杇

杇 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 木一一尸 (DMMS), four-corner 4192₇, composition ⿰木亏)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 511, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14450
• Dae Jaweon: page 895, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1156, character 14
• Unihan data for U+6747

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʷaː): semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 亏 (OC *ɢʷa). Compare 杅.

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杇

1. (masonry) trowel

   Synonym: 鏝 / 镘 (màn)

   • 宰予晝寢。子曰：「朽木不可雕也，糞土之牆，不可杇也，於予與何誅。」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     宰予昼寝。子曰：「朽木不可雕也，粪土之墙，不可杇也，于予与何诛。」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zǎi Yú zhòuqǐn. Zǐ yuē: “Xiǔmù bùkě diāo yě, fèntǔ zhī qiáng, bùkě wū yě, yú Yú yú hé zhū.” [Pinyin]

     Zai Yu being asleep during the daytime, the Master said, "Rotten wood cannot be carved; a wall of dirty earth will not receive the trowel. This Yu!—what is the use of my reproving him?"

2. to plaster

• 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “杇”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B01615

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. loquat

• On (unclassified): お (o)、う (u)、こ (ko)、ご (go)
• Kun: こて (kote)、ぬる (nuru, 杇る)

杇 (eumhun 흙손 오 (heukson o))

1. (masonry) trowel
2. to plaster

杇: Nôm readings: ô

1. chữ Nôm form of ô (“betel tray”)

• Vietnamese Nôm Preservation Foundation [Hội Bảo Tồn Di Sản Chữ Nôm] (since 1999) “杇”, in Nomfoundation.org‎^[1] (in English)