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Han character
全 (radical 11 入+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人一土 (OMG), four-corner 80104, composition ⿱人王 (GJ) or ⿱入王 (TKV))
Derived characters
See also
References
- KangXi: page 126, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1424
- Dae Jaweon: page 271, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 115, character 8
- Unihan data for U+5168
Chinese
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| alt. forms | 㒰 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 全
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (全) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 拴 | *sroːn, *sʰlon |
| 栓 | *sroːn, *sron |
| 跧 | *ʔsroːn, *ʔsron, *ʔslun |
| 痊 | *sʰlon |
| 詮 | *sʰlon |
| 荃 | *sʰlon |
| 銓 | *sʰlon |
| 筌 | *sʰlon |
| 輇 | *sʰlon, *djon |
| 硂 | *sʰlon |
| 佺 | *sʰlon |
| 駩 | *sʰlon |
| 絟 | *sʰlon, *sʰlod |
| 恮 | *sʰlon, *ʔsron |
| 峑 | *sʰlon |
| 全 | *zlon |
| 仝 | *zlon, *doːŋ |
| 牷 | *zlon |
Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 入 + 玉 (“jade”) – a whole piece of jade; pure jade.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiòn
- Min Dong (BUC): ciòng
- Min Nan (POJ): chn̂g / choân
- Wu (Wiktionary): xxi (T3)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˊ
- Wade-Giles: ch'üan2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyuan
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: cyun4
- Yale: chyùhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn4
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰyːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiòn
- Hakka Romanization System: qionˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: qion2
- IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯on¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: ciòng
- IPA (key): /t͡suoŋ⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chn̂g / choân
- Tâi-lô: tsn̂g / tsuân
- Phofsit Daibuun: zngg, zoaan
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sŋ̍²⁴/, /t͡suan²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sŋ̍²⁴/, /t͡suan²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sŋ̍¹³/, /t͡suan¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sŋ̍²⁴/, /t͡suan²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sŋ̍²³/, /t͡suan²³/
- Note: chn̂g - vernacular; choân - literary.
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: xxi (T3)
- IPA (key): /ʑ̻i²³/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 全 |
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| Mandarin | Beijing | /t͡ɕʰyan³⁵/ |
| Harbin | /t͡ɕʰyan²⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /t͡ɕʰyan⁴⁵/ | |
| Jinan | /t͡ɕʰyã⁴²/ | |
| Qingdao | /t͡sʰiã⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /t͡sʰyan⁴²/ | |
| Xi'an | /t͡sʰuã²⁴/ | |
| Xining | /t͡sʰuã²⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /t͡ɕʰyan⁵³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /t͡ɕʰyɛ̃n⁵³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /t͡ɕyan⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan |
/t͡ɕʰyɛn²¹³/ 新 /t͡ɕʰiɛn²¹³/ 舊 |
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| Chengdu | /t͡ɕʰyan³¹/ | |
| Guiyang | /t͡ɕʰian²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /t͡ɕʰiɛ̃³¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /t͡sʰyen²⁴/ | |
| Hefei | /t͡ɕʰyĩ⁵⁵/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡ɕʰye¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /t͡ɕʰye̞¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /t͡ɕʰye³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ʑi²³/ |
| Suzhou | /ziɪ¹³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /d͡ʑiẽ̞²¹³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /jy³¹/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡ɕʰye⁴⁴/ |
| Tunxi |
/t͡sʰiɛ⁴⁴/ /t͡ɕʰyɛ⁴⁴/ |
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| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡siẽ¹³/ |
| Xiangtan | /d͡zyẽ¹²/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡ɕʰyɵn⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sʰien¹¹/ |
| Taoyuan | /t͡sʰion¹¹/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sʰyn²¹/ |
| Nanning | /t͡sʰyn²¹/ | |
| Hong Kong | /t͡sʰyn²¹/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) |
/t͡suan³⁵/ /t͡sŋ̍³⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /t͡suoŋ⁵³/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /t͡syiŋ²¹/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /t͡sʰuaŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /suaŋ³¹/ |
| Rime | |
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| Character | 全 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (78) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 疾緣切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/d͡ziuᴇn/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/d͡zʷiɛn/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/d͡zjuæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/d͡zwian/ |
| Li Rong |
/d͡ziuɛn/ |
| Wang Li |
/d͡zĭwɛn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/d͡zʱi̯wɛn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
quán |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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| Character | 全 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
quán |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ dzjwen › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[dz]o[n]/ |
| English | complete (adj.) |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 全 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 10718 |
| Phonetic component |
全 |
| Rime group |
元 |
| Rime subdivision |
3 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
全 |
| Old Chinese |
/*zlon/ |
Definitions
全
- †pure jade
- whole; entire; all
- completely; wholly
- everything; complete
- perfect; flawless; faultless
- to preserve; to save; to keep whole or intact
- to maintain; to keep
- A surname.
Compounds
Derived terms from 全
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Japanese
Kanji
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Readings
- Goon: ぜん (zen)
- Kan’on: せん (sen) (non-Jōyō reading)
- Kun: すべて (全て, subete), まったく (全く, mattaku), まったい (全い, mattai), まっとう (全う, mattou)
Compounds
Compounds
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Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
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ぜん Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi |
From Middle Chinese 全 (dzjwen, “complete, whole”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Prefix
References
Vietnamese
Han character
全 (toàn, tuyền)
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