硎

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See also: 研
硎 U+784E, 硎
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-784E
← 硍
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 硏 →
硎 U+2F94E, 硎
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F94E
← 𥐝
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 碌 →

Translingual

Han character

硎 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一口一廿弓 (MRMTN), four-corner 12600, composition ⿰石刑)

  1. whetstone

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 830, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24175
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1245, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2427, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+784E

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 硎

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (井) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
硎 *kʰreːŋ, *ɡeːŋ
耕 *kreːŋ
荊 *keŋ
井 *skeŋʔ
丼 *kl'oːmʔ, *skeŋʔ
妌 *sɡeŋʔ
穽 *sɡeŋʔ, *sɡeŋs
阱 *sɡeŋʔ, *sɡeŋs
汫 *sɡeːŋʔ
刑 *ɡeːŋ
形 *ɡeːŋ
邢 *ɡeːŋ
鉶 *ɡeːŋ
型 *ɡeːŋ
侀 *ɡeːŋ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 硎 硎
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 溪 (29) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 庚 (109) 青 (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II IV
Fanqie 客庚切 戸經切
Baxter khaeng heng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kʰˠæŋ/ /ɦeŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʰᵚaŋ/ /ɦeŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kʰaŋ/ /ɣɛŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kʰaɨjŋ/ /ɦɛjŋ/
Li
Rong 		/kʰɐŋ/ /ɣeŋ/
Wang
Li 		/kʰɐŋ/ /ɣieŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kʰɐŋ/ /ɣieŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		kēng xíng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hang1 jing4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 硎
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xíng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ heng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁeŋ/
English whetstone

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 硎 硎
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 6849 6860
Phonetic
component 		井 井
Rime
group 		耕 耕
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		阬 㓝
Old
Chinese 		/*kʰreːŋ/ /*ɡeːŋ/
Notes 同阬坑，集韻別義 見莊子

Definitions

硎

  1. whetstone
  2. to whet; to grind; to polish

Compounds

References

  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “硎”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 265.

Japanese

Kanji

硎

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): けい (kei)
  • Kun: といし (toishi, 硎)
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