桛

桛 U+685B, 桛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-685B ← 桚 [U+685A] CJK Unified Ideographs 桜 → [U+685C]

Translingual

Han character

桛 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 木卜一卜 (DYMY), composition ⿰木𠧗)

1. reel, hank, skein, reeled thread

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 526, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14796
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 1197, character 8
• Unihan data for U+685B

Japanese

Glyph origin

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”).

Kanji

桛

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. Alternative form of 綛 (“reel”)

Readings

• Kun: かせ (kase, 桛); かせい (kasei, 桛)^{←かせひ (kasefi, 桛, historical)}

Etymology

Kanji in this term
桛
かせ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
綛

Noun

桛(かせ) • (kase) 

1. a niddy-noddy; a tool for winding yarn

   Synonym: 桛木 (kasegi)

2. Clipping of 桛糸 (kaseito, “reeled thread”).
3. Clipping of 桛車 (kasekuruma, “a skein-winder; a rotating tool for winding thread into skeins or winding it onto reels”).

Derived terms

• 桛(かせ)糸(いと) (kaseito, “reeled thread”)
• 桛(かせ)木(ぎ) (kasegi, “a niddy-noddy”)
• 桛車(かせくるま) (kasekuruma, “a skein winder”)
• 苧桛(おがせ) (ogase)

See also

• 枠(わく) (waku)