# 錠

| 錠 | U+9320, &#37664; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9320 |
| ← 錟 [U+931F] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 錡 → [U+9321] |

## Translingual
### Han character

錠 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 金十一人 (CJMO), four-corner 8318$_1$, composition ⿰釒定)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1311, character 1
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40559
* Dae Jaweon: page 1812, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4224, character 10
* Unihan data for U+9320

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 綻 | *rdeːns |
| 淀 | *deːns |
| 靛 | *deːns |
| 症 | *tjɯŋs |
| 竀 | *rtʰeːŋ, *tʰeŋ |
| 征 | *tjeŋ |
| 怔 | *tjeŋ |
| 正 | *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs |
| 鉦 | *tjeŋ |
| 鴊 | *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs |
| 眐 | *tjeŋ |
| 佂 | *tjeŋ |
| 整 | *tjeŋʔ |
| 政 | *tjeŋs |
| 証 | *tjeŋs |
| 定 | *teːŋs, *deːŋs |
| 顁 | *teːŋs |
| 錠 | *teːŋs, *deːŋʔ, *deːŋs |
| 掟 | *deːŋs |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dìng (ding$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ding$^3$ / ding$^2$ / ding$^6$
* Eastern Min (BUC): diâng / dêng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tèng / tiàⁿ / tēng / tiǎⁿ / tiāⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): deng$^6$ / dian$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dìng
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dìng
*** Wade–Giles: ting$^4$
*** Yale: dìng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinq
*** Palladius: дин (din)
*** Sinological IPA : /tiŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ding$^3$ / ding$^2$ / ding$^6$
*** Yale: ding / díng / dihng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ding$^3$ / ding$^2$ / ding$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ding$^3$ / ding$^2$ / ding$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɪŋ³³/, /tɪŋ³⁵/, /tɪŋ²²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: diâng / dêng
*** Sinological IPA : /tiɑŋ²⁴²/, /tɛiŋ²⁴²/
* diâng - vernacular;
* dêng - literary.
* Middle Chinese: dengH, tengH
Rime :
| Character | 錠 | 錠 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) | 端 (5) |
| Final (韻) | 青 (125) | 青 (125) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | IV |
| Fanqie | 徒徑切 | 丁定切 |
| Baxter | dengH | tengH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /deŋ$^H$/ | /teŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /deŋ$^H$/ | /teŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɛŋ$^H$/ | /tɛŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /dɛjŋ$^H$/ | /tɛjŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /deŋ$^H$/ | /teŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /dieŋ$^H$/ | /tieŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /dʱieŋ$^H$/ | /tieŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dìng | dìng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ding$^6$ | ding$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*teːŋs/, /*deːŋʔ/, /*deːŋs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 錠 | 錠 | 錠 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 17183 | 17184 | 17186 |
| Phonetic component | 正 | 正 | 正 |
| Rime group | 耕 | 耕 | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 矴 | 挺 | 定 |
| Old Chinese | /*teːŋs/ | /*deːŋʔ/ | /*deːŋs/ |
| Notes | | 宋來借作鋌字 | |

### Definitions

錠
* spindle
* ingot-shaped tablet (of metal, medicine, etc.)
* Classifier for ingot-shaped objects: ingot

#### Compounds

* 整錠／整锭
* 紗錠／纱锭
* 紡錠／纺锭
* 藥錠／药锭
* 銀錠／银锭 (yíndìng)
* 錠子／锭子 (dìngzi)
* 鋼錠／钢锭
* 餅錠／饼锭

### References

* “錠”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: じょう (jō, Jōyō)、ちょう (chō)
* Kan-on: てい (tei)
* Kun: じょうまえ (jōmae, じょうまえ)

### Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 錠 (MC dengH|tengH). Compare modern Mandarin 錠／锭 (dìng).

#### Alternative forms

* 鎖

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) じょー [jòó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [d͡ʑo̞ː]

#### Noun

錠(じょう) • (jō)
* a device used to make a door unopenable: a lock
** 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho, page 367:
    Iŏ. ジャウ (鎖) 錠. 例, Iŏuo vorosu. (鎖を下ろす) 錠をおろす. Iŏuo aquru. (鎖を開くる) 錠をあける.

##### See also

* 鍵(かぎ) (kagi): a key

#### Counter

錠(じょう) • (-jō)
* lozenge (of medicine)

### Etymology 2

Compound of 鎖 (jō, “chain”) +‎ 前 (mae, “front”), in reference to the padlock on the front of a chain keeping a door or gate closed. The use of 錠 is an example of ateji.

#### Alternative forms

* 錠前

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) じょーまえ [jòómáé] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [d͡ʑo̞ːma̠e̞]

#### Noun

錠(じょうまえ) • (jōmae) (rare)
* Alternative spelling of 錠前 (“lock, padlock”)

### References

* 1 2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.
* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

錠 • (jeong) (hangeul 정, revised jeong, McCune–Reischauer chŏng, Yale ceng)
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