旃
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旃
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Translingual
Han character
旃 (Kangxi radical 70, 方+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜尸人月卜 (YSOBY), four-corner 08247, composition ⿸𭤨丹)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 482, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13640
- Dae Jaweon: page 844, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2178, character 4
- Unihan data for U+65C3
Chinese
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Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjan) : semantic 㫃 + phonetic 丹 (OC *taːn)
Etymology 1
Possibly related to 丹 (OC *taːn) (Wang, 1982; Schuessler, 2007).
Hill (2014) compares it instead to Tibetan དར (dar, “flag”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
旃
- (literary) a kind of red banner with a bent shaft
- (literary) banner; flag (in general)
- (obsolete) Alternative form of 氈／毡 (zhān, “felt”)
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Definitions
旃
- (literary, obsolete) Contraction of 之焉 (zhī yān).
- 人之為言，苟亦無信。舍旃舍旃，苟亦無然。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Rén zhī wéi yán, gǒu yì wú xìn. Shě zhān shě zhān, gǒu yì wú rán.
- When men tell their stories, / Do not readily believe them; / Put them aside, put them aside. / Do not readily assent to them.
人之为言，苟亦无信。舍旃舍旃，苟亦无然。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]- 方當盛漢之隆，願勉旃，毋多談！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of Han, circa 1st century CE
- Fāng dāng shèng Hàn zhī lóng, yuàn miǎn zhān, wú duōtán!
- Now we happen to live in this great era of Han, a time of prosperity. May you strive for your part in it (as a state official), and stop meddling in my business!
方当盛汉之隆，愿勉旃，毋多谈！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Definitions
旃
- Used in transcription.
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
旃 • (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune–Reischauer chŏn, Yale cen)
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