Translingual

Han character

串 (radical 2 丨+6, 7 strokes, cangjie input 中中 (LL), four-corner 5000₆, composition ⿻丨吕)

Derived characters

• 患, 𠁷, 𠁸, 𠁺, 𠁻, 𠳡, 𢈢, 𫡌, 𫡍, 𫡎

References

• KangXi: page 80, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 80
• Dae Jaweon: page 162, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 30, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4E32

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 串
Bronze inscriptions	Bamboo and silk script	Large seal script
Bronze inscriptions b00680 b00681 b00682
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (large seal) and Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Pictogram (象形) – objects strung together.

Etymology

Cognate with 穿 (OC *kʰljon, *kʰljons, “to pierce through; to wear”), 貫 (OC *koːn, *koːns, “to penetrate”).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

串

1. to string together; to link up
2. string; chain; series
3. skewer
4. Classifier for strung, bunched or clustered objects.

   一串珠子  ―  yī chuàn zhūzǐ  ―  a string of beads

   一串鞭炮  ―  yī chuàn biānpào  ―  a string of firecrackers

   一串葡萄  ―  yī chuàn pútáo  ―  a bunch of grapes

5. to gang up on; to conspire; to collaborate
6. to cross; to criss-cross; to traverse to; to mix (undesirably)
7. to pay a visit to; to visit; to move about
8. to play (a role); to act
9. (Cantonese) to spell (a word in Roman letters)
10. (Cantonese, slang, may be derived from 串聯 during the Cultural Revolution) cocksure; arrogant; cocky
11. (Cantonese, slang) sarcastic

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

串

1. ^† to get close to; to fawn on; to be obsequious to; to curry favour with
2. ^†people on intimate terms
3. ^†habit; custom
4. ^† to joke; to banter

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: けん (ken), せん (sen)
• Kan’on: かん (kan), せん (sen)
• Kun: くし (kushi), つらぬく (串く, tsuranuku)

Noun

串 ‎(hiragana くし, romaji kushi)

1. skewer
2. (slang, computing) proxy server

   中国 (ちゅうごく)串 (くし)を使 (つか)わないと

   chūgoku kushi o tsukawanai to

   if you don't use a China proxy server

Synonyms

• (proxy): プロクシ ‎(purokushi), プロクシサーバー ‎(purokushi sābā), 串鯖 (くしさば) ‎(kushisaba)

Korean

Hanja

串 • ‎(got, gwan, cheon, chan)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 곶, 관, 천, 찬 (revised: got, gwan, cheon, chan, McCune-Reischauer: kot, kwan, ch'ŏn, ch'an)

• Name (hangeul): 땅 이름, 꿸, 꿰미, 꼬챙이 (revised: ttang ireum, kkwel, kkwemi, kkochaengi, McCune-Reischauer: ttang irǔm, kkwel, kkwemi,, kkoch'aengi)

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References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 串

Vietnamese

Han character

串 (xuyến, quán, xiên, xuyên)

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References

• Nom Foundation