鍛

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See also: 煅 and 锻
鍛 U+935B, 鍛
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-935B
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Translingual

Han character

鍛 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 金竹十水 (CHJE), four-corner 87147, composition ⿰釒段)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1314, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40625
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1814, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4233, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+935B

Chinese

trad. 鍛
simp. 锻
2nd round simp. 煅

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (段) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
鍛 *toːns
腶 *toːns
碫 *toːns
瑖 *toːns
緞 *doːnʔ, *doːns
段 *doːns
椴 *doːns
毈 *doːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *toːns) : semantic 釒 (“metal”) + phonetic 段 (OC *doːns).

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/m-t(w)a ~ *(t/d)u (“hammer, strike, slap”), provisionally set up by STEDT, and cognate with 碓 (OC *tuːls, “pestle”), Burmese တူ (tu, “hammer”).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • duêng3 - Chaozhou;
  • duang3 - Shantou.
    Rime
    Character 鍛
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 端 (5)
    Final (韻) 桓 (62)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Closed
    Division (等) I
    Fanqie 丁貫切
    Baxter twanH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/tuɑnH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/tʷɑnH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/tuɑnH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/twanH/
    Li
    Rong         		/tuɑnH/
    Wang
    Li         		/tuɑnH/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/tuɑnH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		duàn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		dyun3
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 鍛
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 2529
    Phonetic
    component         		段
    Rime
    group         		元
    Rime
    subdivision         		3
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		鍛
    Old
    Chinese         		/*toːns/

    Definitions

    鍛

    1. to forge; to shape metal
      鍛造／锻造  ―  duànzào  ―  to forge
    2. to temper; to refine

    Compounds

    Japanese

    Kanji

    鍛

    (Jōyō kanji)

    1. to forge
    2. to toughen
    3. workout, discipline, training

    Readings

    Compounds

    Etymology 1

    Kanji in this term
    鍛
    たん
    Grade: S
    on'yomi

    From Middle Chinese 鍛 (MC twanH).

    Affix

    鍛(たん) • (tan) 

    1. forging, smithing
    2. (by extension) refining, disciplining (of the mind, body, etc.)
    Derived terms
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    Kanji in this term
    鍛
    きた(え)
    Grade: S
    kun'yomi

    Nominalization of 鍛え (kitae, “forging”).

    Proper noun

    鍛(きたえ) • (Kitae) ←きたへ (Kitafe)?

    1. a male given name

    Korean

    Hanja

    鍛 (eumhun 불릴 단 (bullil dan))

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    Compounds

    Old Japanese

    Etymology

    ⟨kana uti⟩ → ⟨kanuti⟩

    Originally a compound of 金 (kana, combining form of kane, “metal”) +‎ 打ち (uti, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 打つ (utu), “to strike”).

    Noun

    鍛 (kanuti) (kana かぬち)

    1. the forging of metal; also such a person who forges metal: a metalsmith, smith

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Japanese: 鍛冶 (kaji)

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    鍛: Hán Nôm readings: đoán, đoàn

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