笏

笏	U+7B0F, 笏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B0F

← 笎
[U+7B0E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

笐 →
[U+7B10]

Translingual

Han character

笏 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹心竹竹 (HPHH), four-corner 8822₇, composition ⿱𥫗勿)

References

KangXi: page 878, character 30

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25882

Dae Jaweon: page 1307, character 3

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2951, character 10

Unihan data for U+7B0F

Chinese

trad.		笏
simp. ^#		笏

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 笏
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
脗	*minʔ
吻	*mɯnʔ
刎	*mɯnʔ
伆	mɯnʔ, mɯd
勽	buːs, mɯnʔ
沕	mrɯd, mɯd
忽	*hmɯːd
昒	hmɯːd, mɯd
惚	*hmɯːd
匫	*hmɯːd
笏	*hmɯːd
曶	*hmɯːd
淴	*ʔmɯːd
物	*mɯd
勿	*mɯd
芴	*mɯd
岉	*mɯd

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hù (hu⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fat¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fut
Min Nan (POJ): hut

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hù
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hù
  - Wade–Giles: hu⁴
  - Yale: hù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huh
  - Palladius: ху (xu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fat¹
  - Yale: fāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: fed¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fut
  - Hakka Romanization System: fud`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fud⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /fut̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hut
  - Tâi-lô: hut
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hud
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hut̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hut̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hut̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hut̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hut̚³²/

Middle Chinese: /huət̚/

Rime
Character	笏
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	魂 (56)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	呼骨切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/huət̚/
Pan Wuyun	/huot̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwət̚/
Li Rong	/xuət̚/
Wang Li	/xuət̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/xuət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fat¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*hmɯːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	笏
Reading #	1/1
No.	13215
Phonetic component	勿
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	忽
Old Chinese	/*hmɯːd/

Definitions

笏

(historical) tablet held by officials at court (used to take notes, or for ceremonial purposes)

Synonyms

手板 (shǒubǎn)
手版 (shǒubǎn)

Compounds

一笏
倒笏躬身
出笏
拄笏看山
搢笏

牙笏
秉笏披袍
笏板
笢笏
簪笏

袍笏
象笏
帶笏／带笏
袍笏登場／袍笏登场

Japanese

Kanji

笏

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

thin tablet
mace
scepter

Readings

Go-on: こち (kochi)

Kan-on: こつ (kotsu)

Kun: しゃく (shaku, 笏)

Etymology

From 尺 (shaku, “shaku”, length unit), so named because of its length. The original name こつ (kotsu) is avoided for being homophonous with 骨 (kotsu, “bone”).

Noun

笏(しゃく) • (shaku)

shaku; a decorative tablet held in hand when dressed in sokutai

Korean

Hanja

笏 • (hol) (hangeul 홀, revised hol, McCune–Reischauer hol, Yale hol)

a tablet held by officials at court (used to take notes, or for ceremonial purposes)