櫂

櫂 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+14, 18 strokes, cangjie input 木尸一土 (DSMG), four-corner 4791₄, composition ⿰木翟)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 559, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15756
• Dae Jaweon: page 948, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1311, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6AC2

Historical forms of the character 櫂
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *r'eːwɢs) : semantic 木 + phonetic 翟 (OC *r'aːwɢ, *l'eːwɢ).

Earliest extant attestations are in Chu Ci.

Possibly from Austroasiatic. Compare Proto-Vietic *tʃ-r-ɛːw (whence Vietnamese chèo), an *-r- (instrumental derivative) infixed form of Vietnamese *tʃɛːw, whence Modern Vietnamese xeo (“to lift up with a crowbar; to propel (a boat) with a long pole”).

櫂

1. (literary) oar

   • 桂櫂兮蘭枻，斲冰兮積雪。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     桂棹兮兰枻，斲冰兮积雪。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE, translated based on David Hawkes' version

     Guìzhào xī lányì, zhuó bīng xī jī xuě. [Pinyin]

     My cassia oar and orchid sweep chip all in vain at ice and snow.

2. (literary) to row

   • 櫂舟杭以橫濿兮，濟湘流而南極。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     棹舟杭以横𪵱兮，济湘流而南极。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE, translated based on David Hawkes' version

     Zhào zhōuháng yǐ hénglì xī, jì Xiāng liú ér nán jí. [Pinyin]

     I rowed my boat across the river; crossed the Xiang and journeyed to the south.

3. (literary) boat

   • 發戰櫂東下。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     发战棹东下。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1345 CE, Toqto'a (lead editor), History of Song

     Fā zhànzhào dōngxià. [Pinyin]

     The fighting vessels were dispatched eastwards.

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←でう (deu, historical)}; だく (daku)
• Kan-on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}; たく (taku)
• Kun: かい (kai, 櫂)^{←かひ (kafi, 櫂, historical)}; かじ (kaji, 櫂)^{←かぢ (kadi, 櫂, historical)}

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櫂(かい) • (kai) ^{←かひ (kafi)?}

1. oar, paddle

• 櫓(ろ)櫂(かい) (rokai, “sculls and paddles”)

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櫂(かじ) • (kaji) ^{←かぢ (kadi)?}

1. Alternative form of 舵 (“rudder”)

櫂 (eum 도 (do))

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櫂: Hán Nôm readings: trạc, trạo

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