鋸

See also: 锯
鋸 U+92F8, 鋸
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-92F8
← 鋷
[U+92F7] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 鋹 →
[U+92F9]

Translingual

Han character

鋸 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 金尸十口 (CSJR), four-corner 87164, composition ⿰釒居)

Derived characters
  • 𢤹

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1308, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40505
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1810, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4226, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+92F8

Chinese

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (古) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
箇 *kaːls
個 *kaːls
居 *kɯ, *kas
橭 *kaː, *kʰaː
嫴 *kaː
姑 *kaː
辜 *kaː
酤 *kaː, *kaːs, *ɡaːʔ
蛄 *kaː
鴣 *kaː
沽 *kaː, *kaːʔ, *kaːs
盬 *kaː, *kaːʔ
古 *kaːʔ
罟 *kaːʔ
估 *kaːʔ
鈷 *kaːʔ
詁 *kaːʔ
牯 *kaːʔ
故 *kaːs
固 *kaːs
稒 *kaːɡs
痼 *kaːɡs
錮 *kaːɡs
鯝 *kaːɡs
棝 *kaːɡs
凅 *kaːɡs
枯 *kʰaː
軲 *kʰaː
跍 *kʰaː
骷 *kʰaː
苦 *kʰaːʔ, *kʰaːs
葫 *qʰaː, *ɡaː
餬 *ɡaː
瑚 *ɡaː
湖 *ɡaː
鶘 *ɡaː
猢 *ɡaː
醐 *ɡaː
糊 *ɡaː
箶 *ɡaː
蝴 *ɡaː
胡 *ɡaː
瓳 *ɡaː
怙 *ɡaːʔ
祜 *ɡaːʔ
岵 *ɡaːʔ
婟 *ɡaːʔ, *ɡaːɡs
楛 *ɡaːʔ
据 *ka
裾 *ka
琚 *ka
椐 *ka, *kas, *kʰa
鶋 *ka
蜛 *ka
崌 *ka
涺 *ka
腒 *ka, *ɡa
鋸 *kas
倨 *kas
踞 *kas
涸 *ɡaːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kas) : semantic 金 + phonetic 居 (OC *kɯ, *kas).

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

trad. 鋸
simp. 锯

Pronunciation

Note:
  • ge4 - vernacular;
  • ju4 - literary.
Rime
Character 鋸
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 居御切
Baxter kjoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kɨʌH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kiɔH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kiɔH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kɨə̆H/
Li
Rong		 /kiɔH/
Wang
Li		 /kĭoH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ki̯woH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 geoi3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 鋸
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 jù
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ kjoH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*k(r)a-s/
English saw (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 鋸
Reading # 1/1
No. 4274
Phonetic
component		 古
Rime
group		 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 據
Old
Chinese		 /*kas/

