鋭

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See also: 銳 and 锐
鋭 U+92ED, 鋭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-92ED
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 鋮 →

Translingual

Traditional 銳
Shinjitai 鋭
Simplified 锐

Han character

鋭 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 金金口山 (CCRU) or 難難金金口 (XXCCR), composition ⿰釒兑)

  1. sharp

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1308, character 26
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40418
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4211, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+92ED

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 鋭 – see 銳 (“sharp; keen; acute; pointed; 14th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "penetration"; etc.”).
(This character is a variant traditional form of 銳).

Japanese

Shinjitai

鋭

Kyūjitai

銳

Kanji

鋭

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 銳)

  1. sharp

Readings

From Middle Chinese 銳 (MC ywejH):

  • Go-on: えい (ei, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: えい (ei, Jōyō)

From Middle Chinese 銳 (MC dwajH):

From native Japanese roots:

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鋭
えい
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
銳 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 銳 (MC ywejH).

Pronunciation

Affix

鋭(えい) • (ei) 

  1. sharp; pointed; acute; keen
Derived terms
Derived terms

Adjective

鋭(えい) • (ei) -na (adnominal 鋭(えい)な (ei na), adverbial 鋭(えい)に (ei ni))

  1. (literary) keen
Inflection
Inflection of 鋭
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 鋭だろ えいだろ ei daro
Continuative (連用形) 鋭で えいで ei de
Terminal (終止形) 鋭だ えいだ ei da
Attributive (連体形) 鋭な えいな ei na
Hypothetical (仮定形) 鋭なら えいなら ei nara
Imperative (命令形) 鋭であれ えいであれ ei de are
Key constructions
Informal negative 鋭ではない
鋭じゃない 		えいではない
えいじゃない 		ei de wa nai
ei ja nai
Informal past 鋭だった えいだった ei datta
Informal negative past 鋭ではなかった
鋭じゃなかった 		えいではなかった
えいじゃなかった 		ei de wa nakatta
ei ja nakatta
Formal 鋭です えいです ei desu
Formal negative 鋭ではありません
鋭じゃありません 		えいではありません
えいじゃありません 		ei de wa arimasen
ei ja arimasen
Formal past 鋭でした えいでした ei deshita
Formal negative past 鋭ではありませんでした
鋭じゃありませんでした 		えいではありませんでした
えいじゃありませんでした 		ei de wa arimasen deshita
ei ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive 鋭で えいで ei de
Conditional 鋭なら（ば） えいなら（ば） ei nara (ba)
Provisional 鋭だったら えいだったら ei dattara
Volitional 鋭だろう えいだろう ei darō
Adverbial 鋭に えいに ei ni
Degree 鋭さ えいさ eisa
Antonyms

Noun

鋭(えい) • (ei) 

  1. (literary) sharp weapon
  2. (literary) elite; pick

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鋭
と
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
銳 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 鋭 – see the following entry: と

(The following entry is uncreated: と.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
鋭
するど
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
銳 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 鋭 – see the following entry: するど

(The following entry is uncreated: するど.)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

鋭 • (ye, tae) (hangeul 예, 태, revised ye, tae, McCune–Reischauer ye, t'ae, Yale yey, thay)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鋭: Hán Nôm readings: nhọn, nhuệ, duệ

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