険

See also 險, and 险

Translingual

shinjitai	険
simplified	险
traditional	險

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 險 (僉 → 㑒); compare 検, 験, 剣. In current form, 阝 + 㑒.

Han character

険 (radical 170 阜+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 弓中人一人 (NLOMO), X弓中人一 (XNLOM), composition ⿰阝㑒)

1. narrow pass, strategic point

Related characters

• 検, 験, 剣

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1355, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41721
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 6, page 4138, character 4
• Unihan data for U+967A

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Japanese

Kanji

険 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: けん (ken)
• Kun: けわしい (kewashii)

Usage notes

Shinjitai

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Korean

Hanja

険 (hangeul 험, revised heom, McCune-Reischauer hŏm, Yale hem)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

険 (pinyin xiǎn (xian3), Wade-Giles hsien³)