掮

掮 U+63AE, 掮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63AE ← 掭 [U+63AD] CJK Unified Ideographs 掯 → [U+63AF]

Translingual

Han character

掮 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手竹尸月 (QHSB) or 手戈尸月 (QISB), four-corner 5302₇, composition ⿰扌肩)

1. to bear on the shoulders

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 440, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12308
• Dae Jaweon: page 791, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1907, character 5
• Unihan data for U+63AE

Chinese

trad.		掮
simp. #		掮

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
顅	*kʰreːn
掮	*ɡren*
肩	*keːn
猏	*keːn
菺	*keːn
鵳	*keːn

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qián (qian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qián
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cián
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²
    • Yale: chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyan
    • Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kin⁴
    • Yale: kìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːn²¹/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡren*/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	掮
Reading #	1/1
No.	6022
Phonetic component	肩
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	乾
Old Chinese	/*ɡren*/
Notes	𠢍今字

Definitions

掮

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Compounds

• 掮客 (qiánkè)
• 掮著 / 掮着

 

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khaiⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khaiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: khainn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvay
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰãi⁴⁴/

Verb

掮

1. (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) to carry something with one end of a shoulder pole

References

• “Entry #7315”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
• 周长楫 [Zhou, Changji], editor (2006), “掮 [khãi¹]”, in 闽南方言大词典 MINNAN FANGYAN DA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Southern Min dialects] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Fuzhou: 福建人民出版社 [Fujian People's Publishing House], →ISBN, page 559.

Japanese

Kanji

掮

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けん (ken)
• Kun: かつぐ (katsugu)

Vietnamese

Han character

掮: Hán Nôm readings: khiêng

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