鎰

See also: 镒

鎰	U+93B0, 鎰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-93B0

← 鎯
[U+93AF]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鎱 →
[U+93B1]

Translingual

Han character

鎰 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 金廿金廿 (CTCT), four-corner 8811₇, composition ⿰釒益)

an ancient unit of weight (=20 or 24 liang)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1318, character 19
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40747
Dae Jaweon: page 1818, character 9
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4244, character 7
Unihan data for U+93B0

Chinese

trad.		鎰
simp.		镒

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
隘	*qreːɡs
賹	*qreːɡs
搤	qreːɡs, qreːɡ
縊	qleːɡs, qleɡs
螠	*qleɡs
謚	ɢliɡs, qleɡ
諡	*ɢliɡs
蠲	*kʷliːŋ
溢	*liɡ
鎰	*liɡ
齸	lig, qleg
貖	*qreːɡ
益	*qleɡ
嗌	*qleɡ
膉	*qleɡ
鷁	*ŋɡleːɡ
艗	*ŋɡleːɡ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yì
  - Wade–Giles: i⁴
  - Yale: yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
  - Palladius: и (i)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jat⁶
  - Yale: yaht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚²/

Middle Chinese: yit

Rime
Character	鎰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	質 (48)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	夷質切
Baxter	yit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/jit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/jet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jit̚/
Li Rong	/iĕt̚/
Wang Li	/jĭĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jat⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ](r)ik/

(Zhengzhang): /*liɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鎰
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yì
Middle Chinese	‹ yit ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ](r)ik/
English	(an ancient weight)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鎰
Reading #	1/1
No.	15077
Phonetic component	益
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	逸
Old Chinese	/*liɡ/

Definitions

鎰

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a unit of weight equivalent to 20 or 24 兩／两
- 今有璞玉於此，雖萬鎰，必使玉人彫琢之。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  今有璞玉于此，虽万镒，必使玉人雕琢之。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE
  Jīn yǒu púyù yú cǐ, suī wàn yì, bì shǐ yùrén diāozhuó zhī. [Pinyin]
  Although it may be worth 240,000 taels, you will surely employ a lapidary to cut and polish it.

Compounds

百鎰之金 / 百镒之金

Japanese

Kanji

鎰

(Hyōgai kanji)

unit of weight

Readings

On (unclassified): いつ (itsu)
Kun: かぎ (kagi)

Korean

Hanja

鎰 • (il) (hangeul 일, revised il, McCune–Reischauer il, Yale il)

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