鑯

鑯 U 946F, 鑯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-946F ← 鑮 [U 946E] CJK Unified Ideographs 鑰 → [U 9470]

Translingual

Han character

鑯 (Kangxi radical 167, 金 17, 25 strokes, cangjie input 金人戈一 (COIM), four-corner 8315₀, composition ⿰釒韱)

1. awl
2. sharp iron point

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1326, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41050
• Dae Jaweon: page 1828, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4273, character 13
• Unihan data for U 946F

Chinese

trad.		鑯
simp.		𰿈

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
讖	*sʰrims
攕	*sreːm
櫼	*sreːm, *ʔsem
懺	*sʰraːms
殲	*ʔsem
瀸	*ʔsem
鑯	*ʔsem
虃	*ʔslem
籤	*sʰem
韯	*sem
纖	*sem
孅	*sem
韱	*sem
襳	*sem, *srem, *srim

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiān (jian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jian
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹
    • Yale: jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
    • Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjem

Rime
Character	鑯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	子廉切
Baxter	tsjem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡siam/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛm/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zim1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsem/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鑯
Reading #	1/1
No.	13479
Phonetic component	韱
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	尖
Old Chinese	/*ʔsem/

Definitions

鑯

1. ^† sharp ironware
2. ^† Alternative form of 尖 (jiān, “pointed; sharp”)

Japanese

Kanji

鑯

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. carve

Readings

• Go-on: せん (sen)、しん (shin)
• Kan-on: せん (sen)、しん (shin)
• Kun: きざむ (kizamu, 鑯む)