鑊

See also: 镬

鑊	U+944A, 鑊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-944A

← 鑉
[U+9449]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鑋 →
[U+944B]

Translingual

Han character

鑊 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+14, 22 strokes, cangjie input 金廿人水 (CTOE), four-corner 8414₇, composition ⿰金蒦)

Derived characters

𡆇

References

KangXi: page 1325, character 3
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40981
Dae Jaweon: page 1825, character 31
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4262, character 4
Unihan data for U+944A

Chinese

trad.		鑊
simp.		镬

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
檴	ɢʷraːɡs, ɢʷaːɡ
鱯	ɢʷraːɡs, ɢʷraːɡ
護	*ɢʷraːɡs
頀	*ɢʷraːɡs
濩	ɢʷraːɡs, ɢʷaːɡ, *qʷraːɡ
韄	*ɢʷraːɡs
鳠	*ɢʷraːɡs
擭	ɢʷaːɡs, ɢʷaːɡ, *qʷraːɡ
瓁	*ŋɢʷaːɡ
劐	*qʰʷaːɡ
穫	*ɢʷaːɡ
鑊	*ɢʷaːɡ
矆	*qʰʷaɡ
鸌	*qʷaːɡ
雘	*qʷaːɡ
蠖	*qʷaːɡ
臒	qʷaːɡ, qʷaɡ
嬳	qʷaːɡ, qʷaɡ
彠	qʷaɡ, qʷraːɡ, *ɢʷraːɡ
嚄	*ɢʷraːɡ
獲	*ɢʷraːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɢʷaːɡ) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 蒦 ().

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huò (huo⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): wok⁶
(Taishan, Wiktionary): vok⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): vo̍k
(Meixian, Guangdong): vog⁶
Min Dong (BUC): huŏk
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): ho̍k
(Teochew, Peng'im): uag⁸ / uêg⁸
Wu (Wiktionary): hhoq (T5)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huò
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huò
  - Wade–Giles: huo⁴
  - Yale: hwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoh
  - Palladius: хо (xo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xwɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wok⁶
  - Yale: wohk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wok⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wog⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːk̚²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: vok⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /vɔk̚²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vo̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: vog
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vog⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /vok̚⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: vog⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /ʋɔk̚⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: huŏk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huoʔ⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ho̍k
  - Tâi-lô: ho̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hok
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔk̚¹²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: uag⁸ / uêg⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ua̍k / ue̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uak̚⁴/, /uek̚⁴/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: hhoq (T5)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɦʊʔ¹²/

Middle Chinese: /ɦwɑk̚/

Rime
Character	鑊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	唐 (104)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡郭切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwak̚/
Li Rong	/ɣuɑk̚/
Wang Li	/ɣuɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣwɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wok⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷaːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鑊
Reading #	1/1
No.	5585
Phonetic component	蒦
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	穫
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷaːɡ/

