兼

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Translingual [edit]

Han character [edit]

兼 (radical 12 八+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿難金 (TXC), four-corner 80237)

  1. unite, combine
  2. connect
  3. and

Derived characters [edit]

Related characters [edit]

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 128, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1483
  • Dae Jaweon: page 288, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 249, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+517C
  • EUC:
    • Hex: B7F3
  • JIS:
    • Hex: 3773
  • Shift-JIS:
    • Hex: 8C93

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

兼 (Yale gim1)

Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

兼 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]

Related terms [edit]

Conjunction [edit]

-兼- (-けん-, -ken-)

  1. -cum-, concurrently, in addition
    • 書斎兼応接間
      しょさいけんおうせつま
      shosai ken ōsetsuma
      study-cum-drawing room

    • 首相兼外相
      しゅしょうけんがいしょう
      shushō ken gaishō
      someone who holds the offices of both Prime Minister and Foriegn Minister

Proper noun [edit]

兼 (hiragana けん, romaji Ken)

  1. A male given name

Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

兼 (hangeul 겸, revised kyeom, McCune-Reischauer kyŏm, Yale kyeom)

Mandarin [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

兼 (pinyin jiān (jian1), Wade-Giles chien)

Middle Chinese [edit]

Han character [edit]

兼 (*kem)

Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

兼 (kiêm, kem, kèm, cồm)

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