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Translingual

Han character

(radical 130 +9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月弓大手 (BNKQ), four-corner 75240)

  1. tendons

References

  • KangXi: page 989, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29708
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1441, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2092, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+8171

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*ɡran, *kan
*ɡran, *kan
*ɡran, *ɡranʔ, *ɡanʔ
*ɡran, *kanʔ
*kan
*kan, *ɡans
*kanʔ
*kans
*kans
*ɡanʔ
*ɡans

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (28) (30)
Final () (65) (65)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɨɐn/ /ɡɨɐnH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kiɐn/ /ɡiɐnH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiɐn/ /ɡiɐnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɨan/ /gɨanH/
Li
Rong
/kiɐn/ /ɡiɐnH/
Wang
Li
/kĭɐn/ /ɡĭɐnH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kɨ̯ɐn/ /gɨ̯ɐnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiān jiàn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 6216 6225
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
𢳚
Old
Chinese
/*kan/ /*ɡans/

Definitions

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Compounds


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Noun

(hiragana けん, romaji ken)

  1. (anatomy) tendon

See also


Korean

Hanja

(geon) (hangeul , revised geon, McCune-Reischauer kŏn, Yale ken)

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