鎡

鎡 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 金廿女戈 (CTVI), four-corner 8813₂, composition ⿰釒兹)

1. hoe
2. mattock

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1317, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40728
• Dae Jaweon: page 1817, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4235, character 17
• Unihan data for U+93A1

鎡

1. A small-mouthed ding

   Synonym: 鼒 (zī)

2. A gardening hoe
   • date, c.500 B.C., translated by James Legge, 孟子 [Mencius]:

     "齊人有言曰：『雖有智慧，不如乘勢；雖有鎡基，不如待時。』"

     Qí rén yǒu yán yuē:“Suī yǒu zhìhuì, bùrú chéngshì; suī yǒu zījī, bùrú dài shí.”

     The people of Qi have a saying - "A man may have wisdom and discernment, but that is not like embracing the favourable opportunity. A man may have instruments of husbandry, but that is not like waiting for the farming seasons."

   Synonym: 鎡錤 / 镃𫓹

3. To consult or inquire about something

   Synonym: 资 (zī)

• "鎡" in Yi, B. (2019). 字統网 [zi.tools] [Browser]. https://zi.tools/

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. hoe
2. mattock

• Go-on: じ (ji)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kun: かなえ (kanae, 鎡)^{←かなへ (kanafe, 鎡, historical)}

鎡 • (ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune–Reischauer cha, Yale ca)

1. hoe
2. mattock