鍔

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See also: 锷
鍔 U+9354, 鍔
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9354
← 鍓
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 鍕 →

Translingual

Han character

鍔 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 金口口尸 (CRRS), four-corner 86127, composition ⿰釒咢)

  1. high, lofty
  2. edge of a knife

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1314, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40617
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1814, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4231, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+9354

Chinese

trad. 鍔
simp. 锷
alternative forms 㓵
𨫘
鑩

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (屰) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
斥 *ŋ̊ʰjaːɡs, *ŋ̊ʰjaːɡ
訴 *sŋaːɡs
泝 *sŋaːɡs
愬 *sŋaːɡs, *sŋreːɡ
遡 *sŋaːɡs
塑 *sŋaːɡs
溯 *sŋaːɡs
遻 *ŋaːɡs
柝 *tŋ̊ʰaːɡ
鶚 *ŋaːɡ
諤 *ŋaːɡ
齶 *ŋaːɡ
鍔 *ŋaːɡ
遌 *ŋaːɡ
崿 *ŋaːɡ
偔 *ŋaːɡ
堮 *ŋaːɡ
湂 *ŋaːɡ
鱷 *ŋaːɡ
噩 *ŋaːɡ
咢 *ŋaːɡ
鑩 *ŋaːɡ
鄂 *ŋaːɡ
鰐 *ŋaːɡ
萼 *ŋaːɡ
愕 *ŋaːɡ
顎 *ŋaːɡ
朔 *sŋraːɡ
槊 *sraːwɢ
蒴 *sraːwɢ
坼 *tŋ̊ʰraːɡ
拆 *tŋ̊ʰraːɡ
逆 *ŋraɡ
屰 *ŋraɡ
縌 *ŋraɡ
蝷 *reːɡ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 鍔
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 唐 (103)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 五各切
Baxter ngak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋak̚/
Li
Rong 		/ŋɑk̚/
Wang
Li 		/ŋɑk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ŋɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		è
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ngok6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 鍔
Reading # 1/1
No. 9453
Phonetic
component 		屰
Rime
group 		鐸
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		咢
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋaːɡ/

Definitions

鍔

  1. (literary) blade; edge (of a sword or knife)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

鍔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鍔
つば
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
鐔

/tumiha/ → /tumuba/ → /tunba/ → /t͡suba/

First attested in the late 12th century.

Shift from tsumiha or tsumiba below.

Pronunciation

Noun

鍔(つば) • (tsuba) 

  1. the guard at the end of the grip of a sword or polearm
    • 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.
      Tsuba - the guard of a katana; that is, a circular ring made of copper or other metal with a design stuck to the katana.
  2. the brim or visor (of a hat, for example)
    帽子(ぼうし)の鍔(つば)
    bōshi no tsuba
    hat's brim
  3. the brim of a kettle
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鍔
つみば
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
Kanji in this term
鍔
つみは
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
鐔

⟨tumi1pa⟩ → */tumʲipa/ → /t͡sumiɸa/ → /t͡sumiha/

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.

The final ha element is most likely cognate with 刃 (ha, “edge”).

Usually pronounced with

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rendaku (連濁), as tsumiba.

Noun

鍔(つみは) or 鍔(つみば) • (tsumiha or tsumiba) 

  1. (obsolete) the guard at the end of the grip of a sword or polearm

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.
  3. ^ “鍔・鐔”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000

Korean

Hanja

鍔 (eum 악 (ak))

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Vietnamese

Han character

鍔: Hán Nôm readings: ngạc

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References

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