鐔

See also: 镡

鐔 U+9414, 鐔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9414 ← 鐓 [U+9413] CJK Unified Ideographs 鐕 → [U+9415]

Translingual

Han character

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

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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Chinese

trad.		鐔
simp.		镡

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鐔
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (覃) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
鷣	*luː, *lɯm
撢	*l̥ʰɯːm, *l'ɯːms, *lɯm, *ʔl'aːnʔ
憛	*l̥ʰɯːms
潭	*l'ɯːm, *lɯmʔ
譚	*l'ɯːm, *l'ɯːmʔ
覃	*l'ɯːm
鐔	*l'ɯːm, *ljɯm, *lɯm
藫	*l'ɯːm
橝	*l'ɯːm, *l'ɯːmʔ
蟫	*l'ɯːm, *lɯm
燂	*l'ɯːm, *zlom, *ljum
醰	*l'ɯːm, *l'ɯːmʔ, *l'ɯːms
禫	*l'ɯːmʔ
嘾	*l'ɯːmʔ
贉	*l'ɯːmʔ, *l'ɯːms
瞫	*l'ɯːms, *hljɯmʔ
蕈	*zlɯmʔ
鱏	*ljɯm, *lɯm
簟	*l'ɯːmʔ
驔	*l'ɯːmʔ
磹	*l'ɯːms

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tán (tan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam⁴, cam⁴, jam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tán
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˊ
    • Wade–Giles: t'an²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarn
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰa̠n³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam⁴, cam⁴, jam⁴
    • Yale: tàahm, chàhm, yàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam⁴, tsam⁴, jam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam⁴, cem⁴, yem⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm²¹/, /t͡sʰɐm²¹/, /jɐm²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ziɪm/, /jiɪm/, /dʌm/▼

Rime
Character	鐔	鐔	鐔
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)	以 (36)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)	侵 (139)	覃 (159)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	I
Fanqie	徐林切	餘針切	徒含切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ziɪm/	/jiɪm/	/dʌm/
Pan Wuyun	/zim/	/jim/	/dəm/
Shao Rongfen	/zjem/	/jem/	/dɒm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zim/	/jim/	/dəm/
Li Rong	/ziəm/	/iəm/	/dᴀm/
Wang Li	/zĭĕm/	/jĭĕm/	/dɒm/
Bernard Karlgren	/zi̯əm/	/i̯əm/	/dʱăm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xín	yín	tán

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯːm/, /*ljɯm/, /*lɯm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鐔	鐔	鐔
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	12321	12337	12344
Phonetic component	覃	覃	覃
Rime group	侵	侵	侵
Rime subdivision	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	覃	尋	淫
Old Chinese	/*l'ɯːm/	/*ljɯm/	/*lɯm/

Definitions

鐔

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Compounds

• 鱗鋏星鐔／鳞铗星镡

References

• “鐔”, 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–

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tsumiha]

Alternative forms

• 鍔

Noun

鐔 (hiragana つみは, rōmaji 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, rōmaji 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, rōmaji 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)

1. sword guard
2. hilt

Readings

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

References

• Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.
• Minamoto, Shitagō; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja

鐔 • (sim) (hangeul 심, revised sim, McCune–Reischauer sim, Yale sim)

1. dagger
2. small sword