鐔

See also: 镡

Translingual

Han character

鐔 (radical 167 金+12, 20 strokes, cangjie input 金一田十 (CMWJ), four-corner 8114₆)

1. dagger
2. small sword

References

• KangXi: page 1322, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40893
• Dae Jaweon: page 1822, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4255, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9414

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Cantonese

Hanzi

鐔 (simplified 镡, Yale taam4)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tsumiha]

Alternative forms

• 鍔

Noun

鐔 (hiragana つみは, romaji tsumiha)

1. the guard at the end of the grip of a sword
   • 931-938: Wamyō Ruijushō (book 5 page 45)

     鐔 唐韻云、鐔、音尋、一音潭、都美波 [...] 今俗急呼都婆 劔鼻也

Etymology 2

Cognate with tsumiha. Medial /-h-/, originally realized as *[p], voices to [b] due to the preceding /m/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tsumiba]

Alternative forms

• 鍔

Noun

鐔 (hiragana つみば, romaji tsumiba)

1. the guard at the end of the grip of a sword

Etymology 3

/tumiha/ → /tumba/ → /tuba/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tsuba]

Alternative forms

• 鍔

Noun

鐔 (hiragana つば, romaji tsuba)

1. the guard at the end of the grip of a sword
   • 931-938: Wamyō Ruijushō (book 5 page 45)

     鐔 唐韻云、鐔、音尋、一音潭、都美波 [...] 今俗急呼都婆 劔鼻也

   • 1603–1604: Nippo Jisho (page 620)

     Tçuba. ツバ (鍔・鐔) 刀 (Catana)の鍔, すなわち, 刀の柄（つか）に密着している, 銅やその他の金属製の円いある種の輪.

Kanji

鐔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• On: しん (shin), じん (jin)
• Kun: つば (tsuba)

References

• 1980 March 9 [1603–1604], Tadao Doi, Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-0008-0021-3:
• 1968 March 9 [931-938], Shitagō Minamoto; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu, Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, ISBN 4-653-00507-9:

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Korean

Hanja

鐔 (hangeul 심 (sim), revised sim, McCune-Reischauer sim, Yale sim)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

鐔 (simplified 镡, Pinyin tán (tan2), xīn (xin1), xín (xin2), Wade-Giles t'an², hsin¹, hsin²)