鉏

鉏 U+924F, 鉏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-924F ← 鉎 [U+924E] CJK Unified Ideographs 鉐 → [U+9250]

Translingual

Han character

鉏 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金月一 (CBM), four-corner 8711₂, composition ⿰釒且)

1. hoe
2. work with a hoe
3. eliminate

Derived characters

• 𪆷

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1301, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40297
• Dae Jaweon: page 1803, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4185, character 6
• Unihan data for U+924F

Chinese

trad.		鉏
simp.		锄
nonstandard simp.		𬬺

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鉏
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
虘	*zaːl, *zaː
蔖	*zlaːl, *sʰaːʔ
摣	*rnaː, *ʔsraː
袓	*ʔsjaː, *zaʔ
怚	*ʔsjaː, *ʔsas, *zaʔ
罝	*ʔsjaː
謯	*ʔslja, *ʔsraːʔ
姐	*ʔsjaːʔ
抯	*ʔsljaːʔ, *ljaːʔ, *ʔsraː
飷	*ʔsjaːʔ
且	*sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa
趄	*sʰjaːs, *sʰa
笡	*sʰjaːs
查	*ʔsraː, *zraː, *zraː
柤	*ʔsraː
樝	*ʔsraː
皻	*ʔsraː
渣	*ʔsraː
楂	*zraː
苴	*zraː, *ʔsa, *ʔsaʔ, *sʰa
駔	*ʔslaːŋʔ, *zaːʔ
租	*ʔsaː
蒩	*ʔsaː, *ʔsaːʔ, *sʰa
祖	*ʔsaːʔ
組	*ʔsaːʔ
珇	*ʔsaːʔ
靻	*ʔsaːʔ
粗	*sʰaː, *zaːʔ
徂	*zaː
殂	*zaː
麆	*zaːʔ, *zras
伹	*zaːʔ, *sʰa
蛆	*ʔsa, *sʰa
沮	*ʔsa, *ʔsas, *sʰa, *zaʔ, *ʔsra
咀	*ʔsaʔ, *zaʔ
疽	*sʰa
雎	*sʰa
狙	*sʰa, *sʰas
岨	*sʰa
砠	*sʰa
坥	*sʰa, *sʰas
刞	*sʰas
覰	*sʰas
覷	*sʰas
跙	*zaʔ
筯	*das
菹	*ʔsra
葅	*ʔsra
阻	*ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras
俎	*ʔsraʔ
詛	*ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras
鉏	*zra, *zraʔ
豠	*zra
鋤	*zra
耡	*zra, *zras
齟	*zraʔ
助	*zras

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 鉏 – see 鋤 (“hoe; to hoe; to dig; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 鋤).

Etymology 2

trad.		鉏
simp.		𬬺*

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Chí (Chi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Chí
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Chíh
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻih²
    • Yale: Chŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chyr
    • Palladius: Чи (Či)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/

Definitions

鉏

1. a surname

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 鉏 – see 苴 (“female hemp plant; seed-bearing hemp; seeds of female hemp; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 苴).

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 鉏 – see 耡 (“a type of ancient tax; a type of ancient office; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 耡).

Etymology 5

trad.		鉏
simp.		𬬺*

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǔ (ju³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chü³
    • Yale: jyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeu
    • Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: dzrjoX

Rime
Character	鉏
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	牀吕切
Baxter	dzrjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐiɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒiɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒiɔX/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒĭoX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱi̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zo6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zraʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鉏
Reading #	2/2
No.	10456
Phonetic component	且
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*zraʔ/
Notes	見九辯

Definitions

鉏

1. only used in 鉏鋙／𬬺铻

Etymology 6

trad.		鉏
simp.		𬬺*

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chá (cha²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chá
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chá
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa²
    • Yale: chá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: char
    • Palladius: ча (ča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/

Definitions

鉏

1. only used in 鉏牙／𬬺牙

Etymology 7

trad.		鉏
simp.		𬬺*

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xú (xu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xú
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syú
    • Wade–Giles: hsü²
    • Yale: syú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyu
    • Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy³⁵/

Definitions

鉏

1. an ancient state in modern Henan
2. a surname

Japanese

Kanji

鉏

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. hoe
2. eradicate
3. eliminate

Readings

• On (unclassified): しょ (sho)、ぞ (zo)、そ (so)
• Kun: すき (suki)

Korean

Hanja

鉏 • (seo) (hangeul 서, revised seo, McCune–Reischauer sŏ, Yale se)

1. (호미 서): hoe (short-handled, one-handed)
2. (김맬 서): to hoe, weed
3. (벨 서): to chop, hew, mow; eliminate

Synonyms

• 鋤 (호미 서): hoe (short-handled, one-handed)
• 鉏 (호미 서): hoe (short-handled, one-handed)
• 錤 (호미 기): hoe (short-handled, one-handed)
• 鎡 (호미 자): hoe (short-handled, one-handed)
• 鎒 (호미 호): hoe (short-handled, one-handed)
• 钁 (괭이 곽): hoe (long-handled, two-handed)
• 钃 (괭이/호미 촉): hoe (long- or short-handled)

See also

• 鍤 (가래 삽): spade, shovel
• 鍬 (가래 초): spade, shovel, ploughshare
• 鏵 (가래 화): spade, shovel, ploughshare
• 鋘 (가래 화): spade, shovel, ploughshare