銑

See also: 铣

銑 U+9291, 銑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9291 ← 銐 [U+9290] CJK Unified Ideographs 銒 → [U+9292]

Translingual

Han character

銑 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 金竹土山 (CHGU), four-corner 8411₁, composition ⿰釒先)

References

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

Chinese

trad.		銑
simp.		铣

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
洗	*sɯːlʔ, *sɯːnʔ
先	*sɯːn, *sɯːns
銑	*sɯːnʔ
跣	*sɯːnʔ
毨	*sɯːnʔ
姺	*sɯːnʔ, *srin
筅	*sɯːnʔ
冼	*sɯːnʔ
箲	*sɯːnʔ
駪	*srin
兟	*srin
詵	*srin
侁	*srin

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sɯːnʔ): semantic 釒 + phonetic 先 (OC *sɯːn, *sɯːns).

Etymology

Compare Tibetan གསེར (gser, “gold”) (Hill, 2019).

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character	銑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	蘇典切
Baxter	senX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/senX/
Pan Wuyun	/senX/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛnX/
Li Rong	/senX/
Wang Li	/sienX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/sienX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sin2

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	銑
Reading #	1/1
No.	13459
Phonetic component	先
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	銑
Old Chinese	/*sɯːnʔ/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎn (xian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin²
• Eastern Min (BUC): siēng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sián

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siêng² / siang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsien³
    • Yale: syǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shean
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sin²
    • Yale: sín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn³⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siēng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sieŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sián
    • Tâi-lô: sián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siern
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siêng² / siang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siéng / siáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sieŋ⁵²/, /siaŋ⁵²/

Note: siêng2 - Chaozhou.

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• Middle Chinese: senX

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɯːnʔ/

Definitions

銑

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) the most lustrous metal; lustrous metal; shining metal
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) sharp corners on both sides of an ancient bell
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) small chisel
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) bow decorated with gold on both ends
5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) cast iron
6. (～日) (telegraphy) the sixteenth day of a month
7. a surname

Compounds

• 五銖服 / 五铢服
• 五銖衣 / 五铢衣
• 瑤銑 / 瑶铣
• 金銑 / 金铣
• 銑塞 / 铣塞
• 銑樹 / 铣树
• 銑澤 / 铣泽
• 銑珧 / 铣珧
• 銑鋃 / 铣锒
• 銑鋧 / 铣𰽢 (xiǎnxiàn)
• 銑鐵 / 铣铁 (xiǎntiě)
• 鋈銑 / 鋈铣
• 鐐銑 / 镣铣

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character	銑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	蘇典切
Baxter	senX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/senX/
Pan Wuyun	/senX/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛnX/
Li Rong	/senX/
Wang Li	/sienX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/sienX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sin2

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	銑
Reading #	1/1
No.	13459
Phonetic component	先
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	銑
Old Chinese	/*sɯːnʔ/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǐ, xiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ, ㄒㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin²
• Eastern Min (BUC): sā̤

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐ
    • Wade–Giles: hsi³
    • Yale: syǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shii
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsien³
    • Yale: syǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shean
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sin²
    • Yale: sín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn³⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sā̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: senX

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɯːnʔ/

Definitions

銑

1. (mechanics) to mill

Compounds

• 銑刀 / 铣刀 (xǐdāo)
• 銑削 / 铣削
• 銑工 / 铣工 (xǐgōng)
• 銑床 / 铣床 (xǐchuáng)

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiān (xian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sian
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹
    • Yale: syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

Definitions

銑

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 鍁 / 锨 (xiān, “shovel”)

Compounds

• 鐵銑 / 铁铣

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 銑

銑

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. pig iron

Readings

• Go-on: せん (sen)
• Kan-on: せん (sen)
• Kun: ずく (zuku, 銑)^{←づく (duku, 銑, historical)}
• Nanori: さね (sane)

Compounds

• 銑鉄(せんてつ) (sentetsu): pig iron

Synonyms

• 鉄

Usage notes

Removed from the daily use Jōyō kanji by the Japanese government in 2010.^[1]

Noun

Kanji in this term
銑
ずく Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

銑(ずく) • (zuku) ^{←づく (duku)?}

1. pig iron

References

1. The Japan Times (2009 October 21) “Get set for next year's overhaul of joyo kanji”, in www.kanjiclinic.com‎, archived from the original on 20 November 2021

Korean

Hanja

銑 • (seon) (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune–Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)

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