# 錨

| 錨 | U+9328, &#37672; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9328 |
| ← 錧 [U+9327] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 錩 → [U+9329] |

## Translingual
### Han character

錨 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 金廿田 (CTW), four-corner 8416$_0$, composition ⿰釒苗)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1312, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40598
* Dae Jaweon: page 1814, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4216, character 5
* Unihan data for U+9328

## Chinese

* 錨

### Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 苗 (OC *mrew).

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): máo (mao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): naau$^4$ / maau$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): màu
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bâu / mâu / bâ / biâu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): mao$^5$ / miao$^5$ / miou$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$mau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: máo
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: máo
*** Wade–Giles: mao$^2$
*** Yale: máu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mau
*** Palladius: мао (mao)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɑʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: naau$^4$ / maau$^4$
*** Yale: nàauh / màauh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: naau$^4$ / maau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: nao$^4$ / mao$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /naːu̯²¹/, /maːu̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: màu
*** Hakka Romanization System: mau$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: mau$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /mau̯¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâu
*** Tâi-lô: bâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: baau
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /bau²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bau¹³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mâu
*** Tâi-lô: mâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: maau
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /mãu¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /mãu²⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâ
*** Tâi-lô: bâ
*** Phofsit Daibuun: baa
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ba²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ba²⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biâu
*** Tâi-lô: biâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: biaau
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /biau²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /biau²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: mao$^5$ / miao$^5$ / miou$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mâu / miâu / miôu
*** Sinological IPA : /mau⁵⁵/, /miau⁵⁵/, /miou⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$mau
*** MiniDict: mau$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$mau
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mɔ²³/

### Definitions

錨
* anchor

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 錨, 船錨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 錨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 錨, 船錨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 錨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 錨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 錨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 錨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 錨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 錨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 錨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 錨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 錨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 錨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 錨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 錨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 錨 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 錨 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 錨, 定石 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 錨 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 錨 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 錨 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 錨 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 錨 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 錨 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 錨 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 錨 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 錨 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 錨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 錨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 錨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 錨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 錨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 錨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 錨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 錨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 錨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 錨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 錨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 錨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 錨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 錨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 錨 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 錨 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 錨 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 錨 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 錨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 錨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 錨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 錨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 錨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 錨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 錨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 錨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 錨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 錨 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 錨 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 錨 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 錨 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 錨 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 錨 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 錨 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 錨 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 錨 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 錨 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 錨 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 錨 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 錨 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 錨 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 錨 |
| Jin | Datong | 錨 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 錨 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 錨 |
| Jin | Linhe | 錨 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 錨 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 錨 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 錨 |
| Jin | Handan | 錨 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 錨 |
| Jin | Suide | 錨 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 錨, 碇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 碇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 碇 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 碇 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 碇 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 碇 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 碇 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 碇 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 碇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 碇 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 碇, 船碇 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 碇, 船碇 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 碇 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 碇 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 碇 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 碇 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 船碇 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 碇 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 碇 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 碇 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 碇 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 沉重 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 碇 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 碇 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 碇 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 碇 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 碇 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 碇 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 碇 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 碇 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 碇 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 碇 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 碇 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 錨 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 錨 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 錨 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 碇 |

### Compounds

* 冰錨 / 冰锚
* 拋錨 / 抛锚 (pāomáo)
* 拔錨 / 拔锚 (bámáo)
* 啟錨 / 启锚
* 船錨 / 船锚 (chuánmáo)
* 起錨 / 起锚 (qǐmáo)
* 錨具 / 锚具
* 錨冰 / 锚冰
* 錨地 / 锚地 (máodì)
* 錨泊地 / 锚泊地
* 錨燈 / 锚灯
* 錨爪 / 锚爪
* 錨綱 / 锚纲
* 錨繩 / 锚绳
* 錨蟲 / 锚虫
* 錨鏈 / 锚链
* 鐵錨 / 铁锚

### References

* (Min Nan) “Query for 錨”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: みょう (myō)
* Kan-on: びょう (byō)
* Kun: いかり (ikari, 錨)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 錨
* いかり Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spellings
* 碇 𨦈 (rare) 矴 (rare) 重石 (rare) 沈石 (rare)
Derivation ultimately unknown. Possibly cognate with or derived from Old Japanese 海石 (ikuri, “sea rock, outcrop at sea”). (Can this etymology be sourced?)
Appears in the Harima Fudoki of 715 CE.
Reconstructed as deriving from Proto-Japonic *ikari.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) いかり [ìkárí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ika̠ɾʲi]

#### Noun

錨(いかり) • (ikari)
* (nautical) an anchor (tool to moor a vessel into the sea bottom)
* an anchor-shaped tool on the end of a rope or other line, used to secure the line
* an anchor-shaped grapnel
* a kind of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) in the shape of an anchor

##### Derived terms

* 錨酢(いかりかた)漿(ばみ) (ikari katabami)
* 錨氷(いかりこおり) (ikari kōri)
* 錨草(いかりそう) (ikarisō)
* 錨(いかり)星(ぼし) (ikariboshi)
* 錨(いかり)虫(むし) (ikarimushi)
* 鉄(かな)錨(いかり) (kanaikari)

##### Idioms

* 錨(いかり)を打(う)つ (ikari o utsu)
* 錨(いかり)を下(お)ろす (ikari o orosu)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 錨
* びょう Hyōgai
* kan'on
/beu/ → */bɨəː/ → /bjoː/
From Middle Chinese 錨 (MC *mˠiᴇu).

#### Affix

錨(びょう) • (byō)
* (nautical) anchor

##### Derived terms

* 海(かい)錨(びょう) (kaibyō)
* 走(そう)錨(びょう) (sōbyō)
* 投(とう)錨(びょう) (tōbyō)
* 抜(ばつ)錨(びょう) (batsubyō)
* 錨(びょう)銲(かん) (byōkan)
* 錨(びょう)鎖(さ) (byōsa)
* 錨(びょう)地(ち) (byōchi)
* 錨(びょう)泊(はく) (byōhaku)

### See also

* アンカー (ankā)

### References

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ 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
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

錨 • (myo) (hangeul 묘, revised myo, McCune–Reischauer myo, Yale myo)
* (닻): anchor

#### Synonyms

* 碇 (정, jeong)
* 椗 (정, jeong)

#### Derived terms

* 묘박(錨泊) (myobak, “anchorage, moorage”)

### References

* ↑ The radical 金 suggests an anchor made of iron.
* ↑ The radical 石 suggests an anchor made of stone.
* ↑ The radical 木 suggests an anchor made of wood.

## Okinawan
### Alternative forms

* 碇

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: いかい (ikai, 錨)、いちゃい (ichai, 錨)

### Noun

錨(いかい) or 錨(いちゃい) (ikai or ichai)
* anchor
    Synonyms: アンカー (ankā)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

錨: Hán Nôm readings: miêu
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