Definitions

鑊

(historical) cauldron (for food)
(historical) cauldron (for execution by boiling)
(Cantonese, Hakka) wok (Classifier: 個／个 c)
(Cantonese, figurative) problem; trouble; blame
(Cantonese) satellite dish
(Cantonese) Classifier for the amount of food in a wok: wok
炒鑊飯／炒镬饭 [Cantonese] ― caau² wok⁶ faan⁶ [Jyutping] ― to fry a wok of rice
(Cantonese) Classifier for occurrences of problems, conflicts, fights, etc.: time
佢畀波士鬧咗鑊甘嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]
佢畀波士闹咗镬甘嘅。 [Cantonese, simp.]
keoi⁵ bei² bo¹ si⁶ naau⁶ zo² wok⁶ gam¹ ge³. [Jyutping]
He got a serious scolding from his boss.
鑊鑊都咁杰。／镬镬都咁杰。 [Cantonese] ― wok⁶ wok⁶ dou¹ gam³ git⁶. [Jyutping] ― It's tricky every time.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鍋 (“wok; cooking pot”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		釜
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鍋
Mandarin	Beijing	鍋
	Taiwan	鍋子, 鍋
	Jinan	鍋
	Xi'an	鍋
	Wuhan	鍋 †, 䀇子, 煲
	Chengdu	鍋
	Guilin	鍋
	Yangzhou	鍋子, 鍋
	Hefei	鍋
	Malaysia	鍋
	Singapore	鍋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鑊 †, 煲 ‡, 罉
	Hong Kong	鑊 †, 煲 ‡, 罉
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	鑊仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	鑊仔
	Dongguan	鑊 †, 煲 ‡
	Yangjiang	鑊 †, 煲
	Baise	煲
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	鑊 †, 煲 ‡
	Singapore (Guangfu)	鑊 †, 煲 ‡
Gan	Nanchang	鍋 †, 鼎罐
Hakka	Meixian	鑊頭 †, 鑊 †, 煲, 煲仔, 烳鑼
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	鑊頭 †
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	鑊 †
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	鑊 †
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	鑊頭 †
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	鑊仔 †
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	鑊 †, 鑊頭 †
	Boluo (Bendihua)	鑊頭 †
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	鑊頭 †
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	炒鑊 †
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	鑊仔 †
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	鑊俅 †
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	鑊俅 †
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	鑊 †, 鑊頭 †, 鑊仔蒂 †
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	鑊 †
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	鑊 †
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	鑊頭 †
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	鑊頭 †, 鑊仔 †
	Yudu	鑊頭
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鑊仔, 鑊頭 †
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鑊仔, 鑊頭 †
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鑊仔, 鑊頭 †
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鑊, 鑊頭 †
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鑊仔, 鑊頭 †
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鑊, 鑊頭 †
	Hong Kong	鑊頭
	Senai (Huiyang)	鑊頭
Jin	Taiyuan	鍋, 銚兒
Min Bei	Jian'ou	鼎 †, 鍋仔, 鍋
Min Dong	Fuzhou	鼎 †, 鍋鍋, 鍋
Min Nan	Xiamen	鼎 †, 鍋仔, 鍋
	Quanzhou	鼎 †, 鍋仔
	Zhangzhou	鼎 †, 鍋仔
	Taipei	鼎 †, 鍋
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	鼎 †, 鍋
	Kaohsiung	鼎 †, 鍋
	Yilan	鼎仔 †, 鍋
	Changhua (Lukang)	鼎 †, 鍋
	Taichung	鼎 †, 鍋
	Taichung (Wuqi)	鼎 †
	Tainan	鼎 †, 鼎仔 †, 鍋仔, 鍋
	Taitung	鍋仔
	Hsinchu	鼎 †, 鍋
	Kinmen	鼎 †, 鍋
	Penghu (Magong)	鼎 †, 鍋
	Penang (Hokkien)	鼎 †, 鍋 ‡, 木磬 ‡
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鼎 †, 鍋 ‡
	Manila (Hokkien)	鼎 †, 生鍋 ‡
	Medan (Hokkien)	鼎 †
	Chaozhou	鼎 †, 鍋
	Shantou	鼎 †, 鍋
	Jieyang	鼎 †, 鍋
	Bangkok (Teochew)	鼎 †, 鍋 ‡
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	鍋
	Singapore (Teochew)	鼎 †, 鍋 ‡
	Pontianak (Teochew)	鍋
	Wenchang	鼎 †
	Singapore (Hainanese)	鼎 †, 鍋 ‡
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鐺 †, 煲 ‡
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	鼎
Wu	Shanghai	鑊子, 鍋子
	Suzhou	鑊子 †, 鍋子
	Wenzhou	鑊 †, 鉛鍋兒, 鍋兒
Xiang	Changsha	鍋子, 鍋
Xiang	Shuangfeng	鍋子 †, 爐倉
Note	† - wok; ‡ - pot

Compounds

一鑊泡／一镬泡
一鑊熟／一镬熟
一鑊粥／一镬粥
候鑊／候镬
冷鑊死灶／冷镬死灶
刀鋸鼎鑊／刀锯鼎镬
大鑊／大镬
大鑊吂滾，細鑊洛洛滾／大镬吂滚，细镬洛洛滚
孭鑊／孭镬
平底鑊／平底镬
忠臣落油鑊／忠臣落油镬
斧鉞湯鑊／斧钺汤镬

易潔鑊／易洁镬
油鑊／油镬
湯鑊／汤镬
無油難脫鑊／无油难脱镬
爆大鑊／爆大镬
爆鑊／爆镬
落鑊／落镬
衛星鑊／卫星镬
補鑊／补镬 (bǔhuò)
起鑊／起镬
身膏鼎鑊／身膏鼎镬
鑊仔／镬仔

鑊形天線／镬形天线
鑊撈／镬捞
鑊氣／镬气 (huòqì)
鑊烹／镬烹
鑊鏟／镬铲
鑊鐸／镬铎
鑊頭／镬头
開鑊／开镬
飯鑊／饭镬
鬧鑊鐸／闹镬铎
鼎鑊／鼎镬
鼎鑊刀鋸／鼎镬刀锯

Descendants

→ Arabic: وُوك‎ (wūk)
→ Armenian: վոկ (vok)
→⇒ Czech: pánev wok
→ Danish: wok
→ Dutch: wok
→ English: wok
→ Esperanto: uoko
→ Faroese: vokk
→⇒ Finnish: wokkipannu
→ French: wok
→ German: Wok
→⇒ Icelandic: wok-panna
→ Irish: wok
→ Polish: wok
→ Portuguese: wok
→ Russian: вок (vok)
→ Scottish Gaelic: wok
→ Spanish: wok
→⇒ Swedish: wokpanna
→ Welsh: woc
→ Vietnamese: vạc

Japanese

Kanji

鑊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

cauldron
large iron pot

Readings

On (unclassified): かく (kaku)^{←くゎく (kwaku, historical)}; わく (waku)

Kun: かま (kama, 鑊); なべ (nabe, 鑊)

Korean

Hanja

鑊 • (hwak) (hangeul 확, revised hwak, McCune–Reischauer hwak, Yale hwak)

caldron

Vietnamese

Han character

鑊: Hán Nôm readings: hoạch, vạc

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