鉆

Translingual

Han character

鉆 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金卜口 (CYR), four-corner 8116₀, composition ⿰釒占)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1300, character 16
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40287
Dae Jaweon: page 1802, character 28
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4184, character 13
Unihan data for U+9246

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鉆
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
頕	*taːm
煔	ɦlaːm, hljems, *hl'eːms
炶	*ɦlaːm
詀	rteːm, rdeːms, teːm, tʰjeb
站	*rteːms
檆	*sreːm
黏	*nem
粘	*nem
枮	slem, ʔl'ɯm
霑	*tem
沾	tem, teːms, *tʰeːm
覘	tems, tʰem
鉆	tʰem, ɡrem, *tʰeːb
占	ʔljem, tjems
颭	*tjemʔ
佔	tjems, teːm
苫	hljem, hljems
痁	hljem, teːms
蛅	*njem
阽	*lem
敁	*teːm
掂	*tiːm
點	*teːmʔ
玷	teːmʔ, teːms
店	*tiːms
坫	tiːms, tim
黇	*tʰeːm
扂	*deːmʔ
拈	*neːm
鮎	*neːm
砧	*ʔl'ɯm
笘	*teːb
跕	teːb, tʰeːb
貼	*tʰeːb
帖	*tʰeːb
怗	*tʰeːb
呫	*tʰeːb

Etymology 1

trad.		鉆
simp.		钻^*

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chān (chan¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄢ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chān
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chan
  - Wade–Giles: chʻan¹
  - Yale: chān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chan
  - Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän⁵⁵/

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*tʰem/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鉆
Reading #	1/3
No.	16705
Phonetic component	占
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	覘
Old Chinese	/*tʰem/
Notes	巨淹切注：説文又敕淹切

Definitions

鉆

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Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qián (qian²)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ

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/

Middle Chinese: gjem

Rime
Character	鉆
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	鹽 (154)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	巨淹切
Baxter	gjem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚiɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gjiam/
Li Rong	/ɡjɛm/
Wang Li	/ɡĭɛm/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kim⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡrem/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鉆
Reading #	2/3
No.	16715
Phonetic component	占
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	箝
Old Chinese	/*ɡrem/

Definitions

鉆

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Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiē (tie¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄝ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiē
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tie
  - Wade–Giles: tʻieh¹
  - Yale: tyē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tie
  - Palladius: те (te)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: thep

Rime
Character	鉆
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	怗 (158)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	他協切
Baxter	thep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰep̚/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰep̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɛp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰɛp̚/
Li Rong	/tʰep̚/
Wang Li	/tʰiep̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰiep̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tip³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*tʰeːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鉆
Reading #	3/3
No.	16743
Phonetic component	占
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	怗
Old Chinese	/*tʰeːb/

Definitions

鉆

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Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 鉆 – see 鉗 (“claw of a crustacean; pincers, pliers, tongs; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 鉗).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 鉆 – see 鑽 (“to drill; to bore; to study intensively; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 鑽).

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B05313
“鉆”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

鉆

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): てん (ten)、けん (ken)、げん (gen)、ちつ (chitsu)
Kun: かなばさみ (kanabasami)