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兼

兼

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

Translingual

Han character

兼 (radical 12 八+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿X金 (TXC), four-corner 80237)

  1. unite, combine
  2. connect
  3. and

Derived characters

Related characters

References

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 兼

Pronunciation

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
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
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 兼
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 jiān
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ kem ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[k]ˤem/
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

兼

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Japanese

Kanji

兼

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

  • 兼営
  • 兼官
  • 兼業
  • 兼勤
  • 兼言
  • 兼行
  • 兼修
  • 兼職
  • 兼摂

Related terms

  • 兼す

Conjunction

-兼- (-けん-, -ken-)

  1. -cum-, concurrently, in addition
    • 書斎兼応接間
      しょさいけんおうせつま
      shosai ken ōsetsuma
      study-cum-drawing room

    • 首相兼外相
      しゅしょうけんがいしょう
      shushō ken gaishō
      someone who holds the offices of both Prime Minister and Foreign Minister

Proper noun

兼 ‎(hiragana けん, romaji Ken)

  1. A male given name

Korean

Hanja

兼 • ‎(gyeom) (hangeul 겸, revised kyeom, McCune-Reischauer kyŏm, Yale kyeom)

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Vietnamese

Han character

兼 (kiêm, kem, kèm, cồm)

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Etymology

Historical forms of the character 兼
Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script
Bronze inscriptions

b11167
Large seal script

L33971

L33972

L33973

L33974

L33975

L13088

L13089

L13090

L13091

L13092

L13093

L13094
Small seal script

s05098
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 (large seal) and
  • Xu 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) : Hand 又 (as in 肀) holding two grain stalks 禾

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