劍客

Chinese

		(double-edged) sword	customer; visitor; guest
trad. (劍客)		劍	客
simp. (剑客)		剑	客

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiànkè

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄎㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gim³ haak³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiànkè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄎㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiànkè
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴-kʻo⁴
    • Yale: jyàn-kè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannkeh
    • Palladius: цзянькэ (czjanʹkɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gim³ haak³
    • Yale: gim haak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gim³ haak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gim³ hag³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːm³³ haːk̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: kjaemH khaek

Rime
Character	劍	客
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	嚴 (145)	陌 (113)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	居欠切	苦格切
Baxter	kjaemH	khaek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨɐmH/	/kʰˠæk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kiɐmH/	/kʰᵚak̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kiɐmH/	/kʰak̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨamH/	/kʰaɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/kiɐmH/	/kʰɐk̚/
Wang Li	/kĭɐmH/	/kʰɐk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯ɐmH/	/kʰɐk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiàn	ke
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gim3	hak1

• Old Chinese

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

  (Zhengzhang): /*kams  kʰraːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	劍	客
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiàn	kè
Middle Chinese	‹ kjæmH ›	‹ khæk ›
Old Chinese	/*s.kr[a]m-s/	/*kʰˁrak/
English	sword	guest
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	客
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	10227	3903
Phonetic component	僉	各
Rime group	談	鐸
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	劔	客
Old Chinese	/*kams/	/*kʰraːɡ/
Notes	原列梵韻作劒， 此本說文籀文， 集韻驗韻或體

Noun

劍客

1. swordsman

   Synonym: 劍士 / 剑士 (jiànshì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (劍客):

• → Japanese: 剣(けん)客(かく) (kenkaku)
• → Korean: 검객(劍客) (geomgaek)
• → Vietnamese: kiếm khách (劍客)