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兼けん

兼けん U+517C, 兼
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-517C
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[U+517B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 兽 →
[U+517D]

Translingual

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Traditional 兼けん
Simplified 兼けん
Japanese 兼けん
Korean 兼けん

Han character

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兼けん (Kangxi radical 12, 八はち+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿にじゅう難なん金きん (TXC), four-corner 80237, composition ⿱䒑⿻⿻コ卄八はち(GHTJV) or ⿳八はち一いち⿻⿻コ卄八はち(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.
 兼けん
alternative forms
𠔥
𬻵
𭵄
𭵈
𭁐
𠔥
𬻵
𭵄
𭵈
𭁐
𭆢
𮏳
 

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 兼けん
Spring and Autumn Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
     
 
b11167
 
s05098
Transcribed ancient scripts
 
L33971
 
L33972
 
L33973
 
L33974
 
L33975
 
L13088
 
L13089
 
L13090
 
L13091
 
L13092
 
L13093
 
L13094
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).
Characters in the same phonetic series (兼けん) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
譧 *r'eːms
賺 *r'eːms
尲 *kreːm
鹻 *kreːmʔ
歉 *kʰreːms, *kʰreːmʔ, *kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːms
槏 *kʰreːmʔ
鰜 *ɡreːm, *keːm
稴 *ɡreːm, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ, *ɡ·reːms, *ɡeːm
豏 *ɡreːmʔ, *ɡreːms
甉 *ɡreːmʔ, *ɡraːm
廉れん *ɡ·rem
鎌かま *ɡ·rem
鬑 *ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm
鐮 *ɡ·rem
簾すだれ *ɡ·rem
薕 *ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm
蠊 *ɡ·rem
嬚 *ɡ·remʔ
溓 *ɡ·remʔ, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ
嵰 *kʰremʔ
隒 *ŋɡremʔ
熑 *ɡ·reːm
濂 *ɡ·reːm
燫 *ɡ·reːm
兼けん *keːm, *keːms
縑 *keːm
鶼 *keːm
蒹 *keːm
搛 *keːm
謙けん *kʰeːm
膁 *kʰeːmʔ
嗛 *kʰeːmʔ
慊 *kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːb
傔 *kʰeːms
馦 *qʰeːm
嫌いや *ɡeːm
鼸 *ɡeːmʔ
尷 *kreːm

Ideogrammic compound (會意かいい／会意かいい) : Hand 又また (as in 肀) holding two grain stalks 禾. Compare: 秉 (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 兼けん 兼けん
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    Initial (聲こえ) 見み (28) 見み (28)
    Final (韻いん) 添 (157) 添 (157)
    Tone (調しらべ) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
    Openness (開ひらき合あい) Open Open
    Division (等ひとし) IV IV
    Fanqie 古ふる甜切きり 古ふる念ねん切きり
    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
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 兼けん
    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 兼けん 兼けん
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    No. 6063 6069
    Phonetic
    component         		兼けん 兼けん
    Rime
    group         		談だん 談だん
    Rime
    subdivision         		2 2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		兼けん 兼けん
    Old
    Chinese         		/*keːm/ /*keːms/
    Notes 別べつ分ぶん紀きの念ねん切きり，集しゅう韻いん並なみ

    Definitions

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    兼けん

    1. to do two or more things simultaneously; to hold a concurrent post or role; to combine
      總理そうり兼けん外交がいこう部長ぶちょう [MSC, trad.]
      总理兼けん外交がいこう部ぶ长 [MSC, simp.]
      zǒnglǐ jiān wàijiāobùzhǎng [Pinyin]
      Prime Minister and concurrently Minister of Foreign Affairs
      教練きょうれん兼けん隊員たいいん／教きょう练兼けん队员  ―  jiàoliàn jiān duìyuán  ―  player-coach; playing coach
      兼けん管かん  ―  jiānguǎn  ―  to concurrently be in charge of
    2. concurrently; simultaneously; combining; both
      兼けん有ゆう兩りょう性せい特徵とくちょう的てき／兼けん有ゆう两性せい特とく征せい的てき  ―  jiān yǒu liǎng xìng tèzhēng de  ―  having both sexual characteristics; androgynous
    3. † double
      兼けん程ほど  ―  jiānchéng  ―  to travel at double speed
      兼けん旬しゅん  ―  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 兼けん
    Kyūjitai
    [1]
    兼けん󠄁
    兼けん+&#xE0101;?
    (Adobe-Japan1)         		 
    兼けん󠄄
    兼けん+&#xE0104;?
    (Hanyo-Denshi)
    (Moji_Joho)
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    Kanji

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    兼けん

    (Jōyō kanji)

    Readings

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    Compounds

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    Etymology

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    Kanji in this term
    兼けん
    けん
    Grade: S
    on'yomi

    /kem/ → /kemʉ/ → /keɴ/

    From Middle Chinese 兼けん (MC kem|kemH).

    Pronunciation

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    Conjunction

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    兼けん(けん) • (-ken-) 

    1. -cum-, concurrently, and; in addition
      書しょ(しょ)斎とき(さい)兼けん(けん)応おう(おう)接せっ(せつ)間あいだ(ま)
      shosai-ken-ōsetsuma
      study-cum-drawing room
      首くび(しゅ)相そう(しょう)兼けん(けん)外そと(がい)相そう(しょう)
      shushō-ken-gaishō
      someone who holds the offices of both Prime Minister and Foreign Minister

    Noun

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    兼けん(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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    兼けん(けん) • (Ken) 

    1. a male given name

    References

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    1. ^ “兼けん”, in 漢字かんじぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024
    2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林だいじりん [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

    Korean

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    Hanja

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    兼けん (eumhun 겸할 겸 (gyeomhal gyeom))

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

    Vietnamese

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    Han character

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    兼けん: Hán Nôm readings: kiêm

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