硎

See also: 研

硎 U+784E, 硎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-784E ← 硍 [U+784D] CJK Unified Ideographs 硏 → [U+784F]

硎 U+2F94E, 硎 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F94E ← 𥐝 [U+2F94D] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 碌 → [U+2F94F]

Translingual

Han character

硎 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一口一廿弓 (MRMTN), four-corner 1260₀, composition ⿰石刑)

1. whetstone

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 830, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24175
• Dae Jaweon: page 1245, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2427, character 5
• Unihan data for U+784E

• Unihan data for U+2F94E

Chinese

simp. and trad.		硎

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (井) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
硎	*kʰreːŋ, *ɡeːŋ
耕	*kreːŋ
荊	*keŋ
井	*skeŋʔ
丼	*kl'oːmʔ, *skeŋʔ
妌	*sɡeŋʔ
穽	*sɡeŋʔ, *sɡeŋs
阱	*sɡeŋʔ, *sɡeŋs
汫	*sɡeːŋʔ
刑	*ɡeːŋ
形	*ɡeːŋ
邢	*ɡeːŋ
鉶	*ɡeːŋ
型	*ɡeːŋ
侀	*ɡeːŋ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xíng, kēng (xing², keng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ, ㄎㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁴
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hing²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: síng
    • Wade–Giles: hsing²
    • Yale: syíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyng
    • Palladius: син (sin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: keng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻêng¹
    • Yale: kēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keng
    • Palladius: кэн (kɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jing⁴
    • Yale: yìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hing²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiŋ¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng
    • Tâi-lô: hîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: heeng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: khaeng, heng

Rime
Character	硎	硎
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	IV
Fanqie	客庚切	戸經切
Baxter	khaeng	heng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠæŋ/	/ɦeŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰᵚaŋ/	/ɦeŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰaŋ/	/ɣɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰaɨjŋ/	/ɦɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/kʰɐŋ/	/ɣeŋ/
Wang Li	/kʰɐŋ/	/ɣieŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰɐŋ/	/ɣieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kēng	xíng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hang1	jing4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ˤeŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰreːŋ/, /*ɡeːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	硎
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xíng
Middle Chinese	‹ heng ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ˁeŋ/
English	whetstone
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	硎	硎
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6849	6860
Phonetic component	井	井
Rime group	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	阬	㓝
Old Chinese	/*kʰreːŋ/	/*ɡeːŋ/
Notes	同阬坑，集韻別義	見莊子

Definitions

硎

1. whetstone
2. to whet; to grind; to polish

Compounds

• 新硎初試／新硎初试
• 發硎／发硎
• 發硎新試／发硎新试

 

References

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “硎”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 265.

Japanese

Kanji

硎

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けい (kei)
• Kun: といし (toishi, 硎)