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U+5203, 刃
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5203

[U+5202]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5204]

刃 U+2F81E, 刃
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F81E
凵
[U+2F81D]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 㓟
[U+2F81F]

Translingual[edit]

Japanese
Simplified
Traditional

Alternative forms[edit]

Note the compositional differences between Traditional, Simplified, and Japanese Shinjitai in the placement of the additional stroke.

Han character[edit]

Stroke order
3 strokes

(Kangxi radical 18, +1, 3 strokes, cangjie input 尸竹戈 (SHI), four-corner 17420, composition 丿(G) or (HTKV) or (J))

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 136, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1850
  • Dae Jaweon: page 304, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 320, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+5203

Chinese[edit]

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character
Shang Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意会意): (knife) + .

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (38)
Final () (43)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter nyinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ȵiɪnH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ȵinH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȵʑjenH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ȵinH/
Li
Rong
/ȵiĕnH/
Wang
Li
/ȵʑĭĕnH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȵʑi̯ĕnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
rèn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jan6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
rèn
Middle
Chinese
‹ nyinH ›
Old
Chinese
/*nə[n]-s/
English edge of a blade

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 10831
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*njɯns/

Definitions[edit]

  1. blade; knife edge
  2. sword; knife
  3. (literary) to kill with a sword or knife

Compounds[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (じん) (jin)
  • Korean: 인(刃) (in)

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai
Kyūjitai
[1]

刃󠄁
+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
刃󠄃
+&#xE0103;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji[edit]

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun’yomi
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Etymology 1[edit]

/pa//ɸa//ha/

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *pa.

Cognate with (ha, tooth).[2][3] Possibly also related to (ha, leaf), but the pitch accents do not match. Compare English blade.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

() (ha

  1. any sharp and thin cutting implement: a blade, edge
Derived terms[edit]
Idioms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
やいば
Grade: S
kun’yomi

/jaki ɸa//jakiba//jaĩba//jaiba/

音便(おんびん) (i-onbin) form of 焼き刃 (yakiba), a compound of 焼き (yaki, burned, fired) +‎ (ha, edge, blade, see above).[2][3] The ha changes to ba as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

First attested in the Taiheiki of the late 1300s.[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(やいば) (yaibaや𛀆ば (yayiba)?

  1. a forged blade, such as a sword
  2. the wavy pattern formed in the metal on the surface of a forged blade
  3. a sword or similar edged weapon
  4. something sharp like a sword
  5. someone or something powerful
Derived terms[edit]
Idioms[edit]
Proverbs[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Kanji in this term
じん
Grade: S
kan’on

From Middle Chinese (MC nyinH).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(じん) (jin

  1. a blade, edge
Idioms[edit]

Affix[edit]

(じん) (jin

  1. blade, edge
  2. bladed object (knife, sword, etc.)
  3. kill with a bladed object, put to the sword
Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 281 (paper), page 190 (digital)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

(eum (in))

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Old Japanese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with (pa, tooth).[1][2] Possibly also related to (pa, leaf). Compare English blade.

Noun[edit]

(pa) (kana )

  1. any sharp and thin cutting implement: a blade, edge

Descendants[edit]

  • Japanese: (ha, yaiba)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Further reading[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

: Hán Nôm readings: nhẫn, nhấn, nhận

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