鍔

鍔 (radical 167, 金+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 金口口尸 (CRRS), four-corner 8612₇, composition ⿰釒咢)

1. high, lofty
2. edge of a knife

• KangXi: page 1314, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40617
• Dae Jaweon: page 1814, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4231, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9354

鍔

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(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. sword guard
2. kettle brim

• Go-on: がく (gaku)
• Kan-on: がく (gaku)
• Kun: つば (tsuba, 鍔)

• 鐔

⟨tumi₁ pa⟩ → /tumipa/ → /t͡sumifa/ → /t͡sumiha/

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (720 CE).

Appears to be derived from a compound. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Usually pronounced with rendaku (連濁), as tsumiba.

鍔 (hiragana つみは, rōmaji tsumiha, alternative reading つみば, rōmaji tsumiba)

1. the guard at the end of the grip of a sword or polearm
   • 931–938, Wamyō Ruijushō, book 5, page 45:[1]

     鐔 唐韻云、鐔、音尋、一音潭、都美波 [...] 今俗急呼都婆 劔鼻也

/tumiha/ → /tumuba/ → /tunba/ → /t͡suba/

Likely from Old Japanese, attested in the Wamyō Ruijushō (938 CE).

Shift from tsumiha or tsumiba above.

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) つ​ば [tsúꜜbà] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝba̠]

鍔 (hiragana つば, rōmaji tsuba)

1. the guard at the end of the grip of a sword or polearm
   • 931–938, Wamyō Ruijushō, book 5, page 45:[1]

     鐔 唐韻云、鐔、音尋、一音潭、都美波 [...] 今俗急呼都婆 劔鼻也

   • 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho (page 620)[3]

     Tçuba. ツバ (鍔・鐔) 刀 (Catana)の鍔, すなわち, 刀の柄（つか）に密着している, 銅やその他の金属製の円いある種の輪.

2. the brim or visor (of a hat, for example)
3. the brim of a kettle

鍔 (eum 악 (ak))

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鍔: Hán Nôm readings: ngạc

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