涓

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涓 U+6D93, 涓
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D93
← 涒
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 涔 →

Translingual

Han character

涓 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 水口月 (ERB), four-corner 36127, composition ⿰氵肙)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 627, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17541
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1029, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1624, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+6D93

Chinese

trad. 涓
simp. # 涓

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

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 涓
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 先 (86)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 古玄切
Baxter kwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kwen/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʷen/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kuɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kwɛn/
Li
Rong 		/kuen/
Wang
Li 		/kiwen/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kiwen/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		juān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gyun1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 涓
Reading # 1/1
No. 16069
Phonetic
component 		肙
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		涓
Old
Chinese 		/*kʷeːn/

Definitions

涓

  1. (literary) brook; stream
  2. (literary) tiny; negligible
  3. (literary) to choose; to select
  4. (literary) to clean; to clear

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

涓

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): けん (ken)、えん (en)、げん (gen)
  • Kun: しずく (shizuku)、わずか (wazuka)、あな (ana)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

涓: Hán Nôm readings: quen, quên, quyên

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References

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