銛

See also: 铦

銛 U+929B, 銛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-929B ← 銚 [U+929A] CJK Unified Ideographs 銜 → [U+929C]

Translingual

Han character

銛 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 金竹十口 (CHJR), four-corner 8216₄, composition ⿰釒舌)

1. sharp, keen-edged
2. a kind of hoe

Derived characters

• 懖, 𦗾

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1305, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40389
• Dae Jaweon: page 1807, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4198, character 4
• Unihan data for U+929B

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
銛	*koːd, *slem, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
栝	*koːd, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
餂	*l̥ʰeːmʔ
恬	*l'eːm
湉	*l'eːm
甜	*l'iːm
狧	*l̥ʰaːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *koːd, *slem, *l̥ʰeːmʔ) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + abbreviated phonetic 甜 (OC *l'iːm).

Etymology 1

trad.		銛
simp.		铦

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sjam (“iron”) (STEDT). Cognate with 鐕 (OC *ʔsluːm, “headless nail”), as well as Burmese သံ (sam, “iron”).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiān (xian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sian
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹
    • Yale: syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cim¹
    • Yale: chīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːm⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sjem

Rime
Character	銛
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息廉切
Baxter	sjem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/sjæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siam/
Li Rong	/siɛm/
Wang Li	/sĭɛm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sim1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*slem/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	銛
Reading #	2/3
No.	12402
Phonetic component	甜
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	銛
Old Chinese	/*slem/
Notes	說文舌聲讀若棪若鐮

Definitions

銛

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Compounds

• 銛利 / 铦利
• 銛諸 / 铦诸

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiǎn (tian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien³
    • Yale: tyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tean
    • Palladius: тянь (tjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: themX

Rime
Character	銛
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	添 (157)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	他玷切
Baxter	themX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰemX/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰemX/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɛmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰɛmX/
Li Rong	/tʰemX/
Wang Li	/tʰiemX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰiemX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tiǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tim2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰeːmʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	銛
Reading #	3/3
No.	12404
Phonetic component	甜
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	忝
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰeːmʔ/

Definitions

銛

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Etymology 2

trad.		銛
simp.		铦
alternative forms		銽

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
咶	*qʰroːds, *qʰroːds, *ɡroːd
話	*ɡroːds
刮	*kroːd
鴰	*kroːd, *koːd
趏	*kroːd, *kʰroːd
舌	*ɡroːd, *ɦbljed
姡	*ɡroːd, *ɡoːd
頢	*ɡroːd, *koːd
括	*koːd
活	*koːd, *ɡoːd
适	*koːd, *kʰoːd
栝	*koːd, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
佸	*koːd, *ɡoːd
髺	*koːd
聒	*koːd
銛	*koːd, *slem, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
葀	*koːd
懖	*koːd
筈	*koːd, *kʰoːd
萿	*koːd
蛞	*kʰoːd
闊	*kʰoːd
秳	*ɡoːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *koːd, *slem, *l̥ʰeːmʔ) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 𠯑 (OC *ɡroːd).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guā (gua¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guā
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gua
    • Wade–Giles: kua¹
    • Yale: gwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gua
    • Palladius: гуа (gua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kwat

Rime
Character	銛
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	末 (64)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古活切
Baxter	kwat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwat̚/
Li Rong	/kuɑt̚/
Wang Li	/kuɑt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gut3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*koːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	銛
Reading #	1/3
No.	7575
Phonetic component	桰
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	括
Old Chinese	/*koːd/

Definitions

銛

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Japanese

Kanji

銛

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: かち (kachi)^{←くわち (kwati, historical)}、せん (sen)^{←せん (sen, historical)←せむ (semu, ancient)}、てん (ten)^{←てん (ten, historical)←てむ (temu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: かつ (katsu)^{←くわつ (kwatu, historical)}、せん (sen)^{←せん (sen, historical)←せむ (semu, ancient)}、てん (ten)^{←てん (ten, historical)←てむ (temu, ancient)}
• Kun: すき (suki, 銛)、もり (mori, 銛)

Compounds

• 莫耶(ばくや)を鈍(どん)と為(な)し鉛刀(えんとう)を銛(せん)と為(な)す (bakuya o don to nashi entō o sen to nasu)

Kanji in this term
銛
もり Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) もり [mòrí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mo̞ɾʲi]

Noun

銛(もり) • (mori) 

1. (fishing) harpoon

Hyponyms

• 突(つ)きん棒(ぼう) (tsukinbō)

Derived terms

• 碇銛(いかりもり) (ikarimori)
• 鯨銛(くじらもり) (kujiramori)
• 刺(さ)し銛(もり) (sashimori)

Korean

Hanja

銛 • (seom) (hangeul 섬, revised seom, McCune–Reischauer sŏm, Yale sem)

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