桎梏

Chinese

		fetters	braces (med.); fetters; manacles
simp. and trad. (桎梏)		桎	梏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhìgù

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄍㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zat⁶ guk¹ / zat¹ guk¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): dék-gók
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chit-kok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhìgù
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄍㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhgù
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴-ku⁴
    • Yale: jr̀-gù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhguh
    • Palladius: чжигу (čžigu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zat⁶ guk¹ / zat¹ guk¹
    • Yale: jaht gūk / jāt gūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzat⁹ guk⁷ / dzat⁷ guk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zed⁶ gug¹ / zed¹ gug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐt̚² kʊk̚⁵/, /t͡sɐt̚⁵ kʊk̚⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dék-gók
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ kouʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit-kok
    • Tâi-lô: tsit-kok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: citkog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁴ kɔk̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyit kaewk

Rime
Character	桎	梏
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	質 (48)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	之日切	古岳切
Baxter	tsyit	kaewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiɪt̚/	/kˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕit̚/	/kᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjet̚/	/kɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cit̚/	/kaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiĕt̚/	/kɔk̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭĕt̚/	/kɔk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ĕt̚/	/kɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhi	jue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zat1	gok3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjiɡ  kruːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	桎	梏
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	17368	3816
Phonetic component	至	告
Rime group	質	覺
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	質	覺
Old Chinese	/*tjiɡ/	/*kruːɡ/

Noun

桎梏

1. shackles; fetters and handcuffs

Synonyms

• 枷鎖／枷锁 (jiāsuǒ)