柄

柄 U+67C4, 柄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-67C4 ← 柃 [U+67C3] CJK Unified Ideographs 柅 → [U+67C5]

Translingual

Han character

柄 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 木一人月 (DMOB), four-corner 4192₇, composition ⿰木丙)

Derived characters

• 𫪲

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 518, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14603
• Dae Jaweon: page 906, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1179, character 2
• Unihan data for U+67C4

Chinese

simp. and trad.		柄
alternative forms		棅

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 柄
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
更	*kraːŋ, *kraːŋs
粳	*kraːŋ
埂	*kraːŋ, *kraːŋʔ
浭	*kraːŋ
稉	*kraːŋ
梗	*kraːŋʔ
哽	*kraːŋʔ
綆	*kraːŋʔ
鯁	*kraːŋʔ
挭	*kraːŋʔ
骾	*kraːŋʔ
郠	*kraːŋʔ
硬	*ŋɡraːŋs, *ŋɡraːŋs
鞕	*ŋɡraːŋs
丙	*pqraŋʔ
炳	*praŋʔ
邴	*praŋʔ, *praŋs
怲	*praŋʔ, *praŋs
苪	*praŋʔ
蛃	*praŋʔ
昺	*praŋʔ
昞	*praŋʔ
窉	*praŋʔ
柄	*praŋʔ, *praŋs
鈵	*praŋs
寎	*praŋs
病	*braŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *praŋʔ, *praŋs): semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 丙 (OC *pqraŋʔ) – a wooden handle.

Etymology

"pattern; texture"

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 柄(がら) (gara).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐng, bìng (bing³, bing⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥˇ, ㄅㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): beng³ / bing³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pìⁿ / pèⁿ / pèng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bên³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐng
    • Wade–Giles: ping³
    • Yale: bǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biing
    • Palladius: бин (bin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìng
    • Wade–Giles: ping⁴
    • Yale: bìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binq
    • Palladius: бин (bin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: beng³ / bing³
    • Yale: beng / bing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: beng³ / bing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: béng³ / bing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛːŋ³³/, /pɪŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pìⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: pìnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pvix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pĩ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pĩ¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pĩ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pèⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: pènn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pvex
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ̃²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pẽ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pèng
    • Tâi-lô: pìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pexng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ²¹/

Note:

• pìⁿ/pèⁿ - vernacular;
• pèng - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bên³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pèⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pẽ²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: pjaengH

Rime
Character	柄
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	陂病切
Baxter	pjaengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiæŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiaŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/piaŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/piajŋH/
Li Rong	/piɐŋH/
Wang Li	/pĭɐŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯ɐŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bing3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[p]raŋʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*praŋʔ/, /*praŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	柄
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bìng
Middle Chinese	‹ pjængH ›
Old Chinese	/*[p]raŋʔ-s/
English	handle (n.)
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	柄	柄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	892	893
Phonetic component	丙	丙
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	丙	柄
Old Chinese	/*praŋʔ/	/*praŋs/

Definitions

柄

1. handle (of an axe, implement, etc.)

   手柄  ―  shǒubǐng  ―  handle

   椅柄 [Cantonese]  ―  ji¹ beng³ [Jyutping]  ―  seat handle

2. stem (of a flower, leaf, fruit, etc.)
3. (literary, or in compounds) mistake which can be used against someone
4. (literary, or in compounds) power; authority
5. (literary, or in compounds) to wield; to be in control of
6. (Cantonese, transitive) alternative form of 偋 (“to hide”)
7. (dialectal) Classifier for something with a handle.
8. (Internet, fandom slang) pattern; texture (of 谷子 (gǔzi, “goods”))

   收X柄吧唧。  ―  Shōu X bǐng bājī.  ―  to collect badges with texture of a certain character

Synonyms

• (handle): 把 (bà)
• (power):

edit

• 手欛子 (shou³ ba⁴ zr) (Xiang)
• 權利 / 权利 (quánlì)
• 權力 / 权力 (quánlì)
• 權柄 / 权柄 (quánbǐng)
• 權限 / 权限 (quánxiàn)
• 職權 / 职权 (zhíquán)

