鉆

鉆 U+9246, 鉆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9246 ← 鉅 [U+9245] CJK Unified Ideographs 鉇 → [U+9247]

Translingual

Han character

鉆 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, Cangjie input 金卜口 (CYR), four-corner 8116₀, composition ⿰釒占)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1300, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40287
• Dae Jaweon: page 1802, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4184, character 13
• Unihan data for U+9246

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鉆
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
頕	*taːm
煔	*ɦlaːm, *hljems, *hl'eːms
炶	*ɦlaːm
詀	*rteːm, *rdeːms, *teːm, *tʰjeb
站	*rteːms
檆	*sreːm
黏	*nem
粘	*nem
枮	*slem, *ʔl'ɯm
霑	*tem
沾	*tem, *teːms, *tʰeːm
覘	*tems, *tʰem
鉆	*tʰem, *ɡrem, *tʰeːb
占	*ʔljem, *tjems
颭	*tjemʔ
佔	*tjems, *teːm
苫	*hljem, *hljems
痁	*hljem, *teːms
蛅	*njem
阽	*lem
敁	*teːm
掂	*tiːm
點	*teːmʔ
玷	*teːmʔ, *teːms
店	*tiːms
坫	*tiːms, *tim
黇	*tʰeːm
扂	*deːmʔ
拈	*neːm
鮎	*neːm
砧	*ʔl'ɯm
笘	*teːb
跕	*teːb, *tʰeːb
貼	*tʰeːb
帖	*tʰeːb
怗	*tʰeːb
呫	*tʰeːb

Etymology 1

trad.		鉆
simp.		钻*

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chān (chan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chān
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chan
    • Wade–Giles: chʻan¹
    • Yale: chān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chan
    • Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän⁵⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰem/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鉆
Reading #	1/3
No.	16705
Phonetic component	占
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	覘
Old Chinese	/*tʰem/
Notes	巨淹切注：説文又敕淹切

Definitions

鉆

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Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qián (qian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qián
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cián
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²
    • Yale: chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyan
    • Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: gjem

Rime
Character	鉆
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	鹽 (154)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	巨淹切
Baxter	gjem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚiɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gjiam/
Li Rong	/ɡjɛm/
Wang Li	/ɡĭɛm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kim4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡrem/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鉆
Reading #	2/3
No.	16715
Phonetic component	占
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	箝
Old Chinese	/*ɡrem/

Definitions

鉆

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Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiē (tie¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄝ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiē
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tie
    • Wade–Giles: tʻieh¹
    • Yale: tyē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tie
    • Palladius: те (te)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: thep

Rime
Character	鉆
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	怗 (158)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	他協切
Baxter	thep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰep̚/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰep̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɛp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰɛp̚/
Li Rong	/tʰep̚/
Wang Li	/tʰiep̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰiep̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tip3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰeːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鉆
Reading #	3/3
No.	16743
Phonetic component	占
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	怗
Old Chinese	/*tʰeːb/

Definitions

鉆

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Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 鉆 – see 鉗 (“claw of a crustacean; pincers, pliers, tongs; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 鉗).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 鉆 – see 鑽 (“to drill; to bore; to study intensively; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 鑽).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B05313
• “鉆”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

鉆

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): てん (ten)、けん (ken)、げん (gen)、ちつ (chitsu)
• Kun: かなばさみ (kanabasami)

Vietnamese

Han character

鉆: Nôm readings: chém, thép

Glyph origin 1

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, chém): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 占 (chiêm).

Verb

鉆 • (chém)

1. chữ Nôm form of chém (“to slash; to chop; to cut; to behead”)

Glyph origin 2

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, thép): semantic 金 (“metal”) + abbreviated phonetic 帖 (thiếp).

See also 𳆇, an alternative form that uses the unabbreviated phonetic component.

Noun

鉆 • (thép)

1. chữ Nôm form of thép (“steel”)