鍇

See also: 锴

鍇 U+9347, 鍇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9347 ← 鍆 [U+9346] CJK Unified Ideographs 鍈 → [U+9348]

Translingual

Han character

鍇 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 金心心日 (CPPA), four-corner 8116₁, composition ⿰釒皆)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1313, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40599
• Dae Jaweon: page 1814, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4229, character 8
• Unihan data for U+9347

Chinese

trad.		鍇
simp.		锴

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
皆	*kriːl
偕	*kriːl
階	*kriːl
喈	*kriːl
稭	*kriːl, *kriːd
堦	*kriːl
楷	*kriːl, *kʰriːlʔ
鶛	*kriːl
湝	*kriːl, *ɡriːl
蝔	*kriːl, *ɡriːl
鍇	*kriːl, *kʰriːlʔ
揩	*kʰriːl
諧	*ɡriːl
瑎	*ɡriːl
龤	*ɡriːl

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kriːl, *kʰriːlʔ) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 皆 (OC *kriːl).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǎi (kai³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kaai², gaai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǎi
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai³
    • Yale: kǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kae
    • Palladius: кай (kaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kaai², gaai¹
    • Yale: káai, gāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kaai², gaai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kai², gai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaːi̯³⁵/, /kaːi̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: keaj, kheajX

Rime
Character	鍇	鍇
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	皆 (33)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	古諧切	苦駭切
Baxter	keaj	kheajX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛi/	/kʰˠɛiX/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚæi/	/kʰᵚæiX/
Shao Rongfen	/kɐi/	/kʰɐiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəɨj/	/kʰəɨjX/
Li Rong	/kɛi/	/kʰɛiX/
Wang Li	/kɐi/	/kʰɐiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kăi/	/kʰăiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiē	qiě
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaai1	haai2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kriːl/, /*kʰriːlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鍇	鍇
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6425	6428
Phonetic component	皆	皆
Rime group	脂	脂
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	皆	楷
Old Chinese	/*kriːl/	/*kʰriːlʔ/

Definitions

鍇

1. (literary) high-quality iron

References

• “鍇”, 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

鍇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. high quality iron

Readings

• On (unclassified): かい (kai)