橛
Meanings · gyut6
- (noun) 1. Section; 2. Chuck
Meanings · gyut6
- chunk
- section
- part
Meanings · kyut3
- a peg
- low post
- a short woode stake
About these definitions
Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.
Reading & tones
Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.
Reading difference from Unihan
- 橛 has the reading gyut6 here; Unihan’s citation reading is kyut3. Different syllable across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 橛 gyut6 as its own entry.
Computed by zimai: each syllable of the CC-Canto word reading is compared with Unihan 17.0.0 kCantonese for its character. The comparison does not say why a reading differs (a changed tone, 變音, a reading tied to one meaning, or a source variant).
Written characters
Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.
Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:
- 橛 jué CC-CEDICT · Mandarina peg; low post
A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: jue2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
Look up this spelling in the Mandarin dictionary ↗Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 2 senses · 3 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gyut6 · kyut3 · kyut6
Cantonese word readings for 橛. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- wooden post; stake; peg
character · Etymology 2
- (Cantonese, Southern Min) Classifier for sections of something long.
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