# 鈐

| 鈐 | U+9210, &#37392; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9210 |
| ← 鈏 [U+920F] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鈑 → [U+9211] |

## Translingual
### Han character

鈐 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 金人戈弓 (COIN), four-corner 8812$_7$, composition ⿰釒今)
* lock, latch
* stamp, seal

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1298, character 17
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40223
* Dae Jaweon: page 1801, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4177, character 10
* Unihan data for U+9210

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 鈐
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 貪 | *kʰl'uːm |
| 嗿 | *l̥ʰuːmʔ |
| 僋 | *l̥ʰuːms, *luːms |
| 酓 | *qʰɯːm, *qlamʔ, *qlɯːms |
| 馠 | *qʰɯːm |
| 谽 | *qʰɯːm |
| 唅 | *qʰɯːm, *ɡɯːms |
| 含 | *ɡɯːm |
| 肣 | *ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ |
| 頷 | *ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ |
| 筨 | *ɡɯːm |
| 梒 | *ɡɯːm |
| 鋡 | *ɡɯːm |
| 莟 | *ɡɯːmʔ, *ɡɯːms |
| 琀 | *ɡɯːms |
| 浛 | *ɡɯːms |
| 盦 | *qɯːm, *qaːb |
| 韽 | *qɯːm, *qrɯːms |
| 玪 | *krɯːm |
| 妗 | *qʰrɯːm, *kʰjam, *qʰlɯːm, *ɡrɯms |
| 欦 | *qʰrɯːmʔ, *qʰram, *kʰlam, *kʰlamʔ, *qʰlɯːm |
| 黔 | *ɡram, *ɡrɯm |
| 鈐 | *ɡram |
| 鳹 | *ɡram |
| 雂 | *ɡram, *ɡrɯm |
| 念 | *nɯːms |
| 梣 | *sɡɯm, *sɡrɯm |
| 枔 | *sɢrɯm |
| 岑 | *sɡrɯm |
| 笒 | *sɡrɯm, *ɡrɯms |
| 涔 | *sɡrɯm |
| 侺 | *ɡjɯms |
| 今 | *krɯm |
| 黅 | *krɯm |
| 衿 | *krɯm |
| 衾 | *kʰrɯm |
| 坅 | *kʰrɯmʔ |
| 搇 | *kʰrɯms |
| 琴 | *ɡrɯm |
| 禽 | *ɡrɯm |
| 芩 | *ɡrɯm |
| 庈 | *ɡrɯm |
| 耹 | *ɡrɯm |
| 靲 | *ɡrɯm |
| 擒 | *ɡrɯm |
| 檎 | *ɡrɯm |
| 紟 | *ɡrɯms |
| 吟 | *ŋɡrɯm, *ŋɡrɯms |
| 訡 | *ŋɡrɯm |
| 廞 | *qʰrɯm, *qʰrɯmʔ |
| 陰 | *qrɯm |
| 霠 |
| 飲 | *qrɯmʔ, *qrɯms |
| 蔭 | *qrɯms |
| 廕 | *qrɯms |
| 矜 | *ɡrɯn, *ɡɯn, *kɯŋ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qián (qian$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kim$^4$
* 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/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kim$^4$
*** Yale: kìhm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kim$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kim$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰiːm²¹/
* Middle Chinese: gjem
Rime :
| Character | 鈐 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| 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/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /gi̯ɛm/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qián |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | kim$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡram/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 鈐 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6581 |
| Phonetic component | 今 |
| Rime group | 談 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 箝 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡram/ |

### Definitions

鈐
* official seal
* to affix a seal to
* tea-curing tool
* stratagem; plot; plan; strategy; tactic
* (figurative) key (to something)
* a surname, Qian

#### Synonyms

* (stratagem):
* 圖謀 / 图谋 (túmóu)
* 心機 / 心机 (xīnjī)
* 招 (figurative)
* 攻略 (gōnglüè)
* 機謀 / 机谋 (jīmóu) (formal)
* 機關 / 机关 (jīguān)
* 策略 (cèlüè)
* 計策 / 计策 (jìcè)
* 計謀 / 计谋 (jìmóu)
* 謀略 / 谋略 (móulüè)
* (key to something): 鎖鑰／锁钥 (suǒyuè)

#### Compounds

* 鈐束 / 钤束 (qiánshù)
* 鈐記 / 钤记
* 鈐鍵 / 钤键

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): けん (ken)、げん (gen)、かん (kan)、ごん (gon)、しん (shin)
* Kun: すき (suki)

## Korean
### Hanja

鈐 • (geom) (hangeul 검, revised geom, McCune–Reischauer kŏm, Yale kem)
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