楗

楗	U+6957, 楗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6957

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[U+6956]

CJK Unified Ideographs

楘 →
[U+6958]

Translingual

Han character

楗 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木弓大手 (DNKQ), four-corner 4594₄, composition ⿰木建)

bar of door, bolt of lock

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 539, character 18
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15136
Dae Jaweon: page 927, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1240, character 2
Unihan data for U+6957

Chinese

simp. and trad.		楗

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (建) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
犍	ɡran, kan
騝	ɡran, kan
鍵	ɡran, ɡranʔ, *ɡanʔ
揵	ɡran, kanʔ
鞬	*kan
腱	kan, ɡans
湕	*kanʔ
建	*kans
旔	*kans
楗	*ɡanʔ
健	*ɡans

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡanʔ): semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 建 (OC *kans).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiàn, jiǎn (jian⁴, jian³)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ, ㄐㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gin⁶ / kin²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kēng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiàn
  - Wade–Giles: chien⁴
  - Yale: jyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiann
  - Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎn
  - Wade–Giles: chien³
  - Yale: jyǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jean
  - Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gin⁶ / kin²
  - Yale: gihn / kín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gin⁶ / kin²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gin⁶ / kin²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn²²/, /kʰiːn³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kēng
  - Tâi-lô: kīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: keng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ³³/

Middle Chinese: gjonX

Rime
Character	楗
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	元 (65)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	其偃切
Baxter	gjonX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨɐn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiɐn^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiɐn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨan^X/
Li Rong	/ɡiɐn^X/
Wang Li	/ɡĭɐn^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gɨ̯ɐn^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gin⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡanʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	楗
Reading #	1/1
No.	6223
Phonetic component	建
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	寋
Old Chinese	/*ɡanʔ/

Definitions

楗

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Compounds

關楗 / 关楗 (guānjiàn)

Japanese

Kanji

楗

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): けん (ken)、ごん (gon)
Kun: かんぬき (kannuki)

Korean

Hanja

楗 • (geon) (hangeul 건, revised geon, McCune–Reischauer kŏn, Yale ken)

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