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U+6C71, 汱
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C71

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 85, +4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水戈大 (EIK), four-corner 33134, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 608, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17161
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1001, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1561, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+6C71

Chinese

Glyph origin

Etymologies 1 and 2

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *kʷeːnʔ) : semantic (water) + phonetic (OC *kʰʷeːnʔ).

Etymology 4

Simplified from ().

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
alternative forms 𣴒

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (86)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter kwenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kwenX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʷenX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuɛnX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kwɛnX/
Li
Rong
/kuenX/
Wang
Li
/kiwenX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kiwenX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
juǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gyun2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 10734
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
𡿨
Old
Chinese
/*kʷeːnʔ/
Notes

Definitions

  1. (obsolete, rare, of water) to fall; to drop
  2. (obsolete, rare) groundwater
  3. the name of a river (clarification of this definition is needed)

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (Hokkien) shallow
  2. (Hokkien) simple; easy to understand
  3. (Hokkien, of colour) light

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to rinse; to wash away; to discard; to eliminate through competition or selection; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of – see .
(This character is a variant form of ).

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to flow; to trickle; to cry; to shed tears; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of ).