掔

掔 U+6394, 掔
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6394
← 掓
[U+6393] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 掕 →
[U+6395]

Translingual

Han character

掔 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 尸水手 (SEQ), four-corner 77502, composition ⿱臤手)

Derived characters
  • 𢴡

Further reading
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 437, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12259
  • Dae Jaweon: page 787, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1889, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+6394

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 掔
alternative forms 孯 ancient

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (臣) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
臤 *kʰaːn, *kʰriːn, *ɡiːn, *kʰins
掔 *kʰriːn, *kʰiːn
慳 *kʰriːn
藖 *ɡriːn, *ɡriːns
堅 *kiːn
鋻 *kiːn, *kiːns
鰹 *kiːn
蜸 *kʰiːnʔ
菣 *kʰiːns, *kʰins
賢 *ɡiːn
礥 *ɡiːn, *ɢrin
臔 *ɡiːnʔ
挋 *kiŋs
臣 *ɡiŋ
茞 *ɡiŋ
腎 *ɡjinʔ
頣 *hŋiŋʔ
緊 *kinʔ
嚚 *ŋɡriŋ
鏗 *kʰreːŋ
摼 *kʰreːŋ
硻 *kʰreːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰriːn, *kʰiːn) : phonetic 臤 (OC *kʰaːn, *kʰriːn, *ɡiːn, *kʰins) + semantic 手.

Etymology 1

Kra-Dai origin according to Schuessler, 2003. Compare Proto-Tai *k.reːŋᴬ (“hard”). See also 堅.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 掔 掔
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 溪 (29) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 山 (73) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II IV
Fanqie 苦閑切 苦堅切
Baxter khean khen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kʰˠɛn/ /kʰen/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʰᵚæn/ /kʰen/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kʰæn/ /kʰɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kʰəɨn/ /kʰɛn/
Li
Rong		 /kʰɛn/ /kʰen/
Wang
Li		 /kʰæn/ /kʰien/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kʰăn/ /kʰien/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 qiān qiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 haan1 hin1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 掔 掔
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 1325 1334
Phonetic
component		 臣 臣
Rime
group		 眞 眞
Rime
subdivision		 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 慳 牽
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰriːn/ /*kʰiːn/
Notes 臤轉註字

Definitions

掔

  1. sturdy, strong, firm
  2. to strengthen, to reinforce
  3. to hit, to attack
  4. † to lead, to tow

Definitions
For pronunciation and definitions of 掔 – see 腕 (“wrist; arm”).
(This character is an ancient form of 腕).

References

Japanese

Kanji
掔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings
  • On (unclassified): かん (kan); けん (ken)
  • Kun: かたい (katai)
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