錠

See also: 锭

錠 U+9320, 錠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9320 ← 錟 [U+931F] CJK Unified Ideographs 錡 → [U+9321]

Translingual

Han character

錠 (radical 167, 金+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 金十一人 (CJMO), four-corner 8318₁, composition ⿰金定)

References

• KangXi: page 1311, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40559
• Dae Jaweon: page 1812, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4224, character 10
• Unihan data for U+9320

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Chinese

trad.		錠
simp.		锭

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
綻	*rdeːns
淀	*deːns
靛	*deːns
症	*tjɯŋs
竀	*rtʰeːŋ, *tʰeŋ
征	*tjeŋ
怔	*tjeŋ
正	*tjeŋ, *tjeŋs
鉦	*tjeŋ
鴊	*tjeŋ, *tjeŋs
眐	*tjeŋ
佂	*tjeŋ
整	*tjeŋʔ
政	*tjeŋs
証	*tjeŋs
定	*teːŋs, *deːŋs
顁	*teːŋs
錠	*teːŋs, *deːŋʔ, *deːŋs
掟	*deːŋs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìng (ding⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ding³, ding², ding⁶
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): tèng / tiàⁿ / tēng / tiǎⁿ / tiāⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): deng⁶ / dian⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ
    • Wade–Giles: ting4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinq
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ding³, ding², ding⁶
    • Yale: ding, díng, dihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ding³, ding², ding⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ding³, ding², ding⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ³³/, /tɪŋ³⁵/, /tɪŋ²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tèng
    • Tâi-lô: tìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dexng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiàⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tiànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dviax
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiã¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /tiã²¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tēng
    • Tâi-lô: tīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: deng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiǎⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tiǎnn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiã²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiāⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tiānn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvia
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiã²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiã³³/

Note:

• tèng - literary;
• tiàⁿ - vernacular;
• tiǎⁿ/tiāⁿ - vernacular (俗).

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: deng⁶ / dian⁶
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tṳ̆ng / tiăⁿ
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɯŋ³⁵/, /tĩã³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /deŋ^H/, /teŋ^H/

Rime
Character	錠	錠
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	徒徑切	丁定切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/deŋH/	/teŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/deŋH/	/teŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛŋH/	/tɛŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛjŋH/	/tɛjŋH/
Li Rong	/deŋH/	/teŋH/
Wang Li	/dieŋH/	/tieŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱieŋH/	/tieŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dìng	dìng

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*teːŋs/, /*deːŋʔ/, /*deːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	錠	錠	錠
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	17183	17184	17186
Phonetic component	正	正	正
Rime group	耕	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	矴	挺	定
Old Chinese	/*teːŋs/	/*deːŋʔ/	/*deːŋs/
Notes		宋來借作鋌字

Definitions

錠

1. spindle
2. ingot-shaped tablet (of metal, medicine, etc.)
3. Classifier for ingot-shaped objects: ingot

Compounds

• 整錠／整锭
• 紗錠／纱锭
• 紡錠／纺锭

• 藥錠／药锭
• 銀錠／银锭 (yíndìng)
• 鋼錠／钢锭

• 錠子／锭子 (dìngzi)
• 餅錠／饼锭

References

• “錠”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

錠

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō, Jōyō)^{←ぢやう (dyau, historical)}; ちょう (chō)^{←ちやう (tyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: てい (tei)
• Kun: じょうまえ (jōmae, じょうまえ)^{←ぢやうまへ (dyaumafe, historical)}

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 錠 (MC deŋ^H, teŋ^H). Compare modern Mandarin 錠／锭 (dìng).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) じょー [jòó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ː]

Alternative forms

• 鎖

Noun

錠(じょう) • (jō) (historical hiragana ぢやう)

1. a device used to make a door unopenable: a lock
   • 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho (page 367)

     Iŏ. ジャウ (鎖) 錠. 例, Iŏuo vorosu. (鎖を下ろす) 錠をおろす. Iŏuo aquru. (鎖を開くる) 錠をあける.

See also

• 鍵 (かぎ, ​kagi): a key

Etymology 2

Compound of 鎖 (jō, “chain”) +‎ 前 (mae, “front”), in reference to the padlock on the front of a chain keeping a door or gate closed. The use of 錠 is an example of ateji.

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) じょーまえ [jòómáé] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːma̠e̞]

Alternative forms

• 錠前

Noun

錠(じょうまえ) • (jōmae) (historical hiragana ぢやうまへ) (rare)

1. Alternative spelling of 錠前 (“lock, padlock”)

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Korean

Hanja

錠 • (jeong) (hangeul 정, revised jeong, McCune–Reischauer chŏng, Yale ceng)

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