筇

See also: 笻

筇	U+7B47, 筇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B47

← 筆
[U+7B46]

CJK Unified Ideographs

筈 →
[U+7B48]

Translingual

Han character

筇 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹一弓中 (HMNL) or 難難竹一弓 (XXHMN), four-corner 8812₇, composition ⿱𥫗邛)

bamboo name
bamboo staff

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 882, character 20
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25988
Dae Jaweon: page 1311, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2953, character 8
Unihan data for U+7B47

Chinese

trad.		筇
simp. ^#		筇
alternative forms		笻

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
缸	kroːŋ, ɡroːŋ
篢	kluːmʔ, koːŋ
贑	*kluːmʔ
涳	ŋr'oːŋ, kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
江	*kroːŋ
肛	kroːŋ, qʰroːŋ
扛	*kroːŋ
杠	*kroːŋ
豇	*kroːŋ
茳	*kroːŋ
釭	kroːŋ, koːŋ, *kuːŋ
矼	*kroːŋ
玒	kroːŋ, koːŋ
虹	kroːŋs, koːŋs, *ɡoːŋ
腔	*kʰroːŋ
崆	kʰroːŋ, kʰoːŋ
羫	*kʰroːŋ
控	kʰroːŋ, kʰoːŋs
椌	kʰroːŋ, kʰoːŋ
悾	kʰroːŋ, kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
跫	kʰroːŋ, kʰoŋ, *ɡoŋ
啌	*qʰroːŋ
谾	qʰroːŋ, qʰoːŋ
舡	*qʰroːŋ
缻	*ɡroːŋ
項	*ɡroːŋʔ
屸	*ɡ·roːŋ
功	*koːŋ
工	*koːŋ
疘	*koːŋ
魟	koːŋ, qʰoːŋ, *ɡoːŋ
攻	koːŋ, kuːŋ
愩	*koːŋ
碽	*koːŋ
貢	*koːŋs
羾	*koːŋs
空	kʰoːŋ, kʰoːŋs
箜	*kʰoːŋ
硿	*kʰoːŋ
埪	*kʰoːŋ
鵼	*kʰoːŋ
倥	kʰoːŋ, kʰoːŋʔ, *kʰoːŋs
鞚	*kʰoːŋs
叿	*qʰoːŋ
嗊	*qʰoːŋʔ
訌	*ɡoːŋ
紅	*ɡoːŋ
仜	*ɡoːŋ
葒	*ɡoːŋ
渱	*ɡoːŋ
鴻	ɡoːŋ, ɡoːŋʔ
汞	*ɡoːŋʔ
澒	*ɡoːŋʔ
鞏	*koŋʔ
巩	*koŋʔ
銎	kʰoŋ, qʰoŋ
恐	kʰoŋʔ, kʰoŋs
蛩	*ɡoŋ
筇	*ɡoŋ
桏	*ɡoŋ
邛	*ɡoŋ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qióng (qiong²)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kung⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qióng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyóng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiung²
  - Yale: chyúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyong
  - Palladius: цюн (cjun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: kung⁴
  - Yale: kùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: kung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese: gjowng

Rime
Character	筇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	渠容切
Baxter	gjowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/guawŋ/
Li Rong	/ɡioŋ/
Wang Li	/ɡĭwoŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qióng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kung⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡoŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	筇
Reading #	1/1
No.	4074
Phonetic component	工
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	蛩
Old Chinese	/*ɡoŋ/
Notes	古作邛

Definitions

筇

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Compounds

扶筇

Japanese

Kanji

筇

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): きょう (kyō)、く (ku)
Kun: たけ (take)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
筇
つえ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

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

【杖つえ】J

[noun] staff, stick, walking stick, cane, stave, strove, rod, wand

[noun] something one leans on, a support

[noun] a cane used for corporal punishment

[noun] a particularly shaped stirring stick used to make New Year's porridge

[noun] the stem of a pear

[noun] (historical) a traditional unit of length

[noun] (historical) approximately 3 meters

[noun] (historical) seven 尺 (shaku, traditional Japanese foot) and five 寸 (sun, traditional Japanese inch), or approximately 2.3 meters

[noun] (historical) a traditional unit of area

[noun] (historical) one-fifth of a 段 (tan, traditional Japanese paddy size, roughly half of an English acre), or around 237m²

Alternative spellings
丈, 仗

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