劍士

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Chinese

(double-edged) sword scholar; warrior; knight
trad. (劍士)
simp. (剑士)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (20)
Final () (145) (19)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter kjaemH dzriX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɨɐmH/ /d͡ʒɨX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kiɐmH/ /ɖ͡ʐɨX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiɐmH/ /d͡ʒieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɨamH/ /ɖ͡ʐɨX/
Li
Rong
/kiɐmH/ /d͡ʒiəX/
Wang
Li
/kĭɐmH/ /d͡ʒĭəX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ki̯ɐmH/ /ɖ͡ʐʱiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiàn zhì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gim3 zi6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jiàn shì
Middle
Chinese
‹ kjæmH › ‹ dzriX ›
Old
Chinese
/*s.krm-s/ /*rəʔ/
English sword officer; gentleman

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 10227 11511
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kams/ /*zrɯʔ/
Notes

Noun

劍士

  1. swordsman
    Synonym: 劍客剑客 (jiànkè)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (劍士):
  • Japanese: (けん)() (kenshi)