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(Kangxi radical 118, +4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹心竹竹 (HPHH), four-corner 88227, composition 𥫗)

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 878, character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25882
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1307, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2951, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+7B0F
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Old Chinese
*minʔ
*mɯnʔ
*mɯnʔ
*mɯnʔ, *mɯd
*buːs, *mɯnʔ
*mrɯd, *mɯd
*hmɯːd
*hmɯːd, *mɯd
*hmɯːd
*hmɯːd
*hmɯːd
*hmɯːd
*ʔmɯːd
*mɯd
*mɯd
*mɯd
*mɯd


  1. (historical) tablet held by officials at court (used to take notes, or for ceremonial purposes)

  1. (Cantonese) Used in place names.
    [Cantonese]  ―  so3 gun2 wat1 [Jyutping]  ―  So Kwun Wat (a place in Hong Kong)

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. thin tablet
  2. mace
  3. scepter
Kanji in this term
しゃく
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

From (shaku, shaku, length unit), so named because of its length. The original name こつ (kotsu) is avoided for being homophonous with (kotsu, bone).

(しゃく) (shaku

  1. shaku; a thin tablet held in the right hand by those in full court dress.
    Synonym: 手板 (teita)

(hol) (hangeul , revised hol, McCune–Reischauer hol, Yale hol)

  1. a tablet held by officials at court (used to take notes, or for ceremonial purposes)