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(Kangxi radical 90, +5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女一一弓口 (VMMNR), four-corner 27220, composition )

  1. mooring stake
  2. painter, mooring
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 691, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19767
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1104, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2374, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+7241
simp. and trad.
alternative forms
Old Chinese
*ɡ·raːlʔ
*kaːl
*kaːl, *ɡaːl
*kaːl
*kaːl
*kaːl
*kaːl
*kaːl
*kaːl
*kaːlʔ
*kaːlʔ
*kaːlʔ, *kaːnʔ
*kʰaːl, *kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls
*kʰaːl
*kʰaːlʔ
*kʰaːlʔ
*kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls
*kʰaːls, *ɡaːl
*qʰaːl, *qʰaːls
*qʰaːl
*qʰaːl
*qʰaːls, *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ
*ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ
*ɡaːl
*ɡaːl
*ɡaːl
*ɡaːls
*qaːl
*qaːl, *qaːlʔ
*qaːl, *kʰraːls
*qaːl
娿 *qaːl, *qaːlʔ
*qaːl
*kʰraːlʔ
*qʰraːlʔ

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.


  1. Only used in 牂牁.

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“axe handle; stalk; branch; etc.”).
(This character is an ancient form of ).

(Hyōgai kanji)

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