捐

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捐 U+6350, 捐
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6350
← 捏
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 捑 →
捐 U+2F8B7, 捐
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8B7
← 拔
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 𢬌 →

Translingual

Han character

捐 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手口月 (QRB), four-corner 56027, composition ⿰扌肙)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 434, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12150
  • Dae Jaweon: page 783, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1882, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+6350

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (肙) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
絹 *kʷens
狷 *kʷens, *kʷeːns
蜎 *ɡʷenʔ, *qʷen, *qʷeːn
弲 *qʰʷen, *qʷeːn
娟 *qʷen
悁 *qʷen
捐 *ɢʷen
涓 *kʷeːn
鵑 *kʷeːn
睊 *kʷeːn, *kʷeːns
焆 *kʷeːn, *qred, *qʷeːd
鞙 *kʷeːn, *ɡʷeːnʔ
埍 *kʷeːnʔ, *ɡʷeːnʔ
罥 *kʷeːnʔ, *kʷeːns
羂 *kʷleːnʔ
瓹 *kʷeːns
梋 *qʰʷeːn
鋗 *qʰʷeːn
駽 *qʰʷeːn, *qʰʷeːns
琄 *ɡʷeːnʔ
剈 *qʷeːn
肙 *qʷeːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷen) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 肙 (OC *qʷeːns).

Etymology 1

trad. 捐
simp. # 捐

The pronunciations in many varieties with velar plosive or palatal affricate initial are from 蠲 (MC kwen) (Li, 1988).

Pronunciation

Note: iân - now uncommon, usually written as 緣 (e.g. in 題緣).
Note:
  • giang1 - Shantou;
  • giêng1 - Chaozhou.
Rime
Character 捐
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 仙 (78)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 與專切
Baxter ywen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/jiuᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/jʷiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen 		/juæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/jwian/
Li
Rong 		/iuɛn/
Wang
Li 		/jĭwɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/i̯wɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yuán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jyun4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 捐
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yuán
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ywen ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ʷen/
English abandon; remove

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 捐
Reading # 1/1
No. 16068
Phonetic
component 		肙
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		沿
Old
Chinese 		/*ɢʷen/

Definitions

捐

  1. to contribute
  2. to give up; to renounce
  3. to remove
  4. to donate
    把……捐給慈善機構 [MSC, trad.]
    把……捐给慈善机构 [MSC, simp.]
    bǎ...... juān gěi císhàn jīgòu
    to donate... to charity
  5. to spend
  6. tax
  7. to dissipate
Synonyms
  • (to give up):

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (捐):
  • → Vietnamese: quyên (捐)

Etymology 2

trad. 捐
simp. # 捐

Pronunciation

Definitions

捐

  1. Only used in 捐毒 (Yuándú).

Etymology 3

trad. 捐
simp. # 捐
alternative forms 瓹
蜎

Pronunciation

Definitions

捐

  1. (Cantonese) to burrow; to writhe through
    Synonym: 鑽／钻
    捐山窿 [Cantonese]  ―  gyun1 saan1 lung4-1   ―  to burrow through a tunnel
    捐窿捐罅 [Cantonese]  ―  gyun1 lung1 gyun1 laa3   ―  to go to all sorts of places (lit. "to burrow through holes and cracks")
    醜到搵窿捐／丑到揾窿捐 [Cantonese]  ―  cau2 dou3 wan2 lung1 gyun1   ―  extremely embarrassing (literally, “so embarrassing that one wants to find a cave and hide in it”)
    冬天捐咗入被竇度就唔願起身。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    冬天捐咗入被窦度就唔愿起身。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    From: 開放詞典
    dung1 tin1 gyun1 zo2 jap6 pei5 dau3 dou6 zau6 m4 jyun6 hei2 san1.
    In the winter, once get under a quilt, don't want to get out.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

捐

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

捐 • (yeon) (hangeul 연, revised yeon, McCune–Reischauer yŏn, Yale yen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

捐: Hán Nôm readings: quyên, quen, quên

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