鈅

鈅 U+9205, 鈅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9205 ← 鈄 [U+9204] CJK Unified Ideographs 鈆 → [U+9206]

Translingual

Han character

鈅 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 金月 (CB), four-corner 8712₀, composition ⿰釒月)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1298, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40210
• Dae Jaweon: page 1800, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4178, character 6
• Unihan data for U+9205

Chinese

trad.		鈅
simp.		钥*

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (月) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
刖	*ŋroːd, *ŋod, *ŋuːd
枂	*ŋoːd, *ŋod
月	*ŋod
跀	*ŋod
抈	*ŋod
鈅	*ŋod
玥	*ŋod
蚏	*ɢod

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋod) : semantic 金 (“gold; metal”) + phonetic 月 (OC *ŋod).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuè (yue⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuè
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴
    • Yale: ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh
    • Palladius: юэ (jue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjwot

Rime
Character	鈅
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	月 (68)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	魚厥切
Baxter	ngjwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuat̚/
Li Rong	/ŋiuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/ŋĭwɐt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋi̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyut6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋod/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鈅
Reading #	1/1
No.	16324
Phonetic component	月
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	月
Old Chinese	/*ŋod/

Definitions

鈅

1. ^† Alternative form of 鉞／钺 (yuè)

Japanese

Kanji

鈅

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: がち (gachi)^{←ぐわち (gwati, historical)}
• Kan-on: げつ (getsu)^{←げつ (getu, historical)←ぐゑつ (gwetu, ancient)}