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[锭] [character info]
** Translingual
*** Han character
[rn=167]
**** References
- [kx=1311.010]
** Chinese
[s=锭]
*** Glyph origin
[Han etym]
[金]. It conveys the meaning of a ritual vessel.[1]
**** References
[reflist]
*** Pronunciation
{{zh-pron |m=dìng |c=ding3,ding2,ding6 |md=diâng/dêng |md_note=diâng -
vernacular; dêng - literary |mn=ml:tèng/tiàⁿ/twv:tēng/qz:tiǎⁿ/tw,xm,zz:tiāⁿ
|mn_note=tèng - literary; tiàⁿ - vernacular; tiǎⁿ/tiāⁿ - vernacular (俗)
|mn-t=deng6/dian6 |mc=y |oc=y |cat=n,cl }}
*** Definitions
[zh]
1. spindle
2. ingot - shaped tablet (of metal , medicine , etc.)
3. [ingot - shaped object s]
**** Compounds
[zh]
*** References
- [R:yue:mfccd]
[zh]
** Japanese
*** Kanji
[grade=c]
1. [ja]
**** Readings
{{ja-readings |goon=じょう<ぢやう, ちょう<ちやう |kanon=てい |kun=じょうまえ<ぢやうまへ- }}
*** Etymology 1
From [ja] [錠]. Compare modern [cmn] [錠].
**** Alternative forms
- [鎖]
**** Pronunciation
- [じょう]
**** Noun
[じょう]
1. a device used to make a door unopenable: a lock
2. * [367] [2]
3. *: IŎ . ジャウ (鎖) 錠. 例, IŎ uo vorosu. (鎖を下ろす) 錠をおろす. IŎ uo aquru. (鎖を開くる) 錠をあける.
***** See also
- [鍵] : a key
**** Counter
[counter]
1. lozenge [of medicine]
*** Etymology 2
Compound of [ja], in reference to the padlock on the front of a chain keeping
a door or gate closed. The use of [ja] is an example of ateji.[3]
**** Alternative forms
- [錠前]
**** Pronunciation
- [じょうまえ]
**** Noun
[じょうまえ] [ja]
1. [ja]
*** References
References:
[1]. Digital Shinjigen 2017
[2]. [R:Nippo Jisho]
[3]. [R:Kokugo Dai Jiten]
** Korean
*** Hanja
[hangeul=정]
1. [ko]