# 鋸

| 鋸 | U+92F8, &#37624; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-92F8 |
| ← 鋷 [U+92F7] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鋹 → [U+92F9] |

## Translingual
### Han character

鋸 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 金尸十口 (CSJR), four-corner 8716$_4$, composition ⿰釒居)

#### Derived characters

* 𢤹

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1308, character 28
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40505
* Dae Jaweon: page 1810, character 21
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4226, character 2
* Unihan data for U+92F8

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 箇 | *kaːls |
| 個 | *kaːls |
| 居 | *kɯ, *kas |
| 橭 | *kaː, *kʰaː |
| 嫴 | *kaː |
| 姑 | *kaː |
| 辜 | *kaː |
| 酤 | *kaː, *kaːs, *ɡaːʔ |
| 蛄 | *kaː |
| 鴣 | *kaː |
| 沽 | *kaː, *kaːʔ, *kaːs |
| 盬 | *kaː, *kaːʔ |
| 古 | *kaːʔ |
| 罟 | *kaːʔ |
| 估 | *kaːʔ |
| 鈷 | *kaːʔ |
| 詁 | *kaːʔ |
| 牯 | *kaːʔ |
| 故 | *kaːs |
| 固 | *kaːs |
| 稒 | *kaːɡs |
| 痼 | *kaːɡs |
| 錮 | *kaːɡs |
| 鯝 | *kaːɡs |
| 棝 | *kaːɡs |
| 凅 | *kaːɡs |
| 枯 | *kʰaː |
| 軲 | *kʰaː |
| 跍 | *kʰaː |
| 骷 | *kʰaː |
| 苦 | *kʰaːʔ, *kʰaːs |
| 葫 | *qʰaː, *ɡaː |
| 餬 | *ɡaː |
| 瑚 | *ɡaː |
| 湖 | *ɡaː |
| 鶘 | *ɡaː |
| 猢 | *ɡaː |
| 醐 | *ɡaː |
| 糊 | *ɡaː |
| 箶 | *ɡaː |
| 蝴 | *ɡaː |
| 胡 | *ɡaː |
| 瓳 | *ɡaː |
| 怙 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 祜 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 岵 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 婟 | *ɡaːʔ, *ɡaːɡs |
| 楛 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 据 | *ka |
| 裾 | *ka |
| 琚 | *ka |
| 椐 | *ka, *kas, *kʰa |
| 鶋 | *ka |
| 蜛 | *ka |
| 崌 | *ka |
| 涺 | *ka |
| 腒 | *ka, *ɡa |
| 鋸 | *kas |
| 倨 | *kas |
| 踞 | *kas |
| 涸 | *ɡaːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kas) : semantic 金 + phonetic 居 (OC *kɯ, *kas).

### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): jù (ju$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ge$^4$ / ju$^4$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җү (žü, III)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): goe$^3$ / geoi$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): gui$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): gie$^4$ / jy$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ki
    (Meixian, Guangdong): gi$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): jy$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): gṳ̿
* Eastern Min (BUC): gé̤ṳ
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kù / kìr / kì
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ge$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$ke; $^5$ciu
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ge$^4$ / ge$^5$ / jy$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jù
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyù
*** Wade–Giles: chü$^4$
*** Yale: jyù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuh
*** Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ge$^4$ / ju$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ge / gy
*** Sinological IPA : /kɛ²¹³/, /t͡ɕy²¹³/
* ge4 - vernacular;
* ju4 - literary.
* Middle Chinese: kjoH
Rime :
| Character | 鋸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 居御切 |
| Baxter | kjoH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kɨʌ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kiɔ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kiɔ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kɨə̆$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kiɔ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kĭo$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ki̯wo$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | geoi$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*k(r)a-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kas/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 鋸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jù |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kjo$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*k(r)a-s/ |
| English | saw (n.) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 鋸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4274 |
| Phonetic component | 古 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 據 |
| Old Chinese | /*kas/ |

#### Definitions

鋸
* saw (tool) (Classifier: 把 m c)
* to saw
* to amputate
* (dialectal) to play (a stringed instrument)

