劍士

Chinese

		(double-edged) sword	scholar; warrior; knight
trad. (劍士)		劍	士
simp. (剑士)		剑	士

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiànshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiànshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiànshìh
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: jyàn-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannshyh
    • Palladius: цзяньши (czjanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Middle Chinese: kjaemH dzriX

Rime
Character	劍	士
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	嚴 (145)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	居欠切	鉏里切
Baxter	kjaemH	dzriX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨɐmH/	/d͡ʒɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/kiɐmH/	/ɖ͡ʐɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/kiɐmH/	/d͡ʒieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨamH/	/ɖ͡ʐɨX/
Li Rong	/kiɐmH/	/d͡ʒiəX/
Wang Li	/kĭɐmH/	/d͡ʒĭəX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯ɐmH/	/ɖ͡ʐʱiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiàn	zhì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gim3	zi6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.kr[a]m-s  [m-s-]rəʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kams  zrɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	劍	士
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiàn	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ kjæmH ›	‹ dzriX ›
Old Chinese	/*s.kr[a]m-s/	/*[m-s-]rəʔ/
English	sword	officer; gentleman
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	劍	士
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	10227	11511
Phonetic component	僉	士
Rime group	談	之
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	劔	士
Old Chinese	/*kams/	/*zrɯʔ/
Notes	原列梵韻作劒， 此本說文籀文， 集韻驗韻或體

Noun

劍士

1. swordsman

   Synonym: 劍客／剑客 (jiànkè)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (劍士):

• → Japanese: 剣(けん)士(し) (kenshi)