Wiktionary

兼

兼 U+517C, 兼
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-517C
← 养
[U+517B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 兽 →
[U+517D]

Translingual edit

Traditional 兼
Simplified 兼
Japanese 兼
Korean 兼

Han character edit

兼 (Kangxi radical 12, 八+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿難金 (TXC), four-corner 80237, composition ⿱䒑⿻⿻コ卄八(GHTJV) or ⿳八一⿻⿻コ卄八(K))

Derived characters edit

Related characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 128, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1483
  • Dae Jaweon: page 288, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 249, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+517C

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.
 兼
alternative forms
 
𠔥
𬻵
𭵄
𭵈
𭁐
𠔥
𬻵
𭵄
𭵈
𭁐
𭆢
𮏳

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 兼
Spring and Autumn Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
     
Bronze inscriptions
 

b11167

Small seal script
 

s05098

Transcribed ancient scripts
 

L33971

 

L33972

 

L33973

 

L33974

 

L33975

 

L13088

 

L13089

 

L13090

 

L13091

 

L13092

 

L13093

 

L13094

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (兼) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
譧 *r'eːms
賺 *r'eːms
尲 *kreːm
鹻 *kreːmʔ
歉 *kʰreːms, *kʰreːmʔ, *kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːms
槏 *kʰreːmʔ
鰜 *ɡreːm, *keːm
稴 *ɡreːm, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ, *ɡ·reːms, *ɡeːm
豏 *ɡreːmʔ, *ɡreːms
甉 *ɡreːmʔ, *ɡraːm
廉 *ɡ·rem
鎌 *ɡ·rem
鬑 *ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm
鐮 *ɡ·rem
簾 *ɡ·rem
薕 *ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm
蠊 *ɡ·rem
嬚 *ɡ·remʔ
溓 *ɡ·remʔ, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ
嵰 *kʰremʔ
隒 *ŋɡremʔ
熑 *ɡ·reːm
濂 *ɡ·reːm
燫 *ɡ·reːm
兼 *keːm, *keːms
縑 *keːm
鶼 *keːm
蒹 *keːm
搛 *keːm
謙 *kʰeːm
膁 *kʰeːmʔ
嗛 *kʰeːmʔ
慊 *kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːb
傔 *kʰeːms
馦 *qʰeːm
嫌 *ɡeːm
鼸 *ɡeːmʔ
尷 *kreːm

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : Hand 又 (as in 肀) holding two grain stalks 禾. Compare: 秉 (bǐng), a hand holding one plant.

Etymology edit

Austroasiatic (Schuessler, 2007); compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *ckiəm ~ ckəm ~ ckam ~ ckaim (“to grasp, to hold”).

Pronunciation edit

Note:
  • giam1 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Chenghai, Chaoyang, Jieyang, Pontianak;
  • giang1 - Chenghai.
    Rime
    Character 兼 兼
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    Initial (聲) 見 (28) 見 (28)
    Final (韻) 添 (157) 添 (157)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open Open
    Division (等) IV IV
    Fanqie 古甜切 古念切
    Baxter kem kemH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/kem/ /kemH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/kem/ /kemH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/kɛm/ /kɛmH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/kɛm/ /kɛmH/
    Li
    Rong         		/kem/ /kemH/
    Wang
    Li         		/kiem/ /kiemH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/kiem/ /kiemH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		jiān jiàn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		gim1 gim3
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 兼
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		jiān
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ kem ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*[k]ˁem/
    English combine; at the same time

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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 兼 兼
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    No. 6063 6069
    Phonetic
    component         		兼 兼
    Rime
    group         		談 談
    Rime
    subdivision         		2 2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		兼 兼
    Old
    Chinese         		/*keːm/ /*keːms/
    Notes 別分紀念切，集韻並

    Definitions edit

    兼

    1. to do two or more things simultaneously; to hold a concurrent post or role; to combine
      總理兼外交部長 [MSC, trad.]
      总理兼外交部长 [MSC, simp.]
      zǒnglǐ jiān wàijiāobùzhǎng [Pinyin]
      Prime Minister and concurrently Minister of Foreign Affairs
      教練兼隊員／教练兼队员  ―  jiàoliàn jiān duìyuán  ―  player-coach; playing coach
      兼管  ―  jiānguǎn  ―  to concurrently be in charge of
    2. concurrently; simultaneously; combining; both
      兼有兩性特徵的／兼有两性特征的  ―  jiān yǒu liǎng xìng tèzhēng de  ―  having both sexual characteristics; androgynous
    3. † double
      兼程  ―  jiānchéng  ―  to travel at double speed
      兼旬  ―  jiānxún  ―  twenty days
    4. to amalgamate, to merge
    5. to annex, to absorb
    6. a surname

    Compounds edit

    Japanese edit

    Shinjitai 兼
    Kyūjitai
    [1]
    兼󠄁
    兼+&#xE0101;?
    (Adobe-Japan1)         		 
    兼󠄄
    兼+&#xE0104;?
    (Hanyo-Denshi)
    (Moji_Joho)
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    Kanji edit

    兼

    (common “Jōyō” kanji)

    Readings edit

    Compounds edit

    Etymology edit

    Kanji in this term
    兼
    けん
    Grade: S
    on’yomi

    /kem/ → /kemʉ/ → /keɴ/

    From Middle Chinese 兼 (MC kem|kemH).

    Pronunciation edit

    Conjunction edit

    兼(けん) • (-ken-) 

    1. -cum-, concurrently, and; in addition
      書(しょ)斎(さい)兼(けん)応(おう)接(せつ)間(ま)
      shosai-ken-ōsetsuma
      study-cum-drawing room
      首(しゅ)相(しょう)兼(けん)外(がい)相(しょう)
      shushō-ken-gaishō
      someone who holds the offices of both Prime Minister and Foreign Minister

    Noun edit

    兼(けん) • (ken) 

    1. doing two or more things at the same time
    2. holding two or more government offices at the same time

    Derived terms edit

    Proper noun edit

    兼(けん) • (Ken) 

    1. a male given name

    References edit

    1. ^ “兼”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎[1] (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024
    2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

    Korean edit

    Hanja edit

    兼 (eumhun 겸할 겸 (gyeomhal gyeom))

    1. Hanja form? of 겸 (“unite, connect, combine”).

    Vietnamese edit

    Han character edit

    兼: Hán Nôm readings: kiêm

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