鍛

Translingual

Han character

鍛 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 金竹十水 (CHJE), four-corner 8714₇, composition ⿰釒段)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1314, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40625
• Dae Jaweon: page 1814, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4233, character 1
• Unihan data for U+935B

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *toːns) : semantic 釒／钅 (“metal”) + phonetic 段 (OC *doːns).

Pronunciation

Definitions

鍛

1. to forge; to shape metal

   鍛造／锻造  ―  duànzào  ―  to forge

2. to temper; to refine

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. to forge
2. to toughen
3. workout, discipline, training

Readings

• Go-on: たん (tan, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: たん (tan, Jōyō)
• Kun: きたえる (kitaeru, 鍛える, Jōyō)^{←きたへる (kitaferu, 鍛へる, historical)}
• Nanori: かじ (kaji)^{←かぢ (kadi, historical)}

Compounds

• 鍛冶(かじ) (kaji)

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 鍛 (MC twanH).

Affix

• (tan) 

1. forging, smithing
2. (by extension) refining, disciplining (of the mind, body, etc.)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Nominalization of 鍛え (kitae, “forging”).

Proper noun

• (Kitae) ^{←きたへ (kitafe)?}

1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja

鍛 (eumhun 불릴 단 (bullil dan))

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Compounds

• 단련 (鍛鍊, dallyeon)

Old Japanese

Etymology

⟨kana uti⟩ → ⟨kanuti⟩

Originally a compound of 金 (kana, combining form of kane, “metal”) +‎ 打ち (uti, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 打つ (utu), “to strike”).

Noun

鍛 (kanuti) (kana かぬち)

1. the forging of metal; also such a person who forges metal: a metalsmith, smith

Derived terms

• 鍛部 (kanutibe₂)
• 鍛冶司 (kanuti no₂ tukasa)
• 韓鍛 (Kara kanuti)

Descendants

• Japanese: 鍛冶 (kaji)

Vietnamese

Han character

鍛: Hán Nôm readings: đoán, đoàn

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