掮

掮	U+63AE, 掮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63AE

← 掭
[U+63AD]

CJK Unified Ideographs

掯 →
[U+63AF]

Translingual

Han character

掮 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手竹尸月 (QHSB) or 手戈尸月 (QISB), four-corner 5302₇, composition ⿰扌肩)

to bear on the shoulders

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 440, character 18
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12308
Dae Jaweon: page 791, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1907, character 5
Unihan data for U+63AE

Chinese

trad.		掮
simp. ^#		掮

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (肩) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
顅	*kʰreːn
掮	ɡren
肩	*keːn
猏	*keːn
菺	*keːn
鵳	*keːn

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qián (qian²)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kin⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qián
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cián
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien²
  - Yale: chyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyan
  - Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: kin⁴
  - Yale: kìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: kin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːn²¹/

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡren*/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	掮
Reading #	1/1
No.	6022
Phonetic component	肩
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	乾
Old Chinese	/ɡren/
Notes	𠢍今字

Definitions

掮

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Compounds

掮客 (qiánkè)
掮著

Pronunciation 2

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khaiⁿ

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khaiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: khainn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qvay
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰãi⁴⁴/

Verb

掮

(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) to carry something with one end of a shoulder pole

References

“掮”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
周长楫 [Zhōu, Chángjí], editor (2006), “掮 [khãi¹]”, in 闽南方言大词典 MINNAN FANGYAN DA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Southern Min dialects] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Fuzhou: 福建人民出版社 [Fujian People's Publishing House], →ISBN, page 559.

Japanese

Kanji

掮

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): けん (ken)
Kun: かつぐ (katsugu)

Vietnamese

Han character

掮: Hán Nôm readings: khiêng

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