鍔

See also 锷

Translingual

Han character

鍔 (radical 167 金+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 金口口尸 (CRRS), four-corner 8612₇)

1. high, lofty
2. edge of knife

References

• KangXi: page 1314, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40617
• Dae Jaweon: page 1814, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4231, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9354

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Cantonese

Hanzi

鍔 (simplified 锷, Yale ngok6)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA: [tsumiha]

Alternative forms

• 鐔

Noun

鍔 (hiragana つみは, romaji tsumiha)

1. the guard at the end of the grip of a sword
   • 931-938: Wamyō Ruijushō (book 5 page 45)

     鐔 唐韻云、鐔、音尋、一音潭、都美波 [...] 今俗急呼都婆 劔鼻也

Etymology 2

Cognate with tsumiha. Medial /-h-/, originally realized as *[p], voices to [b] due to the preceding /m/.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [tsumiba]

Alternative forms

• 鐔

Noun

鍔 (hiragana つみば, romaji tsumiba)

1. the guard at the end of the grip of a sword

Etymology 3

/tumiha/ > /tumba/ > /tuba/.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [tsuba]

Alternative forms

• 鐔

Noun

鍔 (hiragana つば, romaji tsuba)

1. the guard at the end of the grip of a sword
   • 931-938: Wamyō Ruijushō (book 5 page 45)

     鐔 唐韻云、鐔、音尋、一音潭、都美波 [...] 今俗急呼都婆 劔鼻也

   • 1603–1604: Nippo Jisho (page 620)

     Tçuba. ツバ (鍔・鐔) 刀 (Catana)の鍔, すなわち, 刀の柄（つか）に密着している, 銅やその他の金属製の円いある種の輪.

Kanji

鍔

Readings

• On: がく (gaku)
• Kun: つば (tsuba)

References

• 1980 May 19 [1603–1604], Tadao Doi, Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-0008-0021-3:
• 1968 May 19 [931-938], Shitagō Minamoto; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu, Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, ISBN 4-653-00507-9:

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Korean

Hanja

鍔 (hangeul 악, revised ak, McCune-Reischauer ak, Yale ak)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

鍔 (simplified 锷, pinyin è (e4), Wade-Giles o⁴)