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Translingual
Han character
癬 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+17, 22 strokes, cangjie input 大弓火手 (KNFQ), four-corner 00151, composition ⿸疒鮮)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 783, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22629
- Dae Jaweon: page 1192, character 24
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2704, character 3
- Unihan data for U+766C
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 鮮
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*sen, *senʔ, *sens
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| 廯
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*sen, *senʔ
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| 癬
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*senʔ
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| 蘚
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*senʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *senʔ) : semantic 疒 + phonetic 鮮 (OC *sen, *senʔ, *sens).
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “compare with Burmese သန်ကောင်”)
Pronunciation
Note:
- cyo3/cyaⁿ3 - vernacular;
- seng3 - literary.
Note:
- sián - literary;
- chhóaⁿ - vernacular.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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癬
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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xuǎn
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ sjenX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*arʔ/
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| English
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ringworm
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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癬
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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13493
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Phonetic
component
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鮮
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Rime
group
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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獮
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Old
Chinese
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/*senʔ/
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Definitions
癬
- (dermatology, pathology) ringworm; tinea
Compounds
References
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “癣”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 270.
Japanese
Kanji
癬
(Hyōgai kanji)
１．Ringworm
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
癬 • (seon) (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune–Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)
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