鍔

See also: 锷

鍔 U+9354, 鍔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9354 ← 鍓 [U+9353] CJK Unified Ideographs 鍕 → [U+9355]

Translingual

Han character

鍔 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 金口口尸 (CRRS), four-corner 8612₇, composition ⿰釒咢)

1. high, lofty
2. edge of a knife

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1314, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40617
• Dae Jaweon: page 1814, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4231, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9354

Chinese

trad.		鍔
simp.		锷
alternative forms		㓵 𨫘 鑩

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
斥	*ŋ̊ʰjaːɡs, *ŋ̊ʰjaːɡ
訴	*sŋaːɡs
泝	*sŋaːɡs
愬	*sŋaːɡs, *sŋreːɡ
遡	*sŋaːɡs
塑	*sŋaːɡs
溯	*sŋaːɡs
遻	*ŋaːɡs
柝	*tŋ̊ʰaːɡ
鶚	*ŋaːɡ
諤	*ŋaːɡ
齶	*ŋaːɡ
鍔	*ŋaːɡ
遌	*ŋaːɡ
崿	*ŋaːɡ
偔	*ŋaːɡ
堮	*ŋaːɡ
湂	*ŋaːɡ
鱷	*ŋaːɡ
噩	*ŋaːɡ
咢	*ŋaːɡ
鑩	*ŋaːɡ
鄂	*ŋaːɡ
鰐	*ŋaːɡ
萼	*ŋaːɡ
愕	*ŋaːɡ
顎	*ŋaːɡ
朔	*sŋraːɡ
槊	*sraːwɢ
蒴	*sraːwɢ
坼	*tŋ̊ʰraːɡ
拆	*tŋ̊ʰraːɡ
逆	*ŋraɡ
屰	*ŋraɡ
縌	*ŋraɡ
蝷	*reːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): è (e⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngok⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: è
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: è
    • Wade–Giles: o⁴
    • Yale: è
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eh
    • Palladius: э (e)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngok⁶
    • Yale: ngohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: ngak

Rime
Character	鍔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	五各切
Baxter	ngak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋak̚/
Li Rong	/ŋɑk̚/
Wang Li	/ŋɑk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	è
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngok6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鍔
Reading #	1/1
No.	9453
Phonetic component	屰
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	咢
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːɡ/

Definitions

鍔

1. (literary) blade; edge (of a sword or knife)

Compounds

• 廉鍔／廉锷
• 藏鋒斂鍔／藏锋敛锷
• 釿鍔／𬬱锷
• 鍔鍔／锷锷

 

Japanese

Kanji

鍔

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: がく (gaku)
• Kan-on: がく (gaku)
• Kun: つば (tsuba, 鍔)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鍔
つば Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
鐔

/tumiha/ → /tumuba/ → /tunba/ → /t͡suba/

First attested in the late 12th century.

Shift from tsumiha or tsumiba below.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) つば [tsúꜜbà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨba̠]

Noun

鍔(つば) • (tsuba) 

1. the guard at the end of the grip of a sword or polearm
   • 1603, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) (in Portuguese), Nagasaki, page 620:

     Tçuba. ツバ (鍔・鐔) 刀 (Catana)の鍔, すなわち, 刀の柄（つか）に密着している, 銅やその他の金属製の円いある種の輪.

     Tsuba - the guard of a katana; that is, a circular ring made of copper or other metal with a design stuck to the katana.

2. the brim or visor (of a hat, for example)

   帽子(ぼうし)の鍔(つば)

   bōshi no tsuba

   hat's brim

3. the brim of a kettle

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 鍔音(つばおと) (tsubaoto)
• 鍔際(つばぎわ) (tsubagiwa), 鍔元(つばもと) (tsubamoto)
• 鍔(つば)師(し) (tsuba-shi)
• 鍔(つば)競(ぜ)り合(あ)い, 鍔(つば)迫(ぜ)り合(あ)い (tsuba-zeriai)
• 鍔(つば)無(な)し (tsuba-nashi)
• 鍔(つば)鳴(な)り (tsuba-nari)
• 鍔広(つばびろ) (tsubabiro)
• 葵(あおい)鍔(つば) (aoi tsuba)
• 金鍔(きんつば) (kintsuba)
• 銀鍔(ぎんつば) (gintsuba)
• 車(くるま)鍔(つば) (kuruma tsuba)
• 萩鍔(はぎつば) (hagitsuba)
• 粢(しとぎ)鍔(つば) (shitogi tsuba)
• 食(は)み出(だ)し鍔(つば) (hamidashi tsuba)
• 肥後(ひご)鍔(つば) (Higo-tsuba)
• 丸鍔(まるつば) (marutsuba)
• 鍔(つば)継(つぎ)手(て), 鍔(つば)継(つ)ぎ手(て) (tsuba tsugite)
• 汲(く)み鍔(つば) (kumitsuba)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鍔
つみば Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Kanji in this term
鍔
つみは Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
鐔

⟨tumi₁pa⟩ → */tumʲipa/ → /t͡sumiɸa/ → /t͡sumiha/

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.

The final ha element is most likely cognate with 刃 (ha, “edge”).

Usually pronounced with rendaku (連濁), as tsumiba.

Noun

鍔(つみは) or 鍔(つみば) • (tsumiha or tsumiba) 

1. (obsolete) the guard at the end of the grip of a sword or polearm

Korean

Hanja

鍔 (eum 악 (ak))

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Vietnamese

Han character

鍔: Hán Nôm readings: ngạc

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References

• Nom Foundation