# 鉆

| 鉆 | U+9246, &#37446; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9246 |
| ← 鉅 [U+9245] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鉇 → [U+9247] |

## Translingual
### Han character

鉆 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金卜口 (CYR), four-corner 8116$_0$, composition ⿰釒占)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1300, character 16
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40287
* Dae Jaweon: page 1802, character 28
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4184, character 13
* Unihan data for U+9246

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 鉆
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 頕 | *taːm |
| 煔 | *ɦlaːm, *hljems, *hl'eːms |
| 炶 | *ɦlaːm |
| 詀 | *rteːm, *rdeːms, *teːm, *tʰjeb |
| 站 | *rteːms |
| 檆 | *sreːm |
| 黏 | *nem |
| 粘 | *nem |
| 枮 | *slem, *ʔl'ɯm |
| 霑 | *tem |
| 沾 | *tem, *teːms, *tʰeːm |
| 覘 | *tems, *tʰem |
| 鉆 | *tʰem, *ɡrem, *tʰeːb |
| 占 | *ʔljem, *tjems |
| 颭 | *tjemʔ |
| 佔 | *tjems, *teːm |
| 苫 | *hljem, *hljems |
| 痁 | *hljem, *teːms |
| 蛅 | *njem |
| 阽 | *lem |
| 敁 | *teːm |
| 掂 | *tiːm |
| 點 | *teːmʔ |
| 玷 | *teːmʔ, *teːms |
| 店 | *tiːms |
| 坫 | *tiːms, *tim |
| 黇 | *tʰeːm |
| 扂 | *deːmʔ |
| 拈 | *neːm |
| 鮎 | *neːm |
| 砧 | *ʔl'ɯm |
| 笘 | *teːb |
| 跕 | *teːb, *tʰeːb |
| 貼 | *tʰeːb |
| 帖 | *tʰeːb |
| 怗 | *tʰeːb |
| 呫 | *tʰeːb |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chān (chan$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chān
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chan
*** Wade–Giles: chʻan$^1$
*** Yale: chān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chan
*** Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰän⁵⁵/
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*tʰem/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 鉆 |
| Reading # | 1/3 |
| No. | 16705 |
| Phonetic component | 占 |
| Rime group | 談 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 覘 |
| Old Chinese | /*tʰem/ |
| Notes | 巨淹切注：説文又敕淹切 |

##### Definitions

鉆
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qián (qian$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qián
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cián
*** Wade–Giles: chʻien$^2$
*** Yale: chyán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyan
*** Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: gjem
Rime :
| Character | 鉆 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 鹽 (154) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 巨淹切 |
| Baxter | gjem |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɡˠiᴇm/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡᵚiɛm/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡiæm/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /gjiam/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡjɛm/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡĭɛm/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /gi̯ɛm/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qián |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | kim$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡrem/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 鉆 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| No. | 16715 |
| Phonetic component | 占 |
| Rime group | 談 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 箝 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡrem/ |

##### Definitions

鉆
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tiē (tie$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄝ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tiē
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tie
*** Wade–Giles: tʻieh$^1$
*** Yale: tyē
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tie
*** Palladius: те (te)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: thep
Rime :
| Character | 鉆 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 透 (6) |
| Final (韻) | 怗 (158) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 他協切 |
| Baxter | thep |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tʰep̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tʰep̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tʰɛp̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /tʰɛp̚/ |
| Li Rong | /tʰep̚/ |
| Wang Li | /tʰiep̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /tʰiep̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | tie |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | tip$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*tʰeːb/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 鉆 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| No. | 16743 |
| Phonetic component | 占 |
| Rime group | 盍 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 怗 |
| Old Chinese | /*tʰeːb/ |

##### Definitions

鉆
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 鉆 – see 鉗 (“claw of a crustacean; pincers, pliers, tongs; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 鉗).

### Etymology 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 鉆 – see 鑽 (“to drill; to bore; to study intensively; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 鑽).

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B05313
* “鉆”, 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): てん (ten)、けん (ken)、げん (gen)、ちつ (chitsu)
* Kun: かなばさみ (kanabasami)