鋘

鋘 U+92D8, 鋘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-92D8 ← 鋗 [U+92D7] CJK Unified Ideographs 鋙 → [U+92D9]

鋘 U+2F9E9, 鋘 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F9E9 ← 鋗 [U+2F9E8] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 鉼 → [U+2F9EA]

Translingual

Han character

鋘 (radical 167, 金+7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 金口一大 (CRMK) or 金口女大 (CRVK), four-corner 8613₄, composition ⿰釒吴(G) or ⿰釒吳(THJK)

1. sword

References

• KangXi: page 1307, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40464
• Dae Jaweon: page 1809, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4207, character 9
• Unihan data for U+92D8

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		鋘

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
鋘	*ŋʷaː, *ŋʷraː
麌	*ŋʷaː, *ŋʷaʔ
祦	*ŋaː
誤	*ŋʷaːs
悞	*ŋʷaːs
娛	*ŋʷaːs, *ŋʷa
虞	*ŋʷa
澞	*ŋʷa
鸆	*ŋʷa
俣	*ŋʷaʔ
噳	*ŋʷaʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huá, wú (hua², wu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ, ㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁴, waa⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: huá
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ
    • Wade–Giles: hua2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwa
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huá
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xwä³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wú
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ
    • Wade–Giles: wu2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁴, waa⁴
    • Yale: ǹgh, wàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁴, waa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁴, wa⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍²¹/, /wäː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ŋuo/, /ɦˠua/

Rime
Character	鋘	鋘
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	麻 (99)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	五乎切	戸花切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋuo/	/ɦˠua/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋuo/	/ɦʷᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋo/	/ɣua/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɔ/	/ɦwaɨ/
Li Rong	/ŋo/	/ɣua/
Wang Li	/ŋu/	/ɣwa/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋuo/	/ɣwa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wú	huá
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ng4	waa4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋʷaː/, /*ŋʷraː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鋘	鋘
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13096	13102
Phonetic component	吴	吴
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	吾	華
Old Chinese	/*ŋʷaː/	/*ŋʷraː/
Notes	錕鋘見越絕書	見吳越春秋，或作鏵

Definitions

鋘

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Japanese

Kanji

鋘

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): か (ka), げ (ge), こ (ko), ご (go)
• Kun: すき (suki)