鎰

See also: 镒

鎰 U+93B0, 鎰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-93B0 ← 鎯 [U+93AF] CJK Unified Ideographs 鎱 → [U+93B1]

Translingual

Han character

鎰 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 金廿金廿 (CTCT), four-corner 8811₇, composition ⿰釒益)

1. an ancient unit of weight (=20 or 24 liang)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1318, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40747
• Dae Jaweon: page 1818, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4244, character 7
• Unihan data for U+93B0

Chinese

trad.		鎰
simp.		镒

Wikipedia has an article on:

• 鎰

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
隘	*qreːɡs
賹	*qreːɡs
搤	*qreːɡs, *qreːɡ
縊	*qleːɡs, *qleɡs
螠	*qleɡs
謚	*ɢliɡs, *qleɡ
諡	*ɢliɡs
蠲	*kʷliːŋ
溢	*liɡ
鎰	*liɡ
齸	*lig, *qleg
貖	*qreːɡ
益	*qleɡ
嗌	*qleɡ
膉	*qleɡ
鷁	*ŋɡleːɡ
艗	*ŋɡleːɡ

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

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	鎰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	質 (48)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	夷質切
Baxter	yit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/jit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/jet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jit̚/
Li Rong	/iĕt̚/
Wang Li	/jĭĕt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jat6

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鎰
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yì
Middle Chinese	‹ yit ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ](r)ik/
English	(an ancient weight)
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	鎰
Reading #	1/1
No.	15077
Phonetic component	益
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	逸
Old Chinese	/*liɡ/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yì
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴
    • Yale: yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jat⁶
    • Yale: yaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚²/

---

• Middle Chinese: yit

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ](r)ik/

  (Zhengzhang): /*liɡ/

Definitions

鎰

1. ^† a unit of weight equivalent to 20 or 24 兩／两

   • 今有璞玉於此，雖萬鎰，必使玉人彫琢之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     今有璞玉于此，虽万镒，必使玉人雕琢之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Jīn yǒu púyù yú cǐ, suī wàn yì, bì shǐ yùrén diāozhuó zhī. [Pinyin]

     Although it may be worth 240,000 taels, you will surely employ a lapidary to cut and polish it.

Compounds

• 百鎰之金／百镒之金

 

Japanese

Kanji

鎰

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. unit of weight

Readings

• On (unclassified): いつ (itsu)
• Kun: かぎ (kagi)

Korean

Hanja

鎰 • (il) (hangeul 일, revised il, McCune–Reischauer il, Yale il)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.