Chinese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a Han-era office instituted to oversee the quality and supply of the city's then-popular brocade.
Pronunciation[edit]
Rime
|
Character
|
錦
|
官
|
城
|
Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
Initial (聲)
|
見 (28)
|
見 (28)
|
常 (25)
|
Final (韻)
|
侵 (140)
|
桓 (62)
|
清 (121)
|
Tone (調)
|
Rising (X)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Openness (開合)
|
Open
|
Closed
|
Open
|
Division (等)
|
III
|
I
|
III
|
Fanqie
|
居飲切
|
古丸切
|
是征切
|
Baxter
|
kimX
|
kwan
|
dzyeng
|
Reconstructions
|
Zhengzhang Shangfang
|
/kˠiɪmX/
|
/kuɑn/
|
/d͡ʑiᴇŋ/
|
Pan Wuyun
|
/kᵚimX/
|
/kʷɑn/
|
/d͡ʑiɛŋ/
|
Shao Rongfen
|
/kiemX/
|
/kuɑn/
|
/d͡ʑiæŋ/
|
Edwin Pulleyblank
|
/kjimX/
|
/kwan/
|
/d͡ʑiajŋ/
|
Li Rong
|
/kjəmX/
|
/kuɑn/
|
/ʑiɛŋ/
|
Wang Li
|
/kĭĕmX/
|
/kuɑn/
|
/ʑĭɛŋ/
|
Bernard Karlgren
|
/ki̯əmX/
|
/kuɑn/
|
/ʑi̯ɛŋ/
|
Expected Mandarin Reflex
|
jǐn
|
guān
|
chéng
|
Expected Cantonese Reflex
|
gam2
|
gun1
|
sing4
|
Proper noun[edit]
錦官城
- (informal or literary, obsolete) "City of the Brocade Official", a former nickname of Chengdu, Sichuan.
Derived terms[edit]