See also:
U+936C, 鍬
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-936C

[U+936B]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+936D]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 167, +9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 金竹木火 (CHDF), four-corner 89180, composition )

  1. shovel

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1315, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40643
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1815, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4231, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+936C

Chinese edit

trad.
simp.
2nd round simp. 𫓱
alternative forms

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声) : semantic (metal) + phonetic (OC *sʰɯw) – a metal shovel.

Pronunciation edit


Definitions edit

  1. shovel; spade

Compounds edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. hoe

Readings edit

Compounds edit

Etymology edit

 
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Kanji in this term
くわ
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

/kupa//kufa//kuwa/

From Old Japanese.

Ultimate derivation unknown. Possibly derived from 食う (kuu, to eat up; to bite into), which has a 未然形 (mizenkei, incomplete form) of kuwa.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(くわ) (kuwaくは (kufa)?

  1. a hoe (agricultural tool)
    • 711–712, Kojiki, poem 61:
      都芸泥布(つぎねふ)夜麻志呂売能(やましろめの)()久波(くは)母知(もち)宇知斯淤富泥(うちしおほね)泥士漏能(ねじろの)斯漏多陀牟岐(しろただむき)麻迦受祁婆許曽(まかずけばこそ)斯良受登母伊波米(しらずともいはめ) [Man'yōgana]
      つぎねふ山代(やましろ)()()(くわ)()()ちし(おほ)()()(じろ)(しろ)(ただむき)()かずけばこそ()らずとも()はめ [Modern spelling]
      tsuginefu Yamashiro-me no kokuwa mochi uchishi ofone nejiro no shiro-tadamuki makazukeba koso shirazu to mo iwame
      (please add an English translation of this example)

Usage notes edit

In compounds, this term may refer more broadly to similarly shaped tools for working the earth, such as a plough or a harrow.

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Proper noun edit

(くわ) (Kuwaくは (kufa)?

  1. a surname

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean edit

 

Hanja edit

(eum (cho))

  1. (가래 초): a spade, shovel, ploughshare

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: thâu

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