劍士

Chinese

(double-edged) sword scholar; warrior; knight
trad. (劍士) 劍 士
simp. (剑士) 剑 士

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 劍 士
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 崇 (20)
Final (韻) 嚴 (145) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 居欠切 鉏里切
Baxter kjaemH dzriX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɨɐmH/ /d͡ʒɨX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kiɐmH/ /ɖ͡ʐɨX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiɐmH/ /d͡ʒieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɨamH/ /ɖ͡ʐɨX/
Li
Rong
/kiɐmH/ /d͡ʒiəX/
Wang
Li
/kĭɐmH/ /d͡ʒĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ki̯ɐmH/ /ɖ͡ʐʱiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiàn zhì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gim3 zi6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 劍 士
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jiàn shì
Middle
Chinese
‹ kjæmH › ‹ dzriX ›
Old
Chinese
/*s.kr[a]m-s/ /*[m-s-]rəʔ/
English sword officer; gentleman

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 劍 士
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 10227 11511
Phonetic
component
僉 士
Rime
group
談 之
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
劔 士
Old
Chinese
/*kams/ /*zrɯʔ/
Notes 原列梵韻作劒,
此本說文籀文,
集韻驗韻或體

Noun

劍士

  1. swordsman
    Synonym: 劍客/剑客 (jiànkè)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (劍士):
  • → Japanese: 剣(けん)士(し) (kenshi)
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