楗

楗

楗 U+6957, 楗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6957 ← 楖 [U+6956] CJK Unified Ideographs 楘 → [U+6958]

Translingual

Han character

楗 (radical 75, 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木弓大手 (DNKQ), four-corner 4594₄, composition ⿰木建)

1. bar of door, bolt of lock

References

• KangXi: page 539, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15136
• Dae Jaweon: page 927, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1240, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6957

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		楗

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (建) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
犍	*ɡran, *kan
騝	*ɡran, *kan
鍵	*ɡran, *ɡranʔ, *ɡanʔ
揵	*ɡran, *kanʔ
鞬	*kan
腱	*kan, *ɡans
湕	*kanʔ
建	*kans
旔	*kans
楗	*ɡanʔ
健	*ɡans

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàn, jiǎn (jian⁴, jian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ, ㄐㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gin⁶, kin²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiann
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ
    • Wade–Giles: chien³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jean
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gin⁶, kin²
    • Yale: gihn, kín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gin⁶, kin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gin⁶, kin²
    • IPA ^(key): /kiːn²²/, /kʰiːn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɡɨɐn^X/▼

Rime
Character	楗
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	元 (65)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	其偃切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨɐnX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiɐnX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiɐnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨanX/
Li Rong	/ɡiɐnX/
Wang Li	/ɡĭɐnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/gɨ̯ɐnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiàn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡanʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	楗
Reading #	1/1
No.	6223
Phonetic component	建
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	寋
Old Chinese	/*ɡanʔ/

Definitions

楗

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Japanese

Kanji

楗

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けん (ken), ごん (gon)
• Kun: かんぬき (kannuki)

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Korean

Hanja

楗 • (geon) (hangeul 건, revised geon, McCune–Reischauer kŏn, Yale ken)

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