鉈

See also: 铊

鉈	U+9248, 鉈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9248

← 鉇
[U+9247]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鉉 →
[U+9249]

Translingual

Han character

鉈 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金十心 (CJP), four-corner 8311₁, composition ⿰釒它)

References

KangXi: page 1300, character 18

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40289

Dae Jaweon: page 1802, character 30

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4191, character 3

Unihan data for U+9248

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鉈
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
佗	l̥ʰaːl, l'aːl
拕	l̥ʰaːl, l'aːlʔ
它	*l̥ʰaːl
蛇	l̥ʰaːl, ɦljaːl, *lal
袉	l̥ʰaːlʔ, l'aːl, *l'aːlʔ
鴕	*l'aːl
駝	*l'aːl
紽	*l'aːl
鮀	*l'aːl
陀	*l'aːl
沱	l'aːl, l'aːlʔ
跎	*l'aːl
詑	l'aːl, l'aːlʔ, hlel, lal, *l̥ʰoːl
酡	*l'aːl
迱	*l'aːl
舵	*l'aːlʔ
柁	*l'aːlʔ
鉈	ɦljaːl, hljal

Etymology 1

trad.		鉈
simp.		铊
alternative forms		釶鉇𥍢鍦／𰾢𥍸釶鉇𥍢鍦／𰾢𥍸𨧯

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shī (shi¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄕ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shī
  - Zhuyin: ㄕ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shih
  - Wade–Giles: shih¹
  - Yale: shr̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shy
  - Palladius: ши (ši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: si¹
  - Yale: sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /d͡ʑia/, /ɕiᴇ/

Rime
Character	鉈	鉈
Reading #	2/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	視遮切	式支切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑia/	/ɕiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑia/	/ɕiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑia/	/ɕjɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑia/	/ɕiə̆/
Li Rong	/ʑia/	/ɕie/
Wang Li	/ʑĭa/	/ɕǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯a/	/ɕie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ché	shī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	se⁴	si¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɦljaːl/, /*hljal/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鉈	鉈
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12231	12233
Phonetic component	它	它
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	闍	䌳
Old Chinese	/*ɦljaːl/	/*hljal/
Notes		同鍦

Definitions

鉈

spear; lance

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 鉈 – see 匜 (“Yi; basin; etc.”). (This character, 鉈, is a variant form of 匜.)

Etymology 3

trad.		鉈
simp.		铊
alternative forms		砣

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tuó (tuo²)
(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): to⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tuó
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tuó
  - Wade–Giles: tʻo²
  - Yale: twó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: two
  - Palladius: то (to)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰwɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: to⁴
  - Yale: tòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: to⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: to⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔː²¹/

Definitions

鉈

counterweight of the steelyard balance

Compounds

躧匾稱鉈／𰸐匾称铊

Etymology 4

trad.		鉈
simp.		铊

Chemical element
Tl
Previous: *汞 (gǒng) (Hg)*
Next: *鉛／铅 (qiān) (Pb)*

From New Latin thallium.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tā (ta¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄊㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tā
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ta
  - Wade–Giles: tʻa¹
  - Yale: tā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ta
  - Palladius: та (ta)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: taa¹
  - Yale: tā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ta¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaː⁵⁵/

Definitions

鉈

thallium

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B05298
“鉈”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

鉈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

hatchet, billhook, machete, froe

Readings

Go-on: じゃ (ja); せ (se)
Kan-on: しゃ (sha); し (shi)
Kun: なた (nata, 鉈); ほこ (hoko, 鉈)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鉈
なた Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
𨦈 (rare)

From Old Japanese 鉈 (nata). Appears in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[1]

Possibly related to Old Japanese な (na, “blade, edge”).

Possibly cognate with Korean 낫 (nat), Korean 나대 (nadae) of similar meanings as Japanese 鉈 (nata).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi

(Tokyo) なた [nàtá] (Heiban – [0])[2][3][4]
IPA^(key): [na̠ta̠]

Noun

鉈(なた) • (nata)

a hatchet, a billhook, a machete, a froe: a broad term for a one-handed thick-bladed cutting tool, generally used for cutting through wood or vegetation; the blade may be in various shapes depending on intended use, either straight or curved, long or short
(sumo) a technique of bending one's elbow and attacking an opponent's throat or chest with one's forearm (so called for the way the bent-elbow arm shape resembles certain varieties of nata woodworking tools)

Derived terms

鉈彫(なたぼり) (natabori)
鉈豆(なたまめ) (natamame, “sword bean or Canavalia gladiata”)
鉈鎌(なたがま) (natagama)
剣鉈(けんなた) (kennata)
薙刀(なぎなた) (naginata)

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
“鉈”, in 世界大百科事典第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998

[KDJ-1] 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

[DJR-2] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

[SMK5-4] 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN