肩

Translingual

shinjitai	肩
simplified	肩
traditional	肩

Etymology

The form differs between traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese, and Japanese shinjitai, as depicted at right. These are represented by the same Unicode code point; see Han unification.

• Traditional: Ideogrammic compound (會意): 月 + 戶; the body's gate.
• Simplified: Ideogrammic compound (會意): 月 + 户.
• Shinjitai: Ideogrammic compound (會意): 月 + 戸.

Han character

肩 (radical 130 肉+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹尸月 (HSB), 戈尸月 (ISB), four-corner 3022₇, composition ⿸戶月, ⿸户月, ⿸戸月)

1. shoulders
2. to shoulder
3. to bear

References

• KangXi: page 975, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29299
• Dae Jaweon: page 1426, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2052, character 8
• Unihan data for U+80A9

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		肩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiān (jian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Wade-Giles: chien¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gin¹
    • Yale: gīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gin¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kiːn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (肩, reconstructed)
Character (肩), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 見 (28) Final: 先 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 古賢切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ken/	/kien/	/ken/	/ken/	/kɛn/	/kien/	/kɛn/

Old Chinese pronunciation (肩, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
肩								jiān								‹ ken ›								/*[k]ˤe[n]/								shoulder (n.)
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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
肩					6023					肩					元					2					堅					/*keːn/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

肩

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. shoulder

Readings

• On: けん (ken)
• Kun: かた (kata)

Kanji in this term

肩

かた Grade: S

kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ta̠]

Noun

肩 (hiragana かた, romaji kata)

1. a shoulder

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Korean

Hanja

肩 (gyeon) (hangeul 견, revised gyeon, McCune-Reischauer kyŏn, Yale kyen)

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