese	/*kuːɡ/

Definitions

梏

^† Alternative form of 覺／觉 (“tall and big; upright; honest”)

Japanese

Kanji

梏

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

On (unclassified): こく (koku)、かく (kaku)
Kun: てかせ (tekase)

Compounds

梏桎(こくしつ) (kokushitsu): manacles and shackles
桎梏(しっこく) (shikkoku): shackles and manacles

Etymology

Kanji in this term
梏
てかせ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 梏 – see the following entry.

【てかせ】

[noun] handcuffs

Alternative spellings
手枷, 手械, 手桎, 手梏

(This term, 梏, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

梏 (eum 곡 (gok))

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Vietnamese

Han character

梏: Hán Nôm readings: gáo

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