鋸

See also: 锯

鋸 U+92F8, 鋸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-92F8 ← 鋷 [U+92F7] CJK Unified Ideographs 鋹 → [U+92F9]

Translingual

Han character

鋸 (radical 167, 金+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 金尸十口 (CSJR), four-corner 8716₄, composition ⿰金居)

References

• KangXi: page 1308, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40505
• Dae Jaweon: page 1810, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4226, character 2
• Unihan data for U+92F8

---

Chinese

trad.		鋸
simp.		锯

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (古) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
箇	*kaːls
個	*kaːls
居	*kɯ, *kas
橭	*kaː, *kʰaː
嫴	*kaː
姑	*kaː
辜	*kaː
酤	*kaː, *kaːs, *ɡaːʔ
蛄	*kaː
鴣	*kaː
沽	*kaː, *kaːʔ, *kaːs
盬	*kaː, *kaːʔ
古	*kaːʔ
罟	*kaːʔ
估	*kaːʔ
鈷	*kaːʔ
詁	*kaːʔ
牯	*kaːʔ
故	*kaːs
固	*kaːs
稒	*kaːɡs
痼	*kaːɡs
錮	*kaːɡs
鯝	*kaːɡs
棝	*kaːɡs
凅	*kaːɡs
枯	*kʰaː
軲	*kʰaː
跍	*kʰaː
骷	*kʰaː
苦	*kʰaːʔ, *kʰaːs
葫	*qʰaː, *ɡaː
餬	*ɡaː
瑚	*ɡaː
湖	*ɡaː
鶘	*ɡaː
猢	*ɡaː
醐	*ɡaː
糊	*ɡaː
箶	*ɡaː
蝴	*ɡaː
胡	*ɡaː
瓳	*ɡaː
怙	*ɡaːʔ
祜	*ɡaːʔ
岵	*ɡaːʔ
婟	*ɡaːʔ, *ɡaːɡs
楛	*ɡaːʔ
据	*ka
裾	*ka
琚	*ka
椐	*ka, *kas, *kʰa
鶋	*ka
蜛	*ka
崌	*ka
涺	*ka
腒	*ka, *ɡa
鋸	*kas
倨	*kas
踞	*kas
涸	*ɡaːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kas): semantic 金 + phonetic 居 (OC *kɯ, *kas).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jù (ju⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): goe³, geoi³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ki
• Min Dong (BUC): gé̤ṳ
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): kù / kìr / kì

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ge³

• Wu (Wiktionary): ke (T2); jy (T2)

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ
    • Wade–Giles: chü⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiw
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: goe³, geoi³
    • Yale: geu, geui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goe³, goey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gê³, gêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kœ̽ː³³/, /kɵy̯³³/

Note:

• goe3 - vernacular;
• geoi3 - literary.

Hakka

• (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ki
  • Hakka Romanization System: gi
  • Hagfa Pinyim: gi⁴
  • Sinological IPA: /ki⁵⁵/

Min Dong

• (Fuzhou)
  • Bàng-uâ-cê: gé̤ṳ
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /køy²¹³/

Min Nan

• (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Tainan, Magong)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kù
  • Tâi-lô: kù
  • Phofsit Daibuun: kux
  • IPA (Taipei): /ku¹¹/
  • IPA (Xiamen): /ku²¹/
• (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kìr
  • Tâi-lô: kìr
  • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɯ⁴¹/
  • IPA (Kinmen): /kɯ¹²/
• (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Yilan, Hsinchu, Taichung)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kì
  • Tâi-lô: kì
  • Phofsit Daibuun: kix
  • IPA (Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /ki²¹/
• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ge³
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳ̀
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɯ²¹³/

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: ke (T2); jy (T2)
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ke̞³⁴/, /t͡ɕy³⁴/

Note:

• 2ke - vernacular;
• 2jy - literary.

---

• Middle Chinese: /kɨʌ^H/▼

Rime
Character	鋸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居御切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨʌH/
Pan Wuyun	/kiɔH/
Shao Rongfen	/kiɔH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨə̆H/
Li Rong	/kiɔH/
Wang Li	/kĭoH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯woH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jù

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*k(r)a-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kas/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鋸
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jù
Middle Chinese	‹ kjoH ›
Old Chinese	/*k(r)a-s/
English	saw (n.)
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	鋸
Reading #	1/1
No.	4274
Phonetic component	古
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	據
Old Chinese	/*kas/

Definitions

鋸

1. a saw
2. to saw
3. to amputate

Compounds

• 兩面鋸／两面锯
• 刀鋸／刀锯 (dāojù)
• 刀鋸不辭／刀锯不辞
• 刀鋸鼎鑊／刀锯鼎镬
• 前鋸肌／前锯肌
• 帶鋸機／带锯机
• 心如刀鋸／心如刀锯
• 手弓鋸／手弓锯
• 拉鋸／拉锯 (lājù)
• 拉鋸戰／拉锯战 (lājùzhàn)
• 線鋸機／线锯机

• 繩鋸木斷／绳锯木断
• 鉤爪鋸牙／钩爪锯牙
• 鋸嘴葫蘆／锯嘴葫芦
• 鋸大缸／锯大缸
• 鋸子／锯子 (jùzi)
• 鋸屑／锯屑 (jùxiè)
• 鋸床／锯床
• 鋸扒／锯扒
• 鋸斷／锯断
• 鋸末／锯末 (jùmò)
• 鋸牙／锯牙

• 鋸牙鉤爪／锯牙钩爪
• 鋸琴／锯琴
• 鋸蜂／锯蜂
• 鋸鮫／锯鲛 (jùjiāo)
• 鋸齒／锯齿 (jùchǐ)
• 鋸齒草／锯齿草
• 鋼絲鋸／钢丝锯
• 電鋸／电锯 (diànjù)
• 音樂鋸／音乐锯
• 鼎鑊刀鋸／鼎镬刀锯

---

Japanese

Kanji

鋸

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Readings

• Go-on: こ (ko)
• Kan-on: きょ (kyo)
• Kun: のこぎり (nokogiri, 鋸); のこ (noko, 鋸)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鋸
のこぎり Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Noun

鋸 (hiragana のこぎり, katakana ノコギリ, rōmaji nokogiri)

1. a saw (tool)
   • 2000 June 23, “インセクション [Insection]”, in Boosterブースター R1, Konami:

     頭 (あたま)のノコギリの他 (ほか)に、腕 (うで)もノコギリになっているクワガタ。

     Atama no nokogiri no hoka ni, ude mo nokogiri ni natte iru kuwagata.

     A stag beetle that has saws for hands and another saw for a mandible.

---

Korean

Hanja

鋸 (eum 거 (geo))

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

---

Vietnamese

Han character

鋸: Hán Nôm readings: cưa

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.