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宣
宣
Translingual
Han character
宣 (radical 40 宀+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 十一日一 (JMAM), four-corner 30106, composition ⿱宀亘)
Derived characters
References
- KangXi: page 284, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7132
- Dae Jaweon: page 562, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 923, character 10
- Unihan data for U+5BA3
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
宣 | |
|---|---|---|
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢ
- Wade-Giles: hsüan1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuan
- IPA (key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: syun1
- Yale: syūn
- Cantonese Pinyin: syn1
- IPA (key): /ɕyːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên
- Hakka Romanization System: xien´
- Hagfa Pinyim: xian1
- IPA: /ɕi̯en²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soan
- Tâi-lô: suan
- Phofsit Daibuun: soafn
- IPA (Xiamen): /suan⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /suan³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /suan⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 宣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (78) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 須緣切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/siuᴇn/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/sʷiɛn/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/sjuæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/swian/ |
| Li Rong |
/siuɛn/ |
| Wang Li |
/sĭwɛn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/si̯wɛn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
xuān |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 宣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
xuān |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ sjwen › |
| Old Chinese |
/*s-qʷar/ |
| English | spread (v.) |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 宣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3954 |
| Phonetic component |
亘 |
| Rime group |
元 |
| Rime subdivision |
3 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
宣 |
| Old Chinese |
/*sqʰon/ |
Verb
宣
- (literary) to declare; to announce; to proclaim
- (archaic) to command (from a sovereign to a subject)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
宣
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Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
宣 • (seon) (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune-Reischauer sŏn)
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Vietnamese
Han character
宣 (tuyên)
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Etymology
| Historical forms of the character 宣
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| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Bamboo and silk script | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (亘) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 烜 | *qʰrolʔ, *qʰonʔ |
| 貆 | *qʰoːn, *ɡoːn, *qʰon |
| 峘 | *ɡoːn, *ɡɯːŋ |
| 狟 | *ɡoːn |
| 絙 | *ɡoːn, *kɯːŋ |
| 荁 | *ɡoːn |
| 宣 | *sqʰon |
| 咺 | *qʰonʔ |
| 暅 | *qʰonʔ |
| 桓 | *ɡʷaːn |
| 洹 | *ɡʷaːn, *ɢʷan |
| 揎 | *sqʰʷan |
| 愃 | *sqʰʷan, *qʰʷanʔ |
| 瑄 | *sqʰʷan |
| 渲 | *sqʰʷans |
| 喧 | *qʰʷan |
| 萱 | *qʰʷan |
| 暄 | *qʰʷan |
| 諠 | *qʰʷan |
| 翧 | *qʰʷan |
| 蝖 | *qʰʷan |
| 垣 | *ɢʷan |
| 楦 | *qʰʷans |