笏

笏 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹心竹竹 (HPHH), four-corner 8822₇, composition ⿱𥫗勿)

• 𨖃

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 878, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25882
• Dae Jaweon: page 1307, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2951, character 10
• Unihan data for U+7B0F

笏

1. (historical) tablet held by officials at court (used to take notes, or for ceremonial purposes)

• 手板 (shǒubǎn)
• 手版 (shǒubǎn)

笏

1. (Cantonese) Used in place names.

   掃管笏／扫管笏 [Cantonese]  ―  so³ gun² wat¹ [Jyutping]  ―  So Kwun Wat (a place in Hong Kong)

• “笏”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. thin tablet
2. mace
3. scepter

• Go-on: こち (kochi)
• Kan-on: こつ (kotsu)
• Kun: しゃく (shaku, 笏)

From 尺 (shaku, “shaku”, length unit), so named because of its length. The original name こつ (kotsu) is avoided for being homophonous with 骨 (kotsu, “bone”).

笏(しゃく) • (shaku) 

1. shaku; a thin tablet held in the right hand by those in full court dress.

   Synonym: 手板 (teita)

• 束帯(そくたい) (sokutai)

笏 • (hol) (hangeul 홀, revised hol, McCune–Reischauer hol, Yale hol)

1. a tablet held by officials at court (used to take notes, or for ceremonial purposes)