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U+517C, 兼
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-517C

[U+517B]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+517D]

Translingual

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Traditional
Simplified
Japanese
Korean

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 12, +8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿難金 (TXC), four-corner 80237, composition ⿻⿻(GHTJV) or ⿻⿻(K))

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 128, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1483
  • Dae Jaweon: page 288, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 249, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+517C

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Spring and Autumn Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts



References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : Hand (as in ) holding two grain stalks . Compare: (bǐng), a hand holding one plant.

Etymology

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Austroasiatic (Schuessler, 2007); compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *ckiəm ~ ckəm ~ ckam ~ ckaim (to grasp, to hold).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • giam1 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Chenghai, Chaoyang, Jieyang, Pontianak;
  • giang1 - Chenghai.

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    Initial () (28) (28)
    Final () (157) (157)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open Open
    Division () IV IV
    Fanqie
    Baxter kem kemH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /kem/ /kemH/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /kem/ /kemH/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /kɛm/ /kɛmH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /kɛm/ /kɛmH/
    Li
    Rong
    /kem/ /kemH/
    Wang
    Li
    /kiem/ /kiemH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /kiem/ /kiemH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    jiān jiàn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    gim1 gim3
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    jiān
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ kem ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*[k]ˁem/
    English combine; at the same time

    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
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    No. 6063 6069
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    2 2
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*keːm/ /*keːms/
    Notes

    Definitions

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    1. to do two or more things simultaneously; to hold a concurrent post or role; to combine
      總理外交部長 [MSC, trad.]
      总理外交部长 [MSC, simp.]
      zǒnglǐ jiān wàijiāobùzhǎng [Pinyin]
      Prime Minister and concurrently Minister of Foreign Affairs
      教練隊員教练队员  ―  jiàoliàn jiān duìyuán  ―  player-coach; playing coach
        ―  jiānguǎn  ―  to concurrently be in charge of
    2. concurrently; simultaneously; combining; both
      特徵特征  ―  jiān yǒu liǎng xìng tèzhēng de  ―  having both sexual characteristics; androgynous
    3. double
        ―  jiānchéng  ―  to travel at double speed
        ―  jiānxún  ―  twenty days
    4. to amalgamate, to merge
    5. to annex, to absorb
    6. a surname

    Compounds

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    Japanese

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    Shinjitai
    Kyūjitai
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    兼󠄁
    +&#xE0101;?
    (Adobe-Japan1)
    兼󠄄
    +&#xE0104;?
    (Hanyo-Denshi)
    (Moji_Joho)
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    Kanji

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    (Jōyō kanji)

    Readings

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    Compounds

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    Etymology

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    Kanji in this term
    けん
    Grade: S
    on'yomi

    /kem//kemʉ//keɴ/

    From Middle Chinese (MC kem|kemH).

    Pronunciation

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    Conjunction

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    (けん) (-ken-

    1. -cum-, concurrently, and; in addition
      (しょ)(さい)(けん)(おう)(せつ)()
      shosai-ken-ōsetsuma
      study-cum-drawing room
      (しゅ)(しょう)(けん)(がい)(しょう)
      shushō-ken-gaishō
      someone who holds the offices of both Prime Minister and Foreign Minister

    Noun

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    (けん) (ken

    1. doing two or more things at the same time
    2. holding two or more government offices at the same time

    Derived terms

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    Proper noun

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    (けん) (Ken

    1. a male given name

    References

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    1. ^ ”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024
    2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

    Korean

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    Hanja

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    (eumhun 겸할 (gyeomhal gyeom))

    1. hanja form? of (unite, connect, combine)

    Vietnamese

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    Han character

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    : Hán Nôm readings: kiêm

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