劍閣

See also: 剑阁

Chinese

	(double-edged) sword	council-chamber; shelf
trad. (劍閣)	劍	閣
simp. (剑阁)	剑	阁
Literally: “the pavilions (of the pass at Mount) Jian”.

Etymology

Jiange County is famous for the long and windy foot paths going through Jianmen Pass. Jianmen means "gateway to Mount Jian", so called because its jagged peaks resemble a "jian" (a straight sword).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Jiàngé

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gim³ gok³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Jiàngé
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jiàngé
  - Wade–Giles: Chien⁴-ko²
  - Yale: Jyàn-gé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jiannger
  - Palladius: Цзяньгэ (Czjanʹgɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ kɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gim³ gok³
  - Yale: gim gok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gim³ gok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: gim³ gog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːm³³ kɔːk̚³/

Middle Chinese: kjaemH kak

Rime
Character	劍	閣
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	嚴 (145)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	居欠切	古落切
Baxter	kjaemH	kak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨɐm^H/	/kɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kiɐm^H/	/kɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kiɐm^H/	/kɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨam^H/	/kak̚/
Li Rong	/kiɐm^H/	/kɑk̚/
Wang Li	/kĭɐm^H/	/kɑk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯ɐm^H/	/kɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiàn	ge
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gim³	gok³

Proper noun

劍閣

(～縣) Jiange (a county of Guangyun, Sichuan, China)
(archaic) the footpaths that wind through Jianmen Pass (in Jiange County, Sichuan)
- 雲棧縈紆登劍閣 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  云栈萦纡登剑阁 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: 806 CE, Bai Juyi, Song of Everlasting Regret
  yún zhàn yíngyū dēng jiàngé [Pinyin]
  The winding wooden walkways high up in the clouds ascend through the pavilions of the pass at Mount Jian.

References

劍閣縣／剑阁县 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
Guangyuan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia