幵

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See also: 开, 井, and 幷
幵 U+5E75, 幵
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E75
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Translingual

Han character

幵 (Kangxi radical 51, 干+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 一十一十 (MJMJ), four-corner 10440, composition ⿰干干)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 340, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9169
  • Dae Jaweon: page 649, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 408, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5E75

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 幵
alternative forms 开

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 幵
Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Hanjian (compiled in Song) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (幵) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
笄 *kŋeː
枅 *kŋeː
蚈 *kŋeː, *ŋ̊ʰeːn
羿 *ŋeːs
栞 *ŋ̊ʰaːn
雃 *ŋaːn, *ŋ̊ʰeːn
詽 *ŋreːn, *tŋ̊ʰeːn
揅 *ŋeːn
幵 *kŋeːn
鳽 *kŋeːn, *ŋeːn, *ŋ̊ʰreːŋ, *ŋreːɡ
豣 *kŋeːn, *ŋeːns
麉 *kŋeːn, *ŋ̊ʰeːn
趼 *kŋeːnʔ, *ŋeːn, *ŋeːns
汧 *ŋ̊ʰeːn, *ŋ̊ʰeːns
岍 *ŋ̊ʰeːn
研 *ŋɡeːn, *ŋeːns
妍 *ŋeːn
訮 *hŋeːn
鈃 *ɡeːŋ

Ideogram (指事) : 干 + 干 – comparing two 干 side by side, even.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 幵
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 古賢切
Baxter ken
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ken/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ken/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kɛn/
Li
Rong 		/ken/
Wang
Li 		/kien/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kien/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gin1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 幵
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		qiān
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ken ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁe/
English even, level (Shuōwén)

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 幵
Reading # 1/1
No. 6161
Phonetic
component 		幵
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		堅
Old
Chinese 		/*kŋeːn/

Definitions

幵

  1. (obsolete) even, level
  2. a surname

Japanese

Shinjitai

开

Kyūjitai

幵

Kanji

幵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 开)

  1. put together

Readings

  • On (unclassified): けん (ken)
  • Kun: たいらか (tairaka)

Korean

Hanja

幵 (eum 견 (gyeon))

  1. even, level

Vietnamese

Han character

幵: Hán Nôm readings: kiên

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