硨磲

Chinese


trad. (硨磲)		硨	磲
simp. (砗磲)		砗	磲
alternative forms		車渠／车渠

Etymology

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chēqú

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄜㄑㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ce¹ keoi⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhia-kû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chēqú
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄜㄑㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: checyú
  - Wade–Giles: chʻê¹-chʻü²
  - Yale: chē-chyú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chechyu
  - Palladius: чэцюй (čɛcjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ce¹ keoi⁴
  - Yale: chē kèuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tse¹ koey⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cé¹ kêu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵ kʰɵy̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhia-kû
  - Tâi-lô: tshia-kû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chia'kuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰia⁴⁴⁻²² ku²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰia³³ ku²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰia⁴⁴⁻²² ku¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰia⁴⁴⁻³³ ku²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰia⁴⁴⁻³³ ku²³/

Middle Chinese: tsyhae gjo

Rime
Character	硨	磲
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	尺遮切	強魚切
Baxter	tsyhae	gjo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰia/	/ɡɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰia/	/ɡiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰia/	/ɡiɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰia/	/gɨə̆/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰia/	/ɡiɔ/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭa/	/ɡĭo/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯a/	/gi̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chē	qú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ce¹	keoi⁴

Noun

硨磲

(literary, historical) name of a gem
giant clam (Tridacna gigas)
1. (～屬) Tridacna
2. (～亞科) Tridacninae

Descendants

→ Old Uyghur: 𐽽𐽰𐽽 (cʾc /⁠čač⁠/, “turquoise”)
- → Karakhanid: جَشْ (čaš)
- → Mongolian: час (čas, “a kind of gemstone, turquoise”) (obsolete)
  - ⇒ Mongolian: час улаан (čas ulaan, “purple, scarlet, crimson”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
硨	磲
しゃ Hyōgai	こ Hyōgai
on'yomi	irregular

Noun

硨(しゃ)磲(こ) • (shako)

clipping of 硨磲貝 (shako-gai, “giant clam, clam of the subfamily Tridacninae”)
(Buddhism) giant clam shell
Hypernym: 七宝