• (to wield):

edit

• 主宰 (zhǔzǎi)
• 主張 / 主张 (zhǔzhāng) (archaic)
• 克制 (kèzhì)
• 克治 (kèzhì) (literary)
• 制壓 / 制压 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 制禦 / 制御 (zhìyù) (literary)
• 制約 / 制约 (zhìyuē)
• 君 (jūn) (literary)
• 執掌 / 执掌 (zhízhǎng)
• 壓制 / 压制 (yāzhì)
• 壓抑 / 压抑 (yāyì)
• 局 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 局限 (júxiàn)
• 左右 (zuǒyòu)
• 把
• 抑制 (yìzhì)
• 把持 (bǎchí)
• 把控 (bǎkòng)
• 把攬 / 把揽 (bǎlǎn)
• 抵制 (dǐzhì)
• 拘束 (jūshù)
• 按 (àn)
• 按捺 (ànnà) (usually in the negative)
• 控 (literary, or in compounds)
• 控制 (kòngzhì)
• 掌控 (zhǎngkòng)
• 掌握 (zhǎngwò)
• 提控 (tíkòng) (literary)
• 撥弄 / 拨弄 (bōnòng)
• 撙節 / 撙节 (zǔnjié)
• 操控 (cāokòng)
• 操縱 / 操纵 (cāozòng)
• 擺佈 / 摆布 (bǎibù)
• 擺治 / 摆治 (bǎizhì) (regional)
• 支配 (zhīpèi)
• 收斂 / 收敛 (shōuliǎn)
• 束 (literary, or in compounds)
• 束縛 / 束缚 (shùfù)
• 框 (kuàng)
• 禁錮 / 禁锢 (jìngù) (figurative)
• 積壓 / 积压 (jīyā) (figurative)
• 節制 / 节制 (jiézhì)
• 節撙 / 节撙 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 管制 (guǎnzhì)
• 管束 (guǎnshù)
• 約束 / 约束 (yuēshù)
• 統御 / 统御 (tǒngyù) (literary)
• 統治 / 统治 (tǒngzhì)
• 羈束 / 羁束 (jīshù) (literary)
• 裁 (cái) (literary, or in compounds)
• 遏抑 (èyì) (literary)
• 鎮 / 镇 (zhèn)
• 限 (xiàn)
• 限乏 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 限制 (xiànzhì)
• 駕 / 驾 (jià)
• 駕馭 / 驾驭 (jiàyù) (figurative)

• (pattern; texture): 柄圖／柄图 (bǐngtú)

Compounds

• 六柄
• 兵柄
• 刀柄 (dāobǐng)
• 劍柄 / 剑柄
• 國柄 / 国柄
• 執柄 / 执柄
• 大柄
• 太阿之柄
• 孢囊柄
• 尺土之柄
• 巴柄
• 把柄 (bǎbǐng)
• 授人以柄 (shòu rén yǐ bǐng)
• 政柄 (zhèngbǐng)
• 文柄
• 斗柄
• 曲柄笠
• 朝柄
• 柄任
• 柄子
• 柄政 (bǐngzhèng)
• 柄用
• 柄臣
• 機柄 / 机柄
• 權柄 / 权柄 (quánbǐng)
• 殺生之柄 / 杀生之柄
• 沒把柄 / 没把柄
• 沒頭脫柄 / 没头脱柄
• 百年之柄
• 笑柄 (xiàobǐng)
• 箭柄魚 / 箭柄鱼
• 胚柄
• 胸骨柄 (xiōnggǔbǐng)
• 花柄 (huābǐng)
• 菌柄 (jūnbǐng)
• 落人笑柄
• 葉柄 / 叶柄 (yèbǐng)
• 蒴柄
• 話柄 / 话柄
• 談柄 / 谈柄
• 貪權竊柄 / 贪权窃柄
• 魁柄

References

• “柄”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–