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Translingual
Han character
湔 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水廿月弓 (ETBN), four-corner 38121, composition ⿰氵前)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 637, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17833
- Dae Jaweon: page 1044, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1686, character 4
- Unihan data for U+6E54
Chinese
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chian / chiàn / chiân
- Tâi-lô: tsian / tsiàn / tsiân
- Phofsit Daibuun: ciefn, ciexn, cieen
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛn⁴⁴/, /t͡siɛn²¹/, /t͡siɛn²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn³³/, /t͡siɛn⁴¹/, /t͡siɛn²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn⁴⁴/, /t͡siɛn²¹/, /t͡siɛn¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛn⁴⁴/, /t͡siɛn¹¹/, /t͡siɛn²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛn⁴⁴/, /t͡siɛn²¹/, /t͡siɛn²³/
| Rime
|
| Character
|
湔
|
湔
|
湔
|
湔
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| Reading #
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1/4
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2/4
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3/4
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4/4
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| Initial (聲)
|
從 (15)
|
精 (13)
|
精 (13)
|
精 (13)
|
| Final (韻)
|
先 (85)
|
先 (85)
|
仙 (77)
|
仙 (77)
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| Tone (調)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Level (Ø)
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Departing (H)
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| Openness (開合)
|
Open
|
Open
|
Open
|
Open
|
| Division (等)
|
IV
|
IV
|
III
|
III
|
| Fanqie
|
昨先切
|
則前切
|
子仙切
|
子賤切
|
| Baxter
|
dzen
|
tsen
|
tsjen
|
tsjenH
|
| Reconstructions
|
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
|
/d͡zen/
|
/t͡sen/
|
/t͡siᴇn/
|
/t͡siᴇnH/
|
Pan
Wuyun
|
/d͡zen/
|
/t͡sen/
|
/t͡siɛn/
|
/t͡siɛnH/
|
Shao
Rongfen
|
/d͡zɛn/
|
/t͡sɛn/
|
/t͡sjæn/
|
/t͡sjænH/
|
Edwin
Pulleyblank
|
/d͡zɛn/
|
/t͡sɛn/
|
/t͡sian/
|
/t͡sianH/
|
Li
Rong
|
/d͡zen/
|
/t͡sen/
|
/t͡siɛn/
|
/t͡siɛnH/
|
Wang
Li
|
/d͡zien/
|
/t͡sien/
|
/t͡sĭɛn/
|
/t͡sĭɛnH/
|
Bernard
Karlgren
|
/d͡zʱien/
|
/t͡sien/
|
/t͡si̯ɛn/
|
/t͡si̯ɛnH/
|
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
|
qián
|
jiān
|
jiān
|
jiàn
|
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
|
cin4
|
zin1
|
zin1
|
zin3
|
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
|
| Character
|
湔
|
湔
|
湔
|
湔
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| Reading #
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1/4
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2/4
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3/4
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4/4
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| No.
|
10242
|
10253
|
10255
|
10258
|
Phonetic
component
|
前
|
前
|
前
|
前
|
Rime
group
|
元
|
元
|
元
|
元
|
Rime
subdivision
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
煎
|
箭
|
箋
|
前
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*ʔslen/
|
/*ʔslens/
|
/*ʔsleːn/
|
/*zleːn/
|
Definitions
湔
- (literary) to wash, to clean; to cleanse
- (literary) to redress (a wrong)
- Alternative form of 濺／溅 (“to splash”)
- soak
- Used in 湔江 (“name of a river in Sichuan province”).
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
湔
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- wash
- rinse
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
湔 (eum 전 (jeon))
- wash
- cleanse
- purge
Vietnamese
Han character
湔: Hán Nôm readings: tiễn
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References