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

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• 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/

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• 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	/kenH/
Pan Wuyun	/kenH/
Shao Rongfen	/kɛnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛnH/
Li Rong	/kenH/
Wang Li	/kienH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kienH/
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

1. strong
2. hard iron
3. knife to harvest grain

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàn (jian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ

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• 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/

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• 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	/kenH/
Pan Wuyun	/kenH/
Shao Rongfen	/kɛnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛnH/
Li Rong	/kenH/
Wang Li	/kienH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kienH/
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

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

Japanese

Kanji

鋻

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

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