劍匠

Chinese

		(double-edged) sword	craftsman
trad. (劍匠)		劍	匠
simp. (剑匠)		剑	匠

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiànjiàng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄤˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiànjiàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiànjiàng
  - Wade–Giles: chien⁴-chiang⁴
  - Yale: jyàn-jyàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannjianq
  - Palladius: цзяньцзян (czjanʹczjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    健將 / 健将
    劍匠 / 剑匠
    箭匠
    賤降 / 贱降

Middle Chinese: kjaemH dzjangH

Rime
Character	劍	匠
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	嚴 (145)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	居欠切	疾亮切
Baxter	kjaemH	dzjangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨɐm^H/	/d͡zɨɐŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kiɐm^H/	/d͡ziɐŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kiɐm^H/	/d͡ziɑŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨam^H/	/d͡zɨaŋ^H/
Li Rong	/kiɐm^H/	/d͡ziaŋ^H/
Wang Li	/kĭɐm^H/	/d͡zĭaŋ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯ɐm^H/	/d͡zʱi̯aŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiàn	jiàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gim³	zoeng⁶

Noun

劍匠

swordsmith
- 越前來獻三枚，闔閭得而寶之，以故使劍匠作為二枚：一曰干將，二曰莫耶。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  越前来献三枚，阖闾得而宝之，以故使剑匠作为二枚：一曰干将，二曰莫耶。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Spring and Autumn Annals of Wu and Yue, 1^st century CE– 2^nd century CE
  Yuè qiánlái xiàn sān méi, Hélǘ dé ér bǎo zhī, yǐgù shǐ jiànjiàng zuò wèi èr méi: yī yuē Gānjiāng, èr yuē Mòyé. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2022 March, 周正武, 天工神冶中国古代刀剑文献汇释, Hangzhou: 西泠印社出版社, →ISBN, page 72:
  
  冶工或劍匠常通過觀察爐中金属溶液，或工件燒紅之顏色（火候）而調整工藝。 [MSC, trad.]
  冶工或剑匠常通过观察炉中金属溶液，或工件烧红之颜色（火候）而调整工艺。 [MSC, simp.]
  Yěgōng huò jiànjiàng cháng tōngguò guānchá lú zhōng jīnshǔ róngyè, huò gōngjiàn shāo hóng zhī yánsè (huǒhòu) ér diàozhěng gōngyì. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)