梏

梏 U+688F, 梏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-688F ← 梎 [U+688E] CJK Unified Ideographs 梐 → [U+6890]

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

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• 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–Macau)
    • 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/

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• 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

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

Compounds

• 拲梏
• 桎梏 (zhìgù)
• 梏亡
• 梏十指
• 梏慘 / 梏惨
• 梏拲

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jué (jue²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ

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• 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/

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• 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

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 覺 / 觉 (“tall and big; upright; honest”)

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 梏

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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