兼

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兼 U+517C, 兼
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-517C
← 养
[U+517B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 兽 →
[U+517D]

Translingual[edit]

Traditional 兼
Simplified 兼
Japanese 兼
Korean 兼

Han character[edit]

兼 (Kangxi radical 12, 八+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿X金 (TXC), four-corner 80237, composition ⿱䒑⿻⿻コ卄八(GHTJV) or ⿳八一⿻⿻コ卄八(K))

Derived characters[edit]

Related characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 128, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1483
  • Dae Jaweon: page 288, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 249, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+517C

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
 兼
alternative forms
 
𠔥
𬻵
𭵄
𭵈
𭁐
𠔥
𬻵
𭵄
𭵈
𭁐
𭆢
𮏳

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 兼
Spring and Autumn Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Bronze inscriptions

b11167

Small seal script

s05098

Transcribed ancient scripts

L33971

L33972

L33973

L33974

L33975

L13088

L13089

L13090

L13091

L13092

L13093

L13094

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (兼) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
譧 *r'eːms
賺 *r'eːms
尲 *kreːm
鹻 *kreːmʔ
歉 *kʰreːms, *kʰreːmʔ, *kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːms
槏 *kʰreːmʔ
鰜 *ɡreːm, *keːm
稴 *ɡreːm, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ, *ɡ·reːms, *ɡeːm
豏 *ɡreːmʔ, *ɡreːms
甉 *ɡreːmʔ, *ɡraːm
廉 *ɡ·rem
鎌 *ɡ·rem
鬑 *ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm
鐮 *ɡ·rem
簾 *ɡ·rem
薕 *ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm
蠊 *ɡ·rem
嬚 *ɡ·remʔ
溓 *ɡ·remʔ, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ
嵰 *kʰremʔ
隒 *ŋɡremʔ
熑 *ɡ·reːm
濂 *ɡ·reːm
燫 *ɡ·reːm
兼 *keːm, *keːms
縑 *keːm
鶼 *keːm
蒹 *keːm
搛 *keːm
謙 *kʰeːm
膁 *kʰeːmʔ
嗛 *kʰeːmʔ
慊 *kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːb
傔 *kʰeːms
馦 *qʰeːm
嫌 *ɡeːm
鼸 *ɡeːmʔ
尷 *kreːm

Ideogrammic compound (會意): Hand 又 (as in 肀) holding two grain stalks 禾. Compare: 秉 (bǐng), a hand holding one plant.

Etymology[edit]

Austroasiatic (Schuessler, 2007); compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *ckiəm ~ ckəm ~ ckam ~ ckaim (“to grasp, to hold”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • giam1 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Chenghai, Chaoyang, Jieyang, Pontianak;
  • giang1 - Chenghai.
Rime
Character 兼 兼
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 添 (157) 添 (157)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV IV
Fanqie 古甜切 古念切
Baxter kem kemH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kem/ /kemH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kem/ /kemH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kɛm/ /kɛmH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kɛm/ /kɛmH/
Li
Rong 		/kem/ /kemH/
Wang
Li 		/kiem/ /kiemH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kiem/ /kiemH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jiān jiàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gim1 gim3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 兼
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jiān
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kem ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[k]ˁem/
English combine; at the same time

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 兼 兼
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 6063 6069
Phonetic
component 		兼 兼
Rime
group 		談 談
Rime
subdivision 		2 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		兼 兼
Old
Chinese 		/*keːm/ /*keːms/
Notes 別分紀念切，集韻並

Definitions[edit]

兼

  1. to do two or more things simultaneously; to hold two or more posts at the same time
    兼管  ―  jiānguǎn  ―  to concurrently be in charge of
  2. † double
    兼旬  ―  jiānxún  ―  twenty days
  3. to amalgamate, to merge
  4. to annex, to absorb
  5. a surname

Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai 兼
Kyūjitai
[1]
兼󠄁
兼+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
兼󠄄
兼+&#xE0104;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji[edit]

兼

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Kanji in this term
兼
けん
Grade: S
on’yomi

/kem/ → /kemʉ/ → /keɴ/

From Middle Chinese 兼 (MC kem|kemH).

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

兼(けん) • (-ken-) 

  1. -cum-, concurrently, and; in addition
    書(しょ)斎(さい)兼(けん)応(おう)接(せつ)間(ま)
    shosai-ken-ōsetsuma
    study-cum-drawing room
    首(しゅ)相(しょう)兼(けん)外(がい)相(しょう)
    shushō-ken-gaishō
    someone who holds the offices of both Prime Minister and Foreign Minister

Noun[edit]

兼(けん) • (ken) 

  1. doing two or more things at the same time
  2. holding two or more government offices at the same time

Derived terms[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

兼(けん) • (Ken) 

  1. a male given name

References[edit]

  1. ^ “兼”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎[1] (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023
  2. ^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

兼 (eumhun 겸할 겸 (gyeomhal gyeom))

  1. Hanja form? of 겸 (“unite, connect, combine”).

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

兼: Hán Nôm readings: kiêm

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