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械 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木戈廿 (DIT), four-corner 43950, composition ⿰木戒)

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 531, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14882
  • Dae Jaweon: page 919, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1209, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+68B0
simp. and trad.
 械
Old Chinese
祴 *kɯː
駴 *ɡrɯːʔ
戒 *krɯːɡs
誡 *krɯːɡs
悈 *krɯːɡs, *kɯɡ
械 *ɡrɯːɡs
裓 *kɯːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡrɯːɡs): semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 戒 (OC *krɯːɡs). The character originally represented the meaning of "handcuffs" or "shackles," and by extension, it came to be used to mean "device" or "mechanism."[1]

  1. ^ Digital Shinjigen 2017

Note:

  • hāi - literary;
  • hâi - vernacular (俗).
    • Dialectal data
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 械
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		xiè
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ hɛjH ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*[m-k]ˁrək-s/
    English fetters; weapon

    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 械
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 6547
    Phonetic
    component         		戒
    Rime
    group         		代
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		械
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ɡrɯːɡs/

    械

    1. weapons
    2. implements; instruments

    械

    (Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

    1. contraption
    Kanji in this term
    械
    かい
    Grade: 4
    kan'on

    From Middle Chinese 械 (MC heajH).

    械(かい) • (kai) 

    1. machine; instrument
    2. contraption; fetter

    械(かい) • (kai) 

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    械 (eumhun 형틀 계 (hyeongteul gye))

    1. hanja form? of 계 (“weapons, instruments”)

    械: Hán Nôm readings: giới

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