銳

See also: 锐 and 鋭

銳 U+92B3, 銳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-92B3 ← 銲 [U+92B2] CJK Unified Ideographs 銴 → [U+92B4]

Translingual

Traditional	銳
Shinjitai	鋭
Simplified	锐

Han character

銳 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 金金口山 (CCRU), four-corner 8811₆, composition ⿰釒兌)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1306, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40418
• Dae Jaweon: page 1808, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 6, page 4211, character 12
• Unihan data for U+92B3

Chinese

trad.		銳/鋭
simp.		锐

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
毤	*l̥ʰoːds
蛻	*l'oːds, *l̥ʰoːds, *hljods, *lod, *lod
娧	*l̥ʰoːds, *lod
駾	*l̥ʰoːds
裞	*l̥ʰoːds, *hljods
兌	*l'oːds
綐	*l'oːds
銳	*l'oːds, *lods
帨	*stʰods, *hljods
稅	*hljods
說	*hljods, *hljod, *lod
涚	*hljods
䫄	*rtʰoːd
脫	*l̥ʰoːd, *l'oːd
侻	*l̥ʰoːd
挩	*l̥ʰoːd, *l'oːd
莌	*l̥ʰoːd, *l'oːd
梲	*l̥ʰoːd, *ʔljod, *l̥ʰuːd
鮵	*l'oːd
敓	*l'oːd
痥	*l'oːd
悅	*lod, *lod
閱	*lod

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l'oːds, *lods): semantic 釒 (“gold”) + phonetic 兌 (OC *l'oːds).

Etymology

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Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ruì (rui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jeoi⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yui

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yui⁴

• Northern Min (KCR): ṳĕ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): jōe / lōe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ruê⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵soe; ⁶zoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ruì
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ruèi
    • Wade–Giles: jui⁴
    • Yale: rwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruey
    • Palladius: жуй (žuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jeoi⁶
    • Yale: yeuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɵy̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yui
    • Hakka Romanization System: iui
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yui⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯ui̯⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yui
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iui
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yui⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯ui̯⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yui⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /iuɪ⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ṳĕ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yɛ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jōe
    • Tâi-lô: juē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: joe
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zue³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lōe
    • Tâi-lô: luē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loe
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lue³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lue²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ruê⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: juĕ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zue³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵soe; ⁶zoe
    • MiniDict: soe^去; zoe^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²soe; ³zoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sø³⁴/, /zø²³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 銳
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʐuei⁵¹/
	Harbin	/luei²¹³/ /ʐuei²¹³/
	Tianjin	/ʐuei⁵³/
	Jinan	/luei²¹/
	Qingdao	/le⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/ʐuei³¹²/
	Xi'an	/vei⁴⁴/
	Xining	/uɨ⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/ʐuei¹³/
	Lanzhou	/vei⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/vei²¹³/
	Wuhan	/zuei³⁵/
	Chengdu	/zuei¹³/
	Guiyang	/zuei²¹³/
	Kunming	/ʐuei²¹²/
	Nanjing	/ʐuəi⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/ʐue⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/zuei⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/zuei³⁵/
	Hohhot	/ʐuei⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/zø²³/ /sø³⁵/
	Suzhou	/se̞⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/zz̩ʷei¹³/
	Wenzhou	/sai²²/
Hui	Shexian	/ue²²/ /ɕye³²⁴/
	Tunxi
Xiang	Changsha	/yei⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/ɕyəi⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/iui⁵³/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/jøy²²/
	Nanning	/jui²²/
	Hong Kong	/jøy²²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/lue²²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/yɔ²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/yɛ²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/zue³⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/zui³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ywejH

Rime
Character	銳
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	祭 (36)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以芮切
Baxter	ywejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiuᴇiH/
Pan Wuyun	/jʷiɛiH/
Shao Rongfen	/iuæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jwiajH/
Li Rong	/iuɛiH/
Wang Li	/jĭwɛiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯wɛiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jeoi6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lot-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*lods/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	銳
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	ruì
Middle Chinese	‹ ywejH ›
Old Chinese	/*lot-s/
English	sharp
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	銳
Reading #	2/2
No.	2557
Phonetic component	兑
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	銳
Old Chinese	/*lods/

Definitions

銳

1. sharp; keen; acute; pointed

   alt. forms: 兌 / 兑

2. 14th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "penetration" (𝌓)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duì (dui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duèi
    • Wade–Giles: tui⁴
    • Yale: dwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duey
    • Palladius: дуй (duj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dwajH

Rime
Character	銳
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	泰 (26)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	杜外切
Baxter	dwajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/duɑiH/
Pan Wuyun	/dʷɑiH/
Shao Rongfen	/duɑiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dwajH/
Li Rong	/duɑiH/
Wang Li	/duɑiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱuɑiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	duì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	deoi6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'oːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	銳
Reading #	1/2
No.	2549
Phonetic component	兑
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	兊
Old Chinese	/*l'oːds/

Definitions

銳

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) A kind of spear-like weapon.

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuè (yue⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuè
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴
    • Yale: ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh
    • Palladius: юэ (jue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹/

Definitions

銳

1. (historical dictionaries only) only used in 銚銳／铫锐 (“basin”)

Compounds

• 將銳兵驍 / 将锐兵骁
• 尖銳 / 尖锐 (jiānruì)
• 尖銳化 / 尖锐化 (jiānruìhuà)
• 披堅執銳 / 披坚执锐
• 擐甲執銳 / 擐甲执锐
• 敏銳 / 敏锐 (mǐnruì)
• 新銳 / 新锐 (xīnruì)
• 波浪銳度 / 波浪锐度
• 犀銳 / 犀锐
• 精銳 / 精锐 (jīngruì)
• 英銳 / 英锐
• 蓄精蓄銳 / 蓄精蓄锐
• 蓄銳 / 蓄锐
• 蓄銳養威 / 蓄锐养威
• 被堅執銳 / 被坚执锐
• 豐上銳下 / 丰上锐下
• 輕卒銳兵 / 轻卒锐兵
• 輕銳 / 轻锐
• 進銳退速 / 进锐退速
• 避銳鋒 / 避锐锋
• 銳不可當 / 锐不可当
• 銳利 / 锐利 (ruìlì)
• 銳器 / 锐器 (ruìqì)
• 銳士 / 锐士
• 銳志 / 锐志
• 銳意 / 锐意 (ruìyì)
• 銳敏 / 锐敏 (ruìmǐn)
• 銳未可當 / 锐未可当
• 銳氣 / 锐气 (ruìqì)
• 銳減 / 锐减 (ruìjiǎn)
• 銳角 / 锐角 (ruìjiǎo)
• 銳變 / 锐变
• 養威蓄銳 / 养威蓄锐
• 養精蓄銳 / 养精蓄锐 (yǎngjīngxùruì)
• 養銳蓄威 / 养锐蓄威

Japanese

Shinjitai	鋭
Kyūjitai	銳

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 銳

銳

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 鋭)

1. pointed
2. sharpness
3. edge
4. weapon
5. sharp
6. violent

Readings

• Go-on: えい (ei)、だい (dai)
• Kan-on: えい (ei)、たい (tai)
• Kun: するどい (surudoi, 銳い)、はやい (hayai, 銳い)、とし (toshi, 銳し)

Usage notes

This character lacks JIS support and is not used in Japan. 鋭 (U+92ED) is used instead.

Korean

Hanja

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

1. sharp
2. swift
3. agile

Vietnamese

Han character

銳: Hán Nôm readings: nhuệ, nhọn

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