鋻

鋻	U+92FB, 鋻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-92FB

← 鋺
[U+92FA]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鋼 →
[U+92FC]

Translingual

Han character

鋻 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 尸水金 (SEC), four-corner 7710₉, composition ⿱臤金)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1308, character 31
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40508
Dae Jaweon: page 1810, character 24
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4216, character 12
Unihan data for U+92FB

Chinese

simp. and trad.		鋻

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
臤	kʰaːn, kʰriːn, ɡiːn, kʰins
掔	kʰriːn, kʰiːn
慳	*kʰriːn
藖	ɡriːn, ɡriːns
堅	*kiːn
鋻	kiːn, kiːns
鰹	*kiːn
蜸	*kʰiːnʔ
菣	kʰiːns, kʰins
賢	*ɡiːn
礥	ɡiːn, ɢrin
臔	*ɡiːnʔ
挋	*kiŋs
臣	*ɡiŋ
茞	*ɡiŋ
腎	*ɡjinʔ
頣	*hŋiŋʔ
緊	*kinʔ
嚚	*ŋɡriŋ
鏗	*kʰreːŋ
摼	*kʰreːŋ
硻	*kʰreːŋ

Etymology 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiān (jian¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jian
  - Wade–Giles: chien¹
  - Yale: jyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
  - Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: kenH

Rime
Character	鋻
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古電切
Baxter	kenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ken^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ken^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kɛn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛn^H/
Li Rong	/ken^H/
Wang Li	/kien^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kien^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gin³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kiːn/, /*kiːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鋻	鋻
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1331	1333
Phonetic component	臣	臣
Rime group	眞	眞
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	堅	見
Old Chinese	/*kiːn/	/*kiːns/

Definitions

鋻

strong
hard iron
knife to harvest grain

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiàn (jian⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ

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/

Middle Chinese: kenH

Rime
Character	鋻
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古電切
Baxter	kenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ken^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ken^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kɛn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛn^H/
Li Rong	/ken^H/
Wang Li	/kien^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kien^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gin³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kiːn/, /*kiːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鋻	鋻
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1331	1333
Phonetic component	臣	臣
Rime group	眞	眞
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	堅	見
Old Chinese	/*kiːn/	/*kiːns/

Definitions

鋻

to quench, to harden (knife, sword and etc.)

Japanese

Kanji

鋻

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): けん (ken)
Kun: つるぎのは (tsuruginoha)