鋭

See also: 銳 and 锐

鋭	U+92ED, 鋭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-92ED

← 鋬
[U+92EC]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鋮 →
[U+92EE]

Translingual

Traditional	銳
Shinjitai	鋭
Simplified	锐

Han character

鋭 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 金金口山 (CCRU) or 難難金金口 (XXCCR), composition ⿰釒兑)

sharp

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1308, character 26
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40418
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4211, character 12
Unihan data for U+92ED

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 鋭 – see 銳 (“sharp; keen; acute; pointed; 14th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "penetration"; etc.”). (This character is a variant traditional form of 銳).

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 兌 (OC *l'oːds). It represents the idea of a "sharp" or "pointed" tip of a blade or cutting tool.^[1]

References

^ Digital Shinjigen 2017

Japanese

Shinjitai	鋭
Kyūjitai	銳

Kanji

鋭

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 銳)

sharp

Readings

From Middle Chinese 銳 (MC ywejH):

Go-on: えい (ei, Jōyō)
Kan-on: えい (ei, Jōyō)

From Middle Chinese 銳 (MC dwajH):

Go-on: だい (dai)
Kan-on: たい (tai)

From native Japanese roots:

Kun: するどい (surudoi, 鋭い, Jōyō)、はやい (hayai, 鋭い)、とし (toshi, 鋭し)
Nanori: さとき (satoki)、さとし (satoshi)、とき (toki)、とし (toshi)、はや (haya)

Compounds

鋭(えい)アクセント (ei akusento): acute accent

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鋭
えい Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
銳 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 銳 (MC ywejH).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) えー [éꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [e̞ː]

Affix

鋭(えい) • (ei)

sharp; pointed; acute; keen

Derived terms

鋭角(えいかく) (eikaku): acute angle
鋭敏(えいびん) (eibin): sharpness
鋭利(えいり) (eiri): sharpness

Adjective

鋭(えい) • (ei) -na (adnominal 鋭(えい)な (ei na), adverbial 鋭(えい)に (ei ni))

(literary) keen

Inflection

Inflection of 鋭
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	鋭だろ	えいだろ	ei daro
Continuative (連用形)	鋭で	えいで	ei de
Terminal (終止形)	鋭だ	えいだ	ei da
Attributive (連体形)	鋭な	えいな	ei na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	鋭なら	えいなら	ei nara
Imperative (命令形)	鋭であれ	えいであれ	ei de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	鋭ではない鋭じゃない	えいではないえいじゃない	ei de wa nai ei ja nai
Informal past	鋭だった	えいだった	ei datta
Informal negative past	鋭ではなかった鋭じゃなかった	えいではなかったえいじゃなかった	ei de wa nakatta ei ja nakatta
Formal	鋭です	えいです	ei desu
Formal negative	鋭ではありません鋭じゃありません	えいではありませんえいじゃありません	ei de wa arimasen ei ja arimasen
Formal past	鋭でした	えいでした	ei deshita
Formal negative past	鋭ではありませんでした鋭じゃありませんでした	えいではありませんでしたえいじゃありませんでした	ei de wa arimasen deshita ei ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	鋭で	えいで	ei de
Conditional	鋭なら（ば）	えいなら（ば）	ei nara (ba)
Provisional	鋭だったら	えいだったら	ei dattara
Volitional	鋭だろう	えいだろう	ei darō
Adverbial	鋭に	えいに	ei ni
Degree	鋭さ	えいさ	eisa

Antonyms

鈍(どん) (don)

Noun

鋭(えい) • (ei)

(literary) sharp weapon
(literary) elite; pick

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鋭
と Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
銳 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 鋭 – see the following entry: と

(The following entry does not have a page created for it yet: と.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
鋭
するど Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
銳 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 鋭 – see the following entry: するど

(The following entry does not have a page created for it yet: するど.)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

鋭 • (ye, tae) (hangeul 예, 태, revised ye, tae, McCune–Reischauer ye, t'ae, Yale yey, thay)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鋭: Hán Nôm readings: nhọn, nhuệ, duệ

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[1] Digital Shinjigen 2017

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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