See also:
U+77E9, 矩
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-77E9

[U+77E8]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+77EA]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 111, +5 in traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean, 矢+4 in mainland China, 10 strokes in traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean, 9 strokes in mainland China, cangjie input 人大尸尸 (OKSS), four-corner 81417 or 81817, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 824, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23947
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1236, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2582, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+77E9

Chinese

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *kʷaʔ) : semantic + phonetic (OC *ɡaʔ).

Etymology

“(physics) moment”
From the sense “square shape”; coined by Chinese translator Wu Guangjian in 1904, but not widely used then; in the 1930s, () was chosen as the standard translation of moment by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China, and this word became more and more common than the former term 能率 (nénglǜ) (Wang, 2013).

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Pronunciation


Note: gu2 - Chaoyang, Puning, Huilai.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (24)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter kjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɨoX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kioX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kioX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kuə̆X/
Li
Rong
/kioX/
Wang
Li
/kĭuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ki̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
geoi2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ kjuX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]ʷ(r)aʔ/
English carpenter"s square

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 7059
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʷaʔ/

Definitions

  1. carpenter's square
  2. square (shape)
  3. rule; law
  4. (physics) moment [from 1904]
          torque
          magnetic moment
    Synonym: 能率 (nénglǜ) (obsolete)
  5. (~州) (historical) Old name for 貴州贵州 (Guìzhōu, “Guizhou”) during the Yuan dynasty.

Synonyms

  • (carpenter's square):

Compounds

  • 不踰矩不逾矩
  • 中規中矩中规中矩
  • 前矩
  • 力矩 (lìjǔ)
  • 大家規矩大家规矩
  • 彠矩彟矩
  • 循規蹈矩循规蹈矩 (xúnguīdǎojǔ)
  • 應規蹈矩应规蹈矩
  • 方領矩步方领矩步
  • 死規矩兒死规矩儿
  • 沒規沒矩没规没矩
  • 沒規矩没规矩
  • 疊矩重規叠矩重规
  • 矩尺 (jǔchǐ)
  • 矩彠矩彟
  • 矩形 (jǔxíng)
  • 矩形體矩形体
  • 矩教
  • 矩步
  • 矩步方行
  • 矩矱
  • 矩矱繩尺矩矱绳尺
  • 矩誨矩诲
  • 矩陣矩阵 (jǔzhèn)
  • 破矩為圓破矩为圆
  • 立規矩立规矩
  • 絜矩
  • 老規矩老规矩 (lǎoguījǔ)
  • 裴矩
  • 規圓矩方规圆矩方
  • 規矩规矩 (guījǔ)
  • 規矩準繩规矩准绳
  • 規矩繩墨规矩绳墨
  • 規矩鉤繩规矩钩绳
  • 規行矩止规行矩止
  • 規行矩步规行矩步
  • 規規矩矩规规矩矩
  • 規言矩步规言矩步
  • 規重矩疊规重矩叠
  • 踰矩逾矩 (yújǔ)
  • 蹈矩循規蹈矩循规
  • 蹈規循矩蹈规循矩
  • 逾矩 (yújǔ)
  • 重規疊矩重规叠矩
  • 重規累矩重规累矩
  • 重規襲矩重规袭矩
  • 高曾規矩高曾规矩

References

Japanese

Shinjitai
Kyūjitai
[1]

󠄁
+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
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Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. carpenter's square

Readings

  • On (unclassified): (ku)
  • Kun: さしがね (sashigane, ); かねざし (kanezashi); のり (nori, )

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟ᵝ]

Affix

() • (ku) 

  1. carpenter's square
  2. square (shape)
  3. rule; law

Noun

() • (ku) 

  1. (astronomy) quadrature

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
のり
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
のり
[noun] rule, regulation, law
[noun] norm, standard
[noun] measure, scale, ruler (measuring device)
[noun] measure, scale, size
Alternative spellings
, ,
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. ”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia) (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024

Korean

Hanja

• (gu) (hangeul , revised gu, McCuneReischauer ku, Yale kwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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