Definitions

鋸

  1. saw (tool) (Classifier: 把 m c)
  2. to saw
  3. to amputate
  4. (dialectal) to play (a stringed instrument)
Synonyms
  • (saw):
Dialectal synonyms of 鋸 (“saw (tool)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 鋸, 鋸子
Mandarin Beijing 鋸
Taiwan 鋸子
Harbin 鋸
Yantai (Muping) 鋸子
Jinan 鋸
Luoyang 鋸
Wanrong 鋸
Zhengzhou 鋸
Xi'an 鋸
Yinchuan 鋸
Lanzhou 鋸子
Xining 鋸子
Ürümqi 鋸子
Wuhan 鋸子, 鋸
Chengdu 鋸子
Guiyang 鋸子
Guilin 鋸子
Liuzhou 鋸子
Xuzhou 鋸子, 鋸
Yangzhou 鋸子
Nanjing 鋸子
Hefei 鋸子
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 鋸子
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) 鋸子
Cantonese Guangzhou 鋸
Hong Kong 鋸
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 鋸
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 鋸
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 鋸仔
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 鋸仔
Macau 鋸
Guangzhou (Panyu) 鋸
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 鋸仔
Guangzhou (Conghua) 鋸
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 鋸
Foshan 鋸
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 鋸
Foshan (Shunde) 鋸
Foshan (Sanshui) 鋸
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 鋸
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 鋸
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 鋸
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 鋸
Zhuhai (Doumen) 鋸
Jiangmen (Baisha) 鋸
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 鋸
Taishan 鋸
Kaiping (Chikan) 鋸
Enping (Niujiang) 鋸
Heshan (Yayao) 鋸
Dongguan 鋸
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 鋸
Yangjiang 鋸
Nanning 鋸
Hepu (Lianzhou) 鋸
Danzhou 鋸
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 鋸
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 鋸
Gan Nanchang 鋸子, 鋸
Lichuan 鋸
Pingxiang 鋸
Hakka Meixian 鋸仔, 鋸
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 鋸
Dongguan (Qingxi) 鋸
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 鋸
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 鋸
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 鋸哩
Wuhua (Huacheng) 鋸哩
Wuhua (Changbu) 鋸哩
Wuhua (Mianyang) 鋸哩
Conghua (Lütian) 鋸
Jiexi 鋸
Luhe 鋸仔
Yudu 鋸子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 鋸仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 鋸仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 鋸仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 鋸
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 鋸仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 鋸
Hong Kong 鋸仔
Sabah (Longchuan) 鋸仔
Senai (Huiyang) 鋸
Huizhou Jixi 鋸
Jin Taiyuan 鋸子, 鋸兒, 鋸
Pingyao 鋸兒
Xinzhou 鋸子
Hohhot 鋸子
Northern Min Jian'ou 鋸仔
Jian'ou (Dikou) 鋸
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 鋸仔
Pucheng (Shibei) 鋸仔
Eastern Min Fuzhou 鋸, 鋸囝
Fuqing 鋸
Southern Min Xiamen 鋸仔
Quanzhou 鋸仔
Zhangzhou 鋸仔
Dongshan 鋸仔
Taipei 鋸仔
New Taipei (Sanxia) 鋸仔
Kaohsiung 鋸仔
Tainan 鋸仔
Kinmen 鋸仔
Penghu (Magong) 鋸仔
Penang (Hokkien) 鋸仔
Manila (Hokkien) 鋸仔
Longyan 鋸仔
Pingnan (Shangdu) 鋸
Chaozhou 鋸
Shantou 鋸
Haifeng 鋸仔
Bangkok (Teochew) 鋸
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 鋸
Wenchang 鋸
Haikou 鋸
Puxian Min Putian 鋸囝
Putian (Jiangkou) 鋸囝
Putian (Nanri) 鋸囝
Xianyou 鋸
Xianyou (Fengting) 鋸
Xianyou (Youyang) 鋸
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 鋸
Sanxiang 鋸
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 鋸
Wu Shanghai 鋸子
Shanghai (Chongming) 鋸子
Suzhou 鋸子
Danyang 解鋸, 鋸, 鋸子
Hangzhou 鋸子
Ningbo 鋸
Wenzhou 鋸
Jinhua 鋸
Xiang Changsha 鋸子
Loudi 鋸
Shuangfeng 鋸子, 鋸
  • (to play):
Dialectal synonyms of 拉 (“to play (a stringed instrument, e.g. the erhu)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 拉
Mandarin Taiwan 拉
Yantai (Muping) 拉
Jinan 拉
Wanrong 拉
Xi'an 拉
Ürümqi 拉
Wuhan 鋸
Guiyang 扯
Liuzhou 扯
Singapore 拉
Cantonese Guangzhou 拉
Hong Kong 拉
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 拉
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 扯
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 牙
Taishan 拉
Gan Lichuan 扯
Pingxiang 鋸, 扯
Hakka Meixian 鋸
Dongguan (Qingxi) 拉
Heyuan (Bendihua) 拉
Wengyuan 拉
Liannan 拉
Jiexi 挨
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 牽
Changting 鋸
Wuping (Yanqian) 拉
Ninghua 鋸
Yudu 鋸
Ningdu 鋸
Tonggu (Sandu) 拉
Ganzhou (Panlong) 扯
Dayu 拉
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 鋸, 挨
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 鋸, 挨
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 挨, 鋸
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 鋸, 挨
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 挨, 鋸
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 挨
Hong Kong 拉
Mengshan (Xihe) 拉
Luchuan 拉
Jin Taiyuan 拉
Eastern Min Fuzhou 鋸
Southern Min Xiamen 拉, 挨
Quanzhou 拉, 挨
Zhangzhou 拉, 挨
Zhao'an 鋸
Tainan 挨
Longyan 牽
Raoping 鋸
Shantou 鋸
Jieyang 鋸, 牽
Haifeng 鋸
Wenchang 彈
Haikou 彈
Wu Shanghai 拉
Danyang 拉
Xiang Changsha 鋸
Loudi 鋸

Compounds

Descendants
  • → Vietnamese: cưa

Etymology 2
trad. 鋸
simp. 锯
alternative forms 啹

Pronunciation

Definitions

鋸

  1. to kill; to slaughter
    尋晚佢畀人鋸咗。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    寻晚佢畀人锯咗。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    cam4 maan5 keoi5 bei2 jan4 goe1 zo2. [Jyutping]
    He was killed last night.
  2. (Cantonese, figuratively) to swindle (to obtain by deceitful methods)

Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of 鋸 – see 鋦 (“cramp used for mending broken crockery; to mend with cramps; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 鋦).

Japanese

Kanji
鋸

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. saw

Readings
  • Go-on: こ (ko)
  • Kan-on: きょ (kyo)
  • Kun: のこぎり (nokogiri, 鋸); のこ (noko, 鋸)

Etymology
Kanji in this term
鋸
のこぎり
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

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Noun

鋸(のこぎり) or 鋸(ノコギリ) • (nokogiri) 

  1. a saw (tool)
    • 2000 June 23, “インセクション [Insection]”, in Booster(ブースター) R1, Konami:
      頭(あたま)のノコギリの他(ほか)に、腕(うで)もノコギリになっているクワガタ。
      Atama no nokogiri no hoka ni, ude mo nokogiri ni natte iru kuwagata.
      In addition to the saw on its head, a stag beetle also has saws on its arms.

Korean

Hanja

鋸 (eum 거 (geo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

鋸: Hán Nôm readings: cưa

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