錕鋙

錕鋙

Chinese

		steel sword	hoe
trad. (錕鋙)		錕	鋙
simp. (锟铻)		锟	铻
variant forms		昆吾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Kūnwú

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣ ㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Kūnwú
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣ ㄨˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Kuenwu
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ən⁵⁵ u³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /kuən|kuən^X  ŋɨʌ|ŋɨʌ^X/▼

Rime
Character	錕	錕	鋙	鋙
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)	疑 (31)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)	魂 (55)	魚 (22)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	III	III
Fanqie	古渾切	古本切	語居切	魚巨切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuən/	/kuənX/	/ŋɨʌ/	/ŋɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/kuon/	/kuonX/	/ŋiɔ/	/ŋiɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/kuən/	/kuənX/	/ŋiɔ/	/ŋiɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwən/	/kwənX/	/ŋɨə̆/	/ŋɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/kuən/	/kuənX/	/ŋiɔ/	/ŋiɔX/
Wang Li	/kuən/	/kuənX/	/ŋĭo/	/ŋĭoX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuən/	/kuənX/	/ŋi̯wo/	/ŋi̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gūn	gǔn	yú	yǔ

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*kuːn|kuːnʔ  ŋa|ŋaʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鋙	鋙
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yú	yǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjo ›	‹ ngjoX ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋ(r)a/	/*ŋ(r)aʔ/
English	dzrjo.ngjo irregular, uneven	dzrjoX-ngjoX irregular, uneven
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	錕	錕	鋙	鋙
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2	2/2
No.	7526	7531	13157	13163
Phonetic component	昆	昆	五	五
Rime group	文	文	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	2	2	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	昆	𩩌	魚	語
Old Chinese	/*kuːn/	/*kuːnʔ/	/*ŋa/	/*ŋaʔ/
Notes		見方言

Proper noun

錕鋙

1. (literary, historical) a mountain mentioned in ancient texts

Noun

錕鋙

1. (literary, historical) sharp sword made from the copper of the Kunwu Mountain