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Translingual

Han character

(radical 167 +6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 金竹土山 (CHGU), four-corner 84111)

  1. mill
  2. pig iron

References

  • KangXi: page 1304, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40376
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1807, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4197, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+9291

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*sɯːlʔ, *sɯːnʔ
*sɯːn, *sɯːns
*sɯːnʔ
*sɯːnʔ
*sɯːnʔ
*sɯːnʔ, *srin
*sɯːnʔ
*sɯːnʔ
*sɯːnʔ
*srin
*srin
*srin
*srin

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (16)
Final () (85)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/senX/
Pan
Wuyun
/senX/
Shao
Rongfen
/sɛnX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/sɛnX/
Li
Rong
/senX/
Wang
Li
/sienX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/sienX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiǎn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 13459
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sɯːnʔ/

Definitions

  1. lustrous metal

Compounds

References


Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. pig iron

Readings

Compounds

Synonyms

References

  • New Nelson: 6263
  • Halpern: 1726
  • Halpern Learners: 1137
  • Heisig: 270
  • Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 8a6.6
  1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

Usage notes

銑 was removed from the general use Jōyō kanji by the Japanese government in 2010.

Noun

(hiragana ずく, romaji zuku)

  1. pig iron

Korean

Hanja

(seon) (hangeul , revised seon, McCune-Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)

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