鍬

鍬 U+936C, 鍬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-936C ← 鍫 [U+936B] CJK Unified Ideographs 鍭 → [U+936D]

鍬 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 金竹木火 (CHDF), four-corner 8918₀, composition ⿰釒秋)

1. shovel

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1315, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40643
• Dae Jaweon: page 1815, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4231, character 16
• Unihan data for U+936C

trad.		鍬
simp.		锹
2nd round simp.		𫓱
alternative forms		鍫／锹 喿 鐰／𲈞 銚／铫 橾 鍫／锹 喿 鐰／𲈞 銚／铫 橾 𣂁

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 秋 (OC *sʰɯw) – a metal shovel.

鍬

1. shovel; spade

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. hoe

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: しゅう (shū)^{←しう (siu, historical)}
• Kun: くわ (kuwa, 鍬)^{←くは (kufa, 鍬, historical)}、すき (suki, 鍬)

• 豊(とよ)鍬入(すきいり)姫(ひめの)命(みこと) (Toyosukiirihime no Mikoto)

Kanji in this term
鍬
くわ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

/kupa/ → /kufa/ → /kuwa/

From Old Japanese.

Ultimate derivation unknown. Possibly derived from 食う (kuu, “to eat up; to bite into”), which has a 未然形 (mizenkei, “incomplete form”) of kuwa.

• (Tokyo) くわ [kùwá] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2]
• (Tokyo) くわ [kúꜜwà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟β̞a̠]

鍬(くわ) • (kuwa) ^{←くは (kufa)?}

1. a hoe (agricultural tool)
   • 711–712, Kojiki, poem 61:

     都芸泥布(つぎねふ)夜麻志呂売能(やましろめの)許(こ)久波(くは)母知(もち)宇知斯淤富泥(うちしおほね)泥士漏能(ねじろの)斯漏多陀牟岐(しろただむき)麻迦受祁婆許曽(まかずけばこそ)斯良受登母伊波米(しらずともいはめ) [Man'yōgana]

     つぎねふ山代(やましろ)女(め)の木(こ)鍬(くわ)持(も)ち打(う)ちし大(おほ)根(ね)根(ね)白(じろ)の白(しろ)腕(ただむき)枕(ま)かずけばこそ知(し)らずとも言(い)はめ [Modern spelling]

     tsuginefu Yamashiro-me no kokuwa mochi uchishi ofone nejiro no shiro-tadamuki makazukeba koso shirazu to mo iwame

     (please add an English translation of this example)

In compounds, this term may refer more broadly to similarly shaped tools for working the earth, such as a plough or a harrow.

• 鍬(くわ)を入(い)れる (kuwa o ireru)
• 鍬(くわ)を抜(ぬ)かす (kuwa o nukasu)

• 縁(えん)の下(した)の鍬使(くわづか)い (en no shita no kuwa-zukai)

• 鋤(すき) (suki, “spade”)

鍬(くわ) • (Kuwa) ^{←くは (Kufa)?}

1. a surname

鍬 (eum 초 (cho))

1. (가래 초): a spade, shovel, ploughshare

• (spade, shovel, ploughshare): 鍤 (가래 삽), 鍬 (가래 초), 鏵 (가래 화), 鋘 (가래 화)

• (spade, shovel, ploughshare): 鋤 (호미 서), 鉏 (호미 서), 錤 (호미 기), 鎡 (호미 자), 鎒 (호미 호), 钁 (괭이 곽), 钃 (괭이/호미 촉)

鍬: Hán Nôm readings: thâu

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