# 礥

| 礥 | U+7925, &#31013; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7925 |
| ← 礤 [U+7924] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 礦 → [U+7926] |

## Translingual
### Han character

礥 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+15, 20 strokes, cangjie input 一口尸水金 (MRSEC), four-corner 1768$_6$, composition ⿰石賢)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 838, character 8
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24556
* Dae Jaweon: page 1255, character 16
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2462, character 13
* Unihan data for U+7925

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 臤 | *kʰaːn, *kʰriːn, *ɡiːn, *kʰins |
| 掔 | *kʰriːn, *kʰiːn |
| 慳 | *kʰriːn |
| 藖 | *ɡriːn, *ɡriːns |
| 堅 | *kiːn |
| 鋻 | *kiːn, *kiːns |
| 鰹 | *kiːn |
| 蜸 | *kʰiːnʔ |
| 菣 | *kʰiːns, *kʰins |
| 賢 | *ɡiːn |
| 礥 | *ɡiːn, *ɢrin |
| 臔 | *ɡiːnʔ |
| 挋 | *kiŋs |
| 臣 | *ɡiŋ |
| 茞 | *ɡiŋ |
| 腎 | *ɡjinʔ |
| 頣 | *hŋiŋʔ |
| 緊 | *kinʔ |
| 嚚 | *ŋɡriŋ |
| 鏗 | *kʰreːŋ |
| 摼 | *kʰreːŋ |
| 硻 | *kʰreːŋ |

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xián (xian$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jin$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xián
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sián
*** Wade–Giles: hsien$^2$
*** Yale: syán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyan
*** Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jin$^4$
*** Yale: yìhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jin$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːn²¹/
* Middle Chinese: hen
Rime :
| Character | 礥 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (85) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 胡田切 |
| Baxter | hen |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦen/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦen/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣɛn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦɛn/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣen/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣien/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɣien/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xián |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jin$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡiːn/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 礥 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 1339 |
| Phonetic component | 臣 |
| Rime group | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 賢 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡiːn/ |
| Notes | 見太玄 |

#### Definitions

礥
* difficult
* firm
* 3rd tetragram of the Taixuanjing (𝌈)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yín (yin$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yín
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yín
*** Wade–Giles: yin$^2$
*** Yale: yín
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yn
*** Palladius: инь (inʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /in³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: hin
Rime :
| Character | 礥 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 眞 (44) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 下珍切 |
| Baxter | hin |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦˠiɪn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦᵚin/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣien/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦjin/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣjĕn/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣǐĕn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /i̯ĕn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yín |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jan$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɢrin/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 礥 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 1350 |
| Phonetic component | 臣 |
| Rime group | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 礥 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢrin/ |
| Notes | 見太玄 |

#### Definitions

礥
* hard

### References

* “礥”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): きん (kin)、ぎん (gin)、けん (ken)、げん (gen)
* Kun: むつかしい (mutsukashii)