棁

棁 · zhuō

joist; cane

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

joist; cane

Mandarin
zhuō
Cantonese
zyut3

Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.

Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese

Readings recorded for 棁 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.

Japanese 日本語

Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.

On’yomi · katakana

セツタツエツタチトツ

Kun’yomi · hiragana

うだちつえ

Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property

セツ タツ エツ タチ トツ うだち つえ

Korean 한국어

Not recorded for this exact character in this dataset. This does not mean the language has no reading.

Vietnamese Tiếng Việt

Not recorded for this exact character in this dataset. This does not mean the language has no reading.

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+68C1
Radical
木 · 75
Strokes
11 · Unihan
Residual
7

Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.

Graphical structure

⿰木兑(GHMT)
*U+68B2≡U+68B2
How to read these symbols

⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.

BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.

Words & connections

Words using 棁

Character connections

No reverse component match in this collection.

History & distinctions

Related forms

梲

Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
thwot · 他骨 反切 · #3375
Middle Chinese
thwat · 他括 反切 · #3418

Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.

Source row & reading categories

CSV line 17461 · thwot = 臻合一入魂透 · thwat = 山合一入桓透

Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗

Sources & reference

Evidence & next depth

Source editions & exact scope ↗
Retained Unihan properties
kMandarin
zhuō
kCantonese
zyut3
kDefinition
joist; cane
kTotalStrokes
11
kRSUnicode
75.7
kTraditionalVariant
U+68B2
kTGH
2013:4777

Readings across dictionaries

Hanyu Da Zidian
tuō,zhuō,ruì 21219.070
Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
zhuō 1526.020
Small numbers locate dictionary entries; 粵 introduces Cantonese. Includes rare or historical readings. Source notation ↗

Reference desk

Sentences in context

Find examples using 棁 ↗

The attributed sentence collection is still small; this spelling has no retained example yet.

Study this character

Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 棁0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
木 beside 兑 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan
Source notation ^⿰木兑$(GHMT)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰木兑$(GHMT)

*U+68B2≡U+68B2 · preserved, not fully parsed

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.