枘

Translingual

Han character

枘 (radical 75 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木人月 (DOB), four-corner 4492₇)

1. the handle of tools

References

• KangXi: page 516, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14552
• Dae Jaweon: page 904, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1170, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6798

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Cantonese

Hanzi

枘 (Yale yeui6)

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Japanese

Kanji

枘 (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. navel; a protrusion; a tenon

Readings

• On: ぜい (zei), ねい (nei), どん (don), のん (non)
• Kun: せん (sen), ほぞ (hozo)

Noun

枘 (hiragana ほぞ, romaji hozo)

1. Alternative spelling of 臍: a navel; a protrusion; a tenon in a mortise and tenon carpentry join

Usage notes

The tenon sense is sometimes spelled 柄. This alternate character might be considered by some to be a misspelling. Note that the right-hand element of 枘 is 内 without a top bar, while the right-hand element of 柄 is 丙 with a top bar.

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Korean

Hanja

枘 (hangeul 예, revised ye, McCune-Reischauer ye, Yale yey)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

枘 (pinyin ruì (rui4), Wade-Giles jui⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

枘 (nhuế, nôi)