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Translingual

Han character

(radical 140 +3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹十 (THJ), four-corner 44402)

References

  • KangXi: page 1018, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30669
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1476, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3175, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+828A

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*sn̥ʰiːn
*sn̥ʰiːn
*sn̥ʰiːn, *sn̥ʰiːns
*sn̥ʰiːn
*sn̥ʰiːn
*sn̥ʰiːn
*sn̥ʰiːn
*njin
*njin
*njin
*neːŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sn̥ʰiːn, *sn̥ʰiːns) : semantic  + phonetic  (OC *sn̥ʰiːn).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (14) (14)
Final () (85) (85)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰen/ /t͡sʰenH/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰen/ /t͡sʰenH/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰɛn/ /t͡sʰɛnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰɛn/ /t͡sʰɛnH/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰen/ /t͡sʰenH/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰien/ /t͡sʰienH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰien/ /t͡sʰienH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qiān qiàn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 10794 10799
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sn̥ʰiːn/ /*sn̥ʰiːns/

Definitions

  1. exuberant and vigorous foliage

Compounds

  • 芊綿芊绵
  • 芊芊
  • 芊萰

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(thiên)

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