釿

Translingual

Han character

釿 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 金竹一中 (CHML), four-corner 8212₁, composition ⿰金斤)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1297, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40203
• Dae Jaweon: page 1800, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4177, character 2
• Unihan data for U+91FF

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Chinese

trad.		釿
simp.		𬬱

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (斤) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
蘄	*ɡɯ, *kɯl, *ɡɯn
祈	*ɡɯl
頎	*ɡɯl
旂	*ɡɯl
圻	*ɡɯl, *ŋɡɯːn, *ŋɡɯn
蚚	*ɡɯl, *ɡɯːls
岓	*ɡɯl
玂	*ɡɯl
沂	*ŋɡɯl
掀	*qʰan
釿	*ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋkɯn
齗	*ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯn
听	*ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯnʔ
垽	*ŋrɯns, *qɯns
斤	*kɯn, *kɯns
菦	*kɯnʔ
靳	*kɯns
劤	*kɯns
勁	*kɯns, *keŋs
赾	*kʰɯnʔ
芹	*ɡɯn
近	*ɡɯnʔ, *ɡɯns
斦	*ŋɡɯn
欣	*qʰɯn
忻	*qʰɯn
昕	*qʰɯn
訢	*qʰɯn
炘	*qʰɯn, *qʰɯns
邤	*qʰɯn
庍	*qʰɯns, *mpreːɡs
焮	*qʰɯns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐn (yin³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐn
    • Wade–Giles: yin³
    • Yale: yǐn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiin
    • Palladius: инь (inʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gan¹
    • Yale: gān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kj+n, ngjinX

Rime
Character	釿	釿
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	欣 (57)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	舉欣切	宜引切
Baxter	kj+n	ngjinX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨn/	/ŋiɪnX/
Pan Wuyun	/kɨn/	/ŋinX/
Shao Rongfen	/kiən/	/ŋjenX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨn/	/ŋinX/
Li Rong	/kiən/	/ŋiĕnX/
Wang Li	/kĭən/	/ŋĭĕnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯ən/	/ŋi̯ĕnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīn	yǐn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gan1	ngan5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋɡrɯnʔ/, /*ŋkɯn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	釿	釿
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6645	6650
Phonetic component	斤	斤
Rime group	文	文
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	釿	斤
Old Chinese	/*ŋɡrɯnʔ/	/*ŋkɯn/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 釿

1. axe

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Japanese

Kanji

釿

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): きん (kin), ぎん (gin)
• Kun: たつ (tatsu), きる (kiru), まさかり (masakari)

Noun

釿(ちょうな) • (chōna) 

1. adze

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Korean

Hanja

釿 • (geun) (hangeul 근, revised geun, McCune–Reischauer kŭn, Yale kun)

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