專

See also: 専 and 尃

專	U+5C08, 專 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C08

← 將

CJK Unified Ideographs

尉 →

Translingual

Traditional	專
Shinjitai	専
Simplified	专

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 295, character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7439
Dae Jaweon: page 584, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 507, character 1
Unihan data for U+5C08

Chinese

trad.		專
simp.		专
alternative forms		専耑剸／𰄞叀𠧡

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 專
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (專) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
竱	toːn, tjonʔ
團	*doːn
摶	doːn, doːn, *donʔ
篿	doːn, tjon
慱	*doːn
剸	doːn, tjonʔ, *tjons
鄟	doːn, tjon, *djonʔ
漙	*doːn
鷒	doːn, tjon
轉	tonʔ, tons
傳	tons, don, *dons
囀	*tons
縳	donʔ, dons
專	*tjon
磚	*tjon
甎	*tjon
塼	*tjon
嫥	*tjon
膞	tjon, tjonʔ, *djonʔ
鱄	tjon, tjonʔ
蓴	*djun

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tjon) : phonetic 叀 (, “spindle”) + semantic 又 (“hand”) – a hand turning a spindle or spinning wheel. Originally also written 叀.

The 又 was later replaced by related 寸.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhuān (zhuan¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄢ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zyun¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): zon¹
Gan (Wiktionary): zon¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chôn

(Meixian, Guangdong): zon¹
Jin (Wiktionary): zuan¹
Northern Min (KCR): cṳíng
Eastern Min (BUC): ciŏng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): choan

(Teochew, Peng'im): zuang¹ / zuêng¹

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): jieng¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tsoe
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jyenn¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhuan
  - Wade–Giles: chuan¹
  - Yale: jwān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juan
  - Palladius: чжуань (čžuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zyun¹
  - Yale: jyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːn⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: zon¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sᵘɔn³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: zon¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵn⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chôn
  - Hakka Romanization System: zon^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zon¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡son²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: zon¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɔn⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: zuan¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡suæ̃¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cṳíng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syiŋ⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ciŏng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suoŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choan
  - Tâi-lô: tsuan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suan³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡suan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suan⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zuang¹ / zuêng¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsuang / tsueng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suaŋ³³/, /t͡sueŋ³³/

Note:

zuang1 - Shantou;
zuêng1- Chaozhou.

(Leizhou)
- Leizhou Pinyin: jieng¹
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sieŋ³⁵/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹tsoe
  - MiniDict: tsoe^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsoe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sø⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: jyenn¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ẽ³³/

Middle Chinese: tsywen

Rime
Character	專
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	職緣切
Baxter	tsywen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cwian/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiuɛn/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭwɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyun¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ton/

(Zhengzhang): /*tjon/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	專
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhuān
Middle Chinese	‹ tsywen ›
Old Chinese	/*ton/
English	exclusively
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	專
Reading #	1/1
No.	17683
Phonetic component	專
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	專
Old Chinese	/*tjon/

Definitions

專

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (專):

→ Vietnamese: chuyên (專)

References

“專”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Shinjitai	専
Kyūjitai	專

Kanji

專

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 専)

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Readings

On (unclassified): せん (sen)
Kun: もっぱら (moppara, 專ら)

Korean

Hanja

專 • (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune–Reischauer chŏn, Yale cen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

專: Hán Việt readings: chuyên^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]
專: Nôm readings: choen^[1], choèn^[1]^[6], chuyến^[1]^[2]^[6]

chữ Hán form of chuyên (“specific; expertise”).

References

[genibrel-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Génibrel (1898).

[bonet-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Bonet (1899).

[Nguyễn_(1974)-3] Nguyễn (1974).

[Trần_(1999)-4] Trần (1999).

[tdcntd-5] Nguyễn et al. (2009).

[Hồ_(1976)-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Hồ (1976).

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專

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