##### Synonyms

* (saw):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鋸, 鋸子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 鋸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 鋸子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 鋸 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 鋸 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 鋸子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 鋸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 鋸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 鋸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 鋸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 鋸子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 鋸子, 鋸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 鋸子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 鋸子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 鋸 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 鋸子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 鋸子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 鋸子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 鋸子, 鋸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 鋸子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 鋸子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 鋸子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 鋸子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 鋸子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 鋸子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 鋸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 鋸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 鋸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 鋸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 鋸仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 鋸仔 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 鋸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 鋸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 鋸仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 鋸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 鋸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 鋸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 鋸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 鋸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 鋸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 鋸 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 鋸 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 鋸 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 鋸 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 鋸 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 鋸 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 鋸 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 鋸 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 鋸 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 鋸 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 鋸 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 鋸 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 鋸 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 鋸 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 鋸 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 鋸 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 鋸 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 鋸 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 鋸 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 鋸子, 鋸 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 鋸 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 鋸 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 鋸仔, 鋸 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 鋸 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 鋸 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 鋸 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 鋸 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 鋸哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 鋸哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 鋸哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 鋸哩 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 鋸 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 鋸 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 鋸仔 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 鋸子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 鋸仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 鋸仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 鋸仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 鋸 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 鋸仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 鋸 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 鋸仔 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 鋸仔 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 鋸 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 鋸 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 鋸子, 鋸兒, 鋸 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 鋸兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 鋸子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 鋸子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 鋸仔 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 鋸 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 鋸仔 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 鋸仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 鋸, 鋸囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 鋸 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鋸仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 鋸仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 鋸仔 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 鋸仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 鋸仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 鋸仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 鋸仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 鋸仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 鋸仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 鋸仔 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 鋸仔 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 鋸仔 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 鋸仔 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 鋸 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 鋸 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 鋸 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 鋸仔 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 鋸 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 鋸 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 鋸 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 鋸 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 鋸囝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 鋸囝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 鋸囝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 鋸 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 鋸 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 鋸 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 鋸 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 鋸 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 鋸 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 鋸子 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 鋸子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 鋸子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 解鋸, 鋸, 鋸子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 鋸子 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 鋸 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 鋸 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 鋸 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 鋸子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 鋸 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 鋸子, 鋸 |
* (to play):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 拉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 拉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 拉 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 拉 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 拉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 拉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 拉 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 拉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 鋸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 扯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 扯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 拉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 拉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 拉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 扯 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 牙 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 拉 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 扯 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 鋸, 扯 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 鋸 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 拉 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 拉 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 拉 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 拉 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 挨 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 牽 |
| Hakka | Changting | 鋸 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 拉 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 鋸 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 鋸 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 鋸 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 拉 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 扯 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 拉 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 鋸, 挨 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 鋸, 挨 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 挨, 鋸 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 鋸, 挨 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 挨, 鋸 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 挨 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 拉 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 拉 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 拉 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 拉 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 鋸 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 拉, 挨 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 拉, 挨 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 拉, 挨 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 鋸 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 挨 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 牽 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 鋸 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 鋸 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 鋸, 牽 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 鋸 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 彈 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 彈 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 牽 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 拉 |
| Wu | Danyang | 拉 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 鋸 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 鋸 |

#### Compounds

* 兩面鋸／两面锯
* 刀鋸／刀锯 (dāojù)
* 刀鋸不辭／刀锯不辞
* 刀鋸鼎鑊／刀锯鼎镬
* 前鋸肌／前锯肌 (qiánjùjī)
* 帶鋸機／带锯机
* 心如刀鋸／心如刀锯
* 手弓鋸／手弓锯
* 拉鋸／拉锯 (lājù)
* 拉鋸戰／拉锯战 (lājùzhàn)
* 線鋸機／线锯机
* 繩鋸木斷／绳锯木断
* 鉤爪鋸牙／钩爪锯牙
* 鋸嘴葫蘆／锯嘴葫芦
* 鋸大缸／锯大缸
* 鋸子／锯子 (jùzi)
* 鋸屑／锯屑 (jùxiè)
* 鋸床／锯床
* 鋸扒／锯扒
* 鋸斷／锯断
* 鋸末／锯末 (jùmò)
* 鋸牙／锯牙
* 鋸牙鉤爪／锯牙钩爪
* 鋸琴／锯琴
* 鋼絲鋸／钢丝锯
* 鋸蜂／锯蜂
* 鋸鮫／锯鲛 (jùjiāo)
* 鋸齒／锯齿 (jùchǐ)
* 鋸齒草／锯齿草
* 鏈鋸／链锯 (liànjù)
* 電鋸／电锯 (diànjù)
* 音樂鋸／音乐锯
* 鼎鑊刀鋸／鼎镬刀锯

#### Descendants

* → Vietnamese: cưa

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): goe$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: goe$^1$
*** Yale: gēu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: goe$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gê$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kœː⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

鋸
* to kill; to slaughter
       cam$^4$ maan$^5$ keoi$^5$ bei$^2$ jan$^4$ goe$^1$ zo$^2$. [Jyutping]
       He was killed last night.
* (Cantonese, figuratively) to swindle (to obtain by deceitful methods)

### Etymology 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 鋸 – see 鋦 (“cramp used for mending broken crockery; to mend with cramps; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 鋦).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* saw

#### Readings

* Go-on: こ (ko)
* Kan-on: きょ (kyo)
* Kun: のこぎり (nokogiri, 鋸)、のこ (noko, 鋸)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 鋸
* のこぎり Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

鋸(のこぎり) or 鋸(ノコギリ) • (nokogiri)
* a saw (tool)
** 2000 June 23, “インセクション [Insection]”, in Booster(ブースター) R1, Konami:
    頭(あたま)のノコギリの他(ほか)に、腕(うで)もノコギリになっているクワガタ。
       Atama no nokogiri no hoka ni, ude mo nokogiri ni natte iru kuwagata.
       In addition to the saw on its head, a stag beetle also has saws on its arms.

#### Derived terms

* 鋸鱏(ノコギリエイ) (nokogiri-ei)
* 鋸鮫(ノコギリザメ) (nokogiri-zame)
* 鋸草(ノコギリソウ) (nokogiri-sō)

## Korean
### Hanja

鋸 (eum 거 (geo))
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

鋸: Hán Nôm readings: cưa
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.