# 楗

| 楗 | U+6957, &#26967; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6957 |
| ← 楖 [U+6956] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 楘 → [U+6958] |

## Translingual
### Han character

楗 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木弓大手 (DNKQ), four-corner 4594$_4$, composition ⿰木建)
* bar of door, bolt of lock

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 539, character 18
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15136
* Dae Jaweon: page 927, character 4
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1240, character 2
* Unihan data for U+6957

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 犍 | *ɡran, *kan |
| 騝 | *ɡran, *kan |
| 鍵 | *ɡran, *ɡranʔ, *ɡanʔ |
| 揵 | *ɡran, *kanʔ |
| 鞬 | *kan |
| 腱 | *kan, *ɡans |
| 湕 | *kanʔ |
| 建 | *kans |
| 旔 | *kans |
| 楗 | *ɡanʔ |
| 健 | *ɡans |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡanʔ) : semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 建 (OC *kans).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiàn, jiǎn (jian$^4$, jian$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ, ㄐㄧㄢˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gin$^6$ / kin$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kēng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiàn
*** Wade–Giles: chien$^4$
*** Yale: jyàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiann
*** Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎn
*** Wade–Giles: chien$^3$
*** Yale: jyǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jean
*** Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gin$^6$ / kin$^2$
*** Yale: gihn / kín
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gin$^6$ / kin$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gin$^6$ / kin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kiːn²²/, /kʰiːn³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kēng
*** Tâi-lô: kīng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: keng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ³³/
* Middle Chinese: gjonX
Rime :
| Character | 楗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 元 (65) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 其偃切 |
| Baxter | gjonX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɡɨɐn$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡiɐn$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡiɐn$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /gɨan$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡiɐn$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡĭɐn$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /gɨ̯ɐn$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gin$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡanʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 楗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6223 |
| Phonetic component | 建 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 寋 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡanʔ/ |

### Definitions

楗
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### Compounds

* 關楗／关楗 (guānjiàn)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): けん (ken)、ごん (gon)
* Kun: かんぬき (kannuki)

## Korean
### Hanja

楗 • (geon) (hangeul 건, revised geon, McCune–Reischauer kŏn, Yale ken)
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