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祆

祆

See also: 祅

Translingual

Han character

祆 (radical 113 示+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 戈火一大 (IFMK), four-corner 32234, composition ⿰礻天)

  1. Ormazda, god of the Zoroastrians
  2. extended to god of the Manichaeans

References

  • KangXi: page 840, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24638
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1258, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2388, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+7946

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 祆

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (天) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
添 *tʰiːm
忝 *l̥ʰiːmʔ, *l̥ʰiːms
悿 *tʰiːmʔ
舔 *l̥ʰiːmʔ
菾 *diːm
天 *qʰl'iːn
吞 *qʰl'iːn, *qʰl'ɯːn
祆 *qʰliːn
蚕 *zluːm, *hl'iːnʔ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 祆
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 呼煙切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /hen/
Pan
Wuyun		 /hen/
Shao
Rongfen		 /xɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /hɛn/
Li
Rong		 /xen/
Wang
Li		 /xien/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /xien/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xiān
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 祆
Reading # 1/1
No. 12389
Phonetic
component		 天
Rime
group		 眞
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 祆
Old
Chinese		 /*qʰliːn/

Definitions

祆

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Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

祆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

祆 • ‎(cheon) (hangeul 천, revised cheon, McCune-Reischauer ch'ŏn, Yale chen)

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