撰

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撰 U+64B0, 撰
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64B0
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 撱 →

Translingual

Han character

撰 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手口山金 (QRUC), four-corner 57081, composition ⿰扌巽)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 456, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12753
  • Dae Jaweon: page 805, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1964, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+64B0

Chinese

trad. 撰/譔
simp. 撰
alternative forms 篹
籑／馔

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (巽) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
撰 *sɡroːnʔ, *sɡronʔ
饌 *sɡroːnʔ, *sɡrons
譔 *skʰon, *sɡronʔ, *sɡrons
鐉 *skʰon
選 *sqʰonʔ, *sqʰons
繏 *sqʰons
潠 *sqʰons, *sqʰuːns
蟤 *skron
僎 *sɡronʔ, *sɡrons, *skun
襈 *sɡrons, *ɡrons
巽 *sqʰuːns
簨 *sqʰunʔ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 撰 撰
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 崇 (20) 崇 (20)
Final (韻) 刪 (70) 仙 (80)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) II III
Fanqie 雛鯇切 士免切
Baxter dzrwaenX dzrjwenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/d͡ʒˠuanX/ /d͡ʒˠiuᴇnX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɖ͡ʐʷᵚanX/ /ɖ͡ʐʷᵚiɛnX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/d͡ʒuɐnX/ /d͡ʒiuænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɖ͡ʐwaɨnX/ /ɖ͡ʐwianX/
Li
Rong 		/d͡ʒuanX/ /d͡ʒjuɛnX/
Wang
Li 		/d͡ʒwanX/ /d͡ʒĭwɛnX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ɖ͡ʐʱwanX/ /ɖ͡ʐʱi̯wɛnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhuàn zhuàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zaan6 zyun6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 撰
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		zhuàn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ dzrjwenX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*roʔ/
English create, invent

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 撰 撰
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 14153 14162
Phonetic
component 		巽 巽
Rime
group 		元 元
Rime
subdivision 		3 3
Corresponding
MC rime 		撰 撰
Old
Chinese 		/*sɡroːnʔ/ /*sɡronʔ/
Notes 集韻改雛免切以與棧別

Definitions

撰

  1. to write; to compose; to compile

Synonyms

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended) 		Shinjitai
(extended)
撰󠄀
撰+&#xE0100;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
撰󠄂
撰+&#xE0102;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
Kyūjitai 撰
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Kanji

撰

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. composing
  2. choosing
    Synonym: 選

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 撰 (MC dzrwaenX).

Hanja

撰 (eumhun 지을 찬 (jieul chan))

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Compounds

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 撰 (MC dzrjwenX).

Hanja

撰 (eumhun 가릴 천 (garil cheon))

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Vietnamese

Han character

撰: Hán Nôm readings: soạn, chọn, chộn, dọn, dốn, rộn, soảng, soạng

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