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U+5261, 剡
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5261

[U+5260]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5262]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 18, +8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 火火中弓 (FFLN), four-corner 92800, composition )

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 141, character 32
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2059
  • Dae Jaweon: page 321, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 346, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5261

Chinese

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trad.
simp. #
alternative forms “sharp”

Glyph origin

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-rjam (sharp) (STEDT, Schuessler, 2007). Initial *r- was re-interpreted as pre-initial and dropped; whereas doublets (OC *r(i)am, “whetstone”) and (OC *ɡ·rem, “sickle”) retain *r-.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (36)
Final () (153)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter yemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/jiᴇmX/
Pan
Wuyun
/jiɛmX/
Shao
Rongfen
/jæmX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/jiamX/
Li
Rong
/iɛmX/
Wang
Li
/jĭɛmX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯ɛmX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jim5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yǎn
Middle
Chinese
‹ yemX ›
Old
Chinese
/*N-r[a]mʔ/
English sharp; pierce

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
Reading # 2/2
No. 14317
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*lamʔ/

Definitions

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  1. (archaic) sharp; pointed
  2. (archaic) to cut; to pare; to sharpen
  3. (archaic) to lift; to raise

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (25)
Final () (153)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter dzyemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʑiᴇmX/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ʑiɛmX/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʑjæmX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ʑiamX/
Li
Rong
/ʑiɛmX/
Wang
Li
/ʑĭɛmX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʑi̯ɛmX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sim6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2
No. 14311
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɦljamʔ/

Definitions

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  1. Used in 剡溪.
  2. Used in place names.

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. sharp
  2. sharp-pointed
  3. sharpen

Readings

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  • On (unclassified): えん (en)せん (sen)ぜん (zen)
  • Kun: するどい (surudoi)そるどくする (sorudokusuru)けずる (kezuru)

Korean

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Hanja

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(eum (seom))
(eum (yeom))

  1. sharp