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See also:
U+79C8, 秈
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-79C8

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 115, +3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹木山 (HDU), four-corner 22970, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 849, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24927
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1272, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2591, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+79C8

Chinese

trad. /
simp.

Glyph origin

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Tai *saːlᴬ (husked rice) (Sagart, 2011).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (16)
Final () (77)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter sjen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/siᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun
/siɛn/
Shao
Rongfen
/sjæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/sian/
Li
Rong
/siɛn/
Wang
Li
/sĭɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/si̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sin1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 11061
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sen/

Definitions

  1. indica rice (Oryza sativa subsp. indica)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): せん (sen)
  • Kun: うるち (uruchi)