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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 75 +7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木弓大一 (DNKM), four-corner 42941, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 531, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14887
  • Dae Jaweon: page 919, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1201, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+68B4

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*l'aːn
*l'aːnʔ
*l'aːnʔ
*l'aːns
*slan, *l̥ʰjans
*ljan, *lans
*l̥ʰan, *hljan
*l̥ʰan
*ɦljan, *lan
*hljan, *lan
*hljan
*hljan
*lan, *lans
*lan
*lan
*lan, *lans
*lan
*lan
*lan, *lans

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (10)
Final () (79)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () Chongniu III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʈʰˠiᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʈʰᵚiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȶʰiæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʈʰian/
Li
Rong
/ȶʰjɛn/
Wang
Li
/ȶʰĭɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȶʰi̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chān
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 14249
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ʰan/

Definitions

  1. long