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Chinese
Etymology
From a Han-era office instituted to oversee the quality and supply of the city's then-popular brocade.
Pronunciation
| Rime
|
| Character
|
錦
|
官
|
城
|
| Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
| Initial (聲)
|
見 (28)
|
見 (28)
|
常 (25)
|
| Final (韻)
|
侵 (140)
|
桓 (62)
|
清 (121)
|
| Tone (調)
|
Rising (X)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Level (Ø)
|
| Openness (開合)
|
Open
|
Closed
|
Open
|
| Division (等)
|
III
|
I
|
III
|
| Fanqie
|
居飲切
|
古丸切
|
是征切
|
| Baxter
|
kimX
|
kwan
|
dzyeng
|
| Reconstructions
|
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
|
/kˠiɪmX/
|
/kuɑn/
|
/d͡ʑiᴇŋ/
|
Pan
Wuyun
|
/kᵚimX/
|
/kʷɑn/
|
/d͡ʑiɛŋ/
|
Shao
Rongfen
|
/kiemX/
|
/kuɑn/
|
/d͡ʑiæŋ/
|
Edwin
Pulleyblank
|
/kjimX/
|
/kwan/
|
/d͡ʑiajŋ/
|
Li
Rong
|
/kjəmX/
|
/kuɑn/
|
/ʑiɛŋ/
|
Wang
Li
|
/kĭĕmX/
|
/kuɑn/
|
/ʑĭɛŋ/
|
Bernhard
Karlgren
|
/ki̯əmX/
|
/kuɑn/
|
/ʑi̯ɛŋ/
|
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
|
jǐn
|
guān
|
chéng
|
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
|
gam2
|
gun1
|
sing4
|
Proper noun
錦官城
- (informal or literary, obsolete) "City of the Brocade Official", a former nickname of Chengdu, Sichuan.
Derived terms