鉈

See also: 铊

鉈 U+9248, 鉈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9248 ← 鉇 [U+9247] CJK Unified Ideographs 鉉 → [U+9249]

Translingual

Han character

鉈 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金十心 (CJP), four-corner 8311₁, composition ⿰釒它)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1300, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40289
• Dae Jaweon: page 1802, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4191, character 3
• Unihan data for U+9248

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鉈
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (它) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
佗	*l̥ʰaːl, *l'aːl
拕	*l̥ʰaːl, *l'aːlʔ
它	*l̥ʰaːl
蛇	*l̥ʰaːl, *ɦljaːl, *lal
袉	*l̥ʰaːlʔ, *l'aːl, *l'aːlʔ
鴕	*l'aːl
駝	*l'aːl
紽	*l'aːl
鮀	*l'aːl
陀	*l'aːl
沱	*l'aːl, *l'aːlʔ
跎	*l'aːl
詑	*l'aːl, *l'aːlʔ, *hlel, *lal, *l̥ʰoːl
酡	*l'aːl
迱	*l'aːl
舵	*l'aːlʔ
柁	*l'aːlʔ
鉈	*ɦljaːl, *hljal

Etymology 1

trad.		鉈
simp.		铊
alternative forms		釶 鉇 𥍢 鍦／𰾢 𥍸 釶 鉇 𥍢 鍦／𰾢 𥍸 𨧯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shī (shi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shī
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shih
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹
    • Yale: shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shy
    • Palladius: ши (ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹
    • Yale: sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyae, sye

Rime
Character	鉈	鉈
Reading #	2/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	視遮切	式支切
Baxter	dzyae	sye
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑia/	/ɕiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑia/	/ɕiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑia/	/ɕjɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑia/	/ɕiə̆/
Li Rong	/ʑia/	/ɕie/
Wang Li	/ʑĭa/	/ɕǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯a/	/ɕie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ché	shī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	se4	si1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɦljaːl/, /*hljal/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鉈	鉈
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12231	12233
Phonetic component	它	它
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	闍	䌳
Old Chinese	/*ɦljaːl/	/*hljal/
Notes		同鍦

Definitions

鉈

1. spear; lance

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 鉈 – see 匜 (“yi”). (This character is a variant form of 匜).

Etymology 3

trad.		鉈
simp.		铊
alternative forms		砣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuó (tuo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): to⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuó
    • Wade–Giles: tʻo²
    • Yale: twó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: two
    • Palladius: то (to)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: to⁴
    • Yale: tòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: to⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: to⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔː²¹/

Definitions

鉈

1. counterweight of the steelyard balance

Compounds

• 躧匾稱鉈／𰸐匾称铊

 

Etymology 4

trad.		鉈
simp.		铊

Chemical element
Tl
Previous: 汞 (gǒng) (Hg)
Next: 鉛／铅 (qiān) (Pb)

From New Latin thallium.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tā (ta¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tā
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ta
    • Wade–Giles: tʻa¹
    • Yale: tā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ta
    • Palladius: та (ta)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taa¹
    • Yale: tā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ta¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaː⁵⁵/

Definitions

鉈

1. thallium

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B05298
• “鉈”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

鉈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. hatchet, billhook, machete, froe

Readings

• Go-on: じゃ (ja); せ (se)
• Kan-on: しゃ (sha); し (shi)
• Kun: なた (nata, 鉈); ほこ (hoko, 鉈)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鉈
なた Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
𨦈 (rare)

From Old Japanese 鉈 (nata). Appears in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.

Possibly related to Old Japanese な (na, “blade, edge”).

Possibly cognate with Korean 낫 (nat), Korean 나대 (nadae) of similar meanings as Japanese 鉈 (nata).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) なた [nàtá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [na̠ta̠]

Noun

鉈(なた) • (nata) 

1. a hatchet, a billhook, a machete, a froe: a broad term for a one-handed thick-bladed cutting tool, generally used for cutting through wood or vegetation; the blade may be in various shapes depending on intended use, either straight or curved, long or short
2. (sumo) a technique of bending one's elbow and attacking an opponent's throat or chest with one's forearm (so called for the way the bent-elbow arm shape resembles certain varieties of nata woodworking tools)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 鉈彫(なたぼり) (natabori)
• 鉈豆(なたまめ) (natamame, “sword bean or Canavalia gladiata”)
• 鉈鎌(なたがま) (natagama)
• 剣鉈(けんなた) (kennata)
• 薙刀(なぎなた) (naginata)

References

• Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
• “鉈”, in 世界大百科事典 第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998