礥

礥 U+7925, 礥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7925 ← 礤 [U+7924] CJK Unified Ideographs 礦 → [U+7926]

Translingual

Han character

礥 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+15, 20 strokes, cangjie input 一口尸水金 (MRSEC), four-corner 1768₆, composition ⿰石賢)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 838, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24556
• Dae Jaweon: page 1255, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2462, character 13
• Unihan data for U+7925

Chinese

trad.		礥
simp.		𰧇

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
臤	*kʰaːn, *kʰriːn, *ɡiːn, *kʰins
掔	*kʰriːn, *kʰiːn
慳	*kʰriːn
藖	*ɡriːn, *ɡriːns
堅	*kiːn
鋻	*kiːn, *kiːns
鰹	*kiːn
蜸	*kʰiːnʔ
菣	*kʰiːns, *kʰins
賢	*ɡiːn
礥	*ɡiːn, *ɢrin
臔	*ɡiːnʔ
挋	*kiŋs
臣	*ɡiŋ
茞	*ɡiŋ
腎	*ɡjinʔ
頣	*hŋiŋʔ
緊	*kinʔ
嚚	*ŋɡriŋ
鏗	*kʰreːŋ
摼	*kʰreːŋ
硻	*kʰreːŋ

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xián (xian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xián
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sián
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²
    • Yale: syán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyan
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁴
    • Yale: yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: hen

Rime
Character	礥
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	胡田切
Baxter	hen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦen/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦen/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛn/
Li Rong	/ɣen/
Wang Li	/ɣien/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡiːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	礥
Reading #	1/2
No.	1339
Phonetic component	臣
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	賢
Old Chinese	/*ɡiːn/
Notes	見太玄

Definitions

礥

1. difficult
2. firm
3. 3rd tetragram of the Taixuanjing (𝌈)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yín (yin²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yín
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yín
    • Wade–Giles: yin²
    • Yale: yín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yn
    • Palladius: инь (inʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: hin

Rime
Character	礥
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	眞 (44)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	下珍切
Baxter	hin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚin/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣien/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦjin/
Li Rong	/ɣjĕn/
Wang Li	/ɣǐĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jan4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢrin/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	礥
Reading #	2/2
No.	1350
Phonetic component	臣
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	礥
Old Chinese	/*ɢrin/
Notes	見太玄

Definitions

礥

1. hard

References

• “礥”, 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

礥

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): きん (kin); ぎん (gin); けん (ken); げん (gen)
• Kun: むつかしい (mutsukashii)