鏈

See also: 链

鏈 U+93C8, 鏈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-93C8 ← 鏇 [U+93C7] CJK Unified Ideographs 鏉 → [U+93C9]

Translingual

Han character

鏈 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+11, 19 strokes, Cangjie input 金卜十十 (CYJJ), four-corner 8513₀, composition ⿰釒連)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1319, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40779
• Dae Jaweon: page 1819, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4239, character 4
• Unihan data for U+93C8

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
連	*ren
漣	*ren
鰱	*ren
翴	*ren
鏈	*ren, *rens, *r̥ʰen
璉	*renʔ
僆	*renʔ, *reːns
摙	*renʔ, *rens
蓮	*renʔ, *reːn
嗹	*reːn
縺	*reːn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ren, *rens, *r̥ʰen): semantic 金 + phonetic 連 (OC *ren).

Etymology 1

trad.		鏈/鍊*
simp.		链

From 連 (MC ljen).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liàn (lian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lin^6-2 / lin⁶ / lin⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): len^5* / len⁵

• Gan (Wiktionary): lien⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): lien

  (Meixian, Guangdong): liên⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): lie³
• Eastern Min (BUC): lièng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): liān

  (Teochew, Peng'im): liang⁷ / liêng⁷

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶li

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liàn
    • Wade–Giles: lien⁴
    • Yale: lyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liann
    • Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lin^6-2 / lin⁶ / lin⁴
    • Yale: lín / lihn / lìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lin^6-2 / lin⁶ / lin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lin^6-2 / lin⁶ / lin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːn²²⁻³⁵/, /liːn²²/, /liːn²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: len^5* / len⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /len³²⁻³²⁵/, /len³²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: lien⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liɛn¹¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lien
    • Hakka Romanization System: lien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯en⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: liên⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /liɛn⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: lie³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /lie⁴⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lièng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ieŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liān
    • Tâi-lô: liān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lien
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /liɛn²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /liɛn⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liɛn³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: liang⁷ / liêng⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liāng / liēng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liaŋ¹¹/, /lieŋ¹¹/

Note:

• liang7 - Shantou;
• liêng7 - Chaozhou.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶li
    • MiniDict: li^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³li
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /li²³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rens/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鏈
Reading #	2/3
No.	8002
Phonetic component	連
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𤹨
Old Chinese	/*rens/
Notes	連晚起分化字， 見六書故

Definitions

鏈

1. chain; wire; cable

   鏈子／链子  ―  liànzi  ―  chain

2. chain; shack
3. to chain
4. chain (unit of length equal to 22 yards)

Compounds

• 人鏈 / 人链 (rénliàn)
• 區塊鏈 / 区块链 (qūkuàiliàn)
• 島鏈 / 岛链 (dǎoliàn)
• 手鏈 / 手链 (shǒuliàn)
• 拉鏈 / 拉链 (lāliàn)
• 拉鏈工程 / 拉链工程
• 火鏈片 / 火链片
• 腳鏈 / 脚链 (jiǎoliàn)
• 袚鏈 / 袚链
• 鉸鏈 / 铰链 (jiǎoliàn)
• 鎖鏈 / 锁链 (suǒliàn)
• 鏈傳動 / 链传动 (liànchuándòng)
• 鏈反應 / 链反应 (liànfǎnyìng)
• 鏈子 / 链子 (liànzi)
• 鏈式反應 / 链式反应 (liànshì fǎnyìng)
• 鏈接 / 链接 (liànjiē)
• 鏈接器 / 链接器 (liànjiēqì)
• 鏈接場 / 链接场 (liànjiēchǎng)
• 鏈條 / 链条 (liàntiáo)
• 鏈椎 / 链椎
• 鏈激酶 / 链激酶 (liànjīméi)
• 鏈球 / 链球 (liànqiú)
• 鏈球菌 / 链球菌 (liànqiújūn)
• 鏈表 / 链表 (liànbiǎo)
• 鏈路 / 链路 (liànlù)
• 鏈軌 / 链轨
• 鏈鉗子 / 链钳子
• 鏈鋸 / 链锯 (liànjù)
• 鏈鎖 / 链锁
• 鏈鎖反應 / 链锁反应
• 鏈黴素 / 链霉素
• 項鏈 / 项链 (xiàngliàn)
• 頸鏈 / 颈链
• 食物鏈 / 食物链 (shíwùliàn)

Etymology 2

trad.		鏈
simp.		链
alternative forms		䃛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lián (lian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lián
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lián
    • Wade–Giles: lien²
    • Yale: lyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lian
    • Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: trhjen, ljen

Rime
Character	鏈	鏈
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	仙 (79)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	丑延切	力延切
Baxter	trhjen	ljen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰˠiᴇn/	/liᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰᵚiɛn/	/liɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰiæn/	/ljæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰian/	/lian/
Li Rong	/ȶʰjɛn/	/liɛn/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭɛn/	/lĭɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯ɛn/	/li̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chān	lián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cin1	lin4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ren/, /*r̥ʰen/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鏈	鏈
Reading #	1/3	3/3
No.	7996	8003
Phonetic component	連	連
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	連	脠
Old Chinese	/*ren/	/*r̥ʰen/

Definitions

鏈

1. copper
2. lead mine
3. mine

References

• “鏈”, 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

鏈

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. chain
2. irons
3. connection

Readings

• Go-on: てん (ten)、れん (ren)
• Kan-on: てん (ten)、れん (ren)
• Kun: くさり (kusari, 鏈)

Definitions

Kanji in this term
鏈
くさり Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 鏈 – see the following entry.

【鎖くさり】S [noun] a chain Alternative spellings 鐺, 鉧, 鏁

(This term, 鏈, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

• “^▲鏈”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɾjʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [련]

Hanja

鏈 • (ryeon>yeon) (hangeul 련>연)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鏈: Hán Nôm readings: liên

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