劍客

Chinese

(double-edged) sword customer; visitor; guest
trad. (劍客)
simp. (剑客)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (29)
Final () (145) (113)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III II
Fanqie
Baxter kjaemH khaek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɨɐmH/ /kʰˠæk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/kiɐmH/ /kʰᵚak̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiɐmH/ /kʰak̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɨamH/ /kʰaɨjk̚/
Li
Rong
/kiɐmH/ /kʰɐk̚/
Wang
Li
/kĭɐmH/ /kʰɐk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ki̯ɐmH/ /kʰɐk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiàn ke
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gim3 hak1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jiàn
Middle
Chinese
‹ kjæmH › ‹ khæk ›
Old
Chinese
/*s.kr[a]m-s/ /*kʰˁrak/
English sword guest

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 # 1/1 1/1
No. 10227 3903
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kams/ /*kʰraːɡ/
Notes

Noun

劍客

  1. swordsman
    Synonym: 劍士剑士 (jiànshì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (劍客):
  • Japanese: (けん)(かく) (kenkaku)
  • Korean: 검객(劍客) (geomgaek)
  • Vietnamese: kiếm khách (劍客)
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