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See also:
U+4FD4, 俔
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FD4

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 9, +7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人月山山 (OBUU), four-corner 26210, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 104, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 686
  • Dae Jaweon: page 221, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 161, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+4FD4

Chinese

trad.
simp. *

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Small seal script

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (33) (29)
Final () (85) (85)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV IV
Fanqie
Baxter henX khenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦenX/ /kʰenH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦenX/ /kʰenH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣɛnX/ /kʰɛnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦɛnX/ /kʰɛnH/
Li
Rong
/ɣenX/ /kʰenH/
Wang
Li
/ɣienX/ /kʰienH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣienX/ /kʰienH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiàn qiàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jin6 hin3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xiàn
Middle
Chinese
‹ henX ›
Old
Chinese
/*N-ˁenʔ/
English to be like

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 6193 6204
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰeːns/ /*ɡeːnʔ/

Definitions

  1. (archaic) like, as

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: けん (ken)げん (gen)
  • Kan-on: けん (ken)
  • Kun: うかがう (ukagau, 俔う)たとえる (tatoeru, 俔える)

Korean

Hanja

(hyeon) (hangeul , revised hyeon, McCune–Reischauer hyŏn)

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