柙

柙 U+67D9, 柙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-67D9 ← 柘 [U+67D8] CJK Unified Ideographs 柚 → [U+67DA]

Translingual

Han character

柙 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 木田中 (DWL), four-corner 4695₀, composition ⿰木甲)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 519, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14628
• Dae Jaweon: page 907, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1182, character 3
• Unihan data for U+67D9

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
笚	*ʔl'aːb, *ɡraːb
閘	*klaːb, *sɡreːb, *qraːb
鉀	*klaːb, *kraːb
甲	*kraːb
胛	*kraːb
岬	*kraːb
押	*kraːb, *qraːb
玾	*kraːb
呷	*qʰraːb
匣	*ɡraːb
狎	*ɡraːb
柙	*ɡraːb
翈	*ɡraːb
炠	*ɡraːb
鴨	*qraːb
庘	*qraːb

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		柙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiá (xia²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haap⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiá
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siá
    • Wade–Giles: hsia²
    • Yale: syá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shya
    • Palladius: ся (sja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: haap⁶
    • Yale: haahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hab⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːp̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: haep

Rime
Character	柙
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	狎 (150)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	胡甲切
Baxter	haep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠap̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚap̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣap̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaɨp̚/
Li Rong	/ɣap̚/
Wang Li	/ɣap̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣap̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiá
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haap6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤr[a]p/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡraːb/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	柙
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiá
Middle Chinese	‹ hæp ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ˁr[a]p/
English	cage; box
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	柙
Reading #	1/1
No.	5940
Phonetic component	甲
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	狎
Old Chinese	/*ɡraːb/

Definitions

柙

1. cage
2. pen for wild animals
3. Same as 匣 (xiá).

   • 荊軻奉樊於期頭函，而秦舞陽奉地圖柙，以次進。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     荆轲奉樊于期头函，而秦舞阳奉地图柙，以次进。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Jīng Kē fèng Fán Wūjī tóu hán, ér Qín Wǔyáng fèng dìtú xiá, yǐcì jìn. [Pinyin (Taiwanese Mandarin)]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Compounds

• 柙虎樊熊
• 虎兕出柙

 

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		柙
alternative forms		笚

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kah

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kah
    • Tâi-lô: kah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaq
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kaʔ⁵/

Definitions

柙

1. (Quanzhou, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) frame placed around the edge of an object to hold it up, mostly made of bamboo or rattan
2. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) handle of a bamboo basket, barrel, etc., made by bending bamboo

Japanese

Kanji

柙

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. cage
2. pen for wild animals

Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō); ごう (gō); おう (ō); よう (yō)
• Kun: おり (ori)

Korean

Hanja

柙 (eum 합 (hap))

1. wooden cage

Vietnamese

Han character

柙: Hán Nôm readings: háp, hiệp

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References

• Nom Foundation