筈

筈	U+7B48, 筈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B48

← 筇
[U+7B47]

CJK Unified Ideographs

等 →
[U+7B49]

Translingual

Han character

筈 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹十口 (HHJR), four-corner 8860₄, composition ⿱𥫗舌)

Derived characters

𨬼

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 882, character 22
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25990
Dae Jaweon: page 1311, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2967, character 1
Unihan data for U+7B48

Chinese

trad.		筈
simp. ^#		筈

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (桰) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
咶	qʰroːds, qʰroːds, *ɡroːd
話	*ɡroːds
刮	*kroːd
鴰	kroːd, koːd
趏	kroːd, kʰroːd
舌	ɡroːd, ɦbljed
姡	ɡroːd, ɡoːd
頢	ɡroːd, koːd
括	*koːd
活	koːd, ɡoːd
适	koːd, kʰoːd
栝	koːd, l̥ʰeːmʔ
佸	koːd, ɡoːd
髺	*koːd
聒	*koːd
銛	koːd, slem, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
葀	*koːd
懖	*koːd
筈	koːd, kʰoːd
萿	*koːd
蛞	*kʰoːd
闊	*kʰoːd
秳	*ɡoːd

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kuò, guā (kuo⁴, gua¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄛˋ, ㄍㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kut³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kuò
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kuò
  - Wade–Giles: kʻuo⁴
  - Yale: kwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuoh
  - Palladius: ко (ko)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guā
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gua
  - Wade–Giles: kua¹
  - Yale: gwā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gua
  - Palladius: гуа (gua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: kut³
  - Yale: kut
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kut⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: kud³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuːt̚³/

Middle Chinese: kwat, khwat

Rime
Character	筈	筈
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	末 (64)	末 (64)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古活切	苦栝切
Baxter	kwat	khwat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑt̚/	/kʰuɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑt̚/	/kʰʷɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑt̚/	/kʰuɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwat̚/	/kʰwat̚/
Li Rong	/kuɑt̚/	/kʰuɑt̚/
Wang Li	/kuɑt̚/	/kʰuɑt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuɑt̚/	/kʰuɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guo	kuo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gut³	fut³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*koːd/, /*kʰoːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	筈	筈
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7579	7582
Phonetic component	桰	桰
Rime group	月	月
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	括
Old Chinese	/*koːd/	/*kʰoːd/
Notes	說文作栝

Definitions

筈

(literary) arrow end; nock
alt. forms: 栝

Compounds

箭筈

Japanese

Kanji

筈

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

notch of an arrow, nock
"it should be so"^[1]

Readings

Go-on: かち (kachi)^{←くわち (kwati, historical)}
Kan-on: かつ (katsu)^{←くわつ (kwatu, historical)}
Kun: やはず (yahazu, 筈)、はず (hazu, 筈)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
筈
はず Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
弭

For pronunciation and definitions of 筈 – see the following entry.

【はず】

[noun] nock; the grooves that hold a bowstring on a bow, the notch that holds an arrow to the bowstring

[noun] (sumo) a nock-shaped grip used in はず押(お)し (hazu oshi)

[noun] as things should be; what is expected; that which should be so; must be; bound to be; expected to be

[noun] (Okinawa) what may happen; as things could be

Alternative spelling
弭

(This term, 筈, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

^ JWPce version 1.5.0 (February 10, 2005)

Korean

Hanja

筈 • (gwal) (hangeul 괄, revised gwal, McCune–Reischauer kwal, Yale kwal)

References

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[1] JWPce version 1.5.0 (February 10, 2